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Health Care Proxy for New York

In five pages this paper discusses New York's health care proxy regarding the wishes of incompetent patients passed in light of t...

Advanced Practice Nursing Roles

the various roles and responsibilities that the specialty involves, they share the common quality that the nursing process is inhe...

Case Study, Acute Renal Failure

abnormal (Yadkin, 2011). The ratio between the BUN reading and creatinine should not be greater than 20:1 or less than 10:1 and th...

Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios, The Debate

to the passage of the California law (Tevington, 2011). Currently, Connecticut, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Texas an...

Powerlessness and Coronary Heart Disease, A Concept Analysis

perception of powerlessness is a condition that can affects virtually all individuals at some point in their lives (Dryer, 2006). ...

Diabetic Ketoacidosis, A Case Study

among the classic symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis. The pathophysiology of these symptoms results from the buildup in ketones due...

Traumatic Brain Injury, Remediation

to any injury to the head that impairs subsequent brain functioning. While mild TBI can appear to have left the individual unimpai...

Cultural Influences on Attitudes to Schizophrenia

have on patient outcomes. It was found patients from the Mexican American families, where there was a lower level of EE were also ...

Economic Implications of Different Ventilation Choices for COPD Patients

beneficial or having no impact, negative or positive on most patients outcomes (Agarwal et al, 2009; Masip et al, 2005). The ben...

Explaining DNRs

agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...

The Development of Healthcare Financing in the US

millennia ago, it is the first recorded use of pooled payment systems to proved healthcare. There are many examples of similar soc...

Dealing With Unsustainable Health Costs

is based on the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Or, it could be the greatest pleasure or good over the least pain...

Fall Prevention in the Elderly in Home Care

percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...

Quantitative Article Review

use of continuing education to improve patient care (Sterman, Gauker & Krieger, 2003). Effects of nursing rounds, call light use, ...

Internet CBT for OCD

disorder that is characterized by obsessions, i.e., thoughts, and/or compulsions, acts that must be done. The acts become rituals....

CHF Guidelines and Readmission Rates

the highest readmission rates for congestive heart failure (CHF), as well as other conditions (DeFelice, et al, 2010). Initially, ...

Diabetic Ketoacidosis, A Case Study

serious, potentially fatal, but preventable, complication of diabetes mellitus that occurs when there is insufficient insulin to m...

Applying Utilitarianism to an Ethical Decision

for a long period of time. It may be noted that the problem was caused by steroid use when jerry was in his 20s, and the dangers w...

79 Year Old Woman with Multiple Diseass

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

Protecting Patient Files

any of the organizations system which are not available to the general public, which will include the patient records it should be...

Primary Prevention in Diabetic Care

can be easily determined via the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and by testing fasting plasma glucose (FPG), as these tests ar...

Effects of New Health Reform Policy

income (Douglas & Burke, 2010; Kaiser Family Foundation, 2011). Medicare taxes on net investment income will also increase from 0....

Capital and Operating Projections for an IT Project

last start up cost is the start up training costs for the staff, if the staff are to be brought in from external sources there may...

Dyspnea, Family Caregiving and Quality of Life

primary symptoms of COPD are "wheezing, cough, dyspnea on exertion and increased phlegm production" (Touhy and Jett, 2012, p. 289)...

Practicum Example for a Nursing Course

of falls in elderly chronic patients at that home. 1c. Discuss findings with supervisor/mentor. 1a. The creation of a detailed...

Aiding Patients with Chronic Conditions, A Reflection

support of a nurse that can keep these patients inspired to continue the positive health behaviors that ensure their continued goo...

Implementing and then Assessing the a New Web Based Communication Strategy

The writer looks at a hospital planning on implementing a web chat facility on their corporate web site to increase communication...

Research on Polypharmacy and Elderly

with chronic conditions to live longer, despite the presence of these conditions. However, the pharmaceutical innovations that mak...

Treatment and Outcomes for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

using CHOP alone. This study involved 399 patients who were 60 years of age and older in the advanced stages of NHL ("Adult NHL,"...

Cranberry and the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infections

This paper concludes that because at least one study questions its effectiveness, cranberry should probably not be the only treatm...