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balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...
2% were on home hemodialysis (Freitas, 2002, 167). There are many chronic problems associated with hemodialysis including hyper...
which resulted in 47 practices taking part and two of these having two patients. The sample : 98 (75 male) consecutive patients w...
to nonadherence to medication in the mentally ill elderly is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connot...
Sharon Bernier, RN, PhD and President of the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, points out that Aikens study also...
and needs to be carefully monitored, and the water filled blankets may be effective if used above and below the patient by they ar...
the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...
on diabetes into categories and addresses these topics on separate web pages, as does the first site. The homepage explains that t...
of standards with sets of criteria that must achieved. Standards related to information management span the operations of the orga...
God" (Hippocratic Oath, 2001). It seems to me that the wording leads the young physician directly into the trap he hopes to avoid...
Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...
respected academically and is in the business of training future health care providers as it serves the local community. All "att...
continues to battle against the ongoing nursing shortage. Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that ...
(Outpatient Surgical Centers, 2005). Surgeons generally are not part of the staff, but the centers employ all other positions req...
2005). However, the employer of these aides will be responsible for ensuring that systems are in place in regards to proper manage...
reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...
result in septic shock. Of that 200,000, approximately half result in death due to the onset of sepsis and the subsequent septic ...
ask these questions because he is trying to find out if the patient has any understanding as to why his behavior makes him uneasy;...
patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...
include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...
in resistant strains of bacteria (Plonczynski, 2005). This situation suggests that changes in antibiotic prophylactic procedures ...
The purpose - indeed the entire study - does not specifically identify variables that can be labeled as independent. It is not an...
predicting mortality and morbidity. Authors provide a section to explain and explore the existence of natriuretic peptides. Anoth...
Researchers have identified nutrition as a significant factor in wound healing. In fact, it has been argued that nutritional elem...
patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...
phases of gait, the kinematics of the anatomical knee and the specific issues for pediatric prosthetic knee users, relates some of...
influences can be broken down into political, economic, social and technological. Political influences are one of the most importa...
an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...
and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...
between cases at the time of diagnosis (Newmark and Anhalt, 2007). Type 1 diabetes is typically due to a "lack of insulin producti...