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planning evaluation to those patients, conducted or overseen by a registered nurse, social worker or other appropriately qualified...
nephrologists can be a particularly concerning factor in health care outcome. Methods...
factors that have been identified include "diabetes, alcoholism, malnutrition, history of antibiotic or corticosteroid use, decrea...
intensive care unit (ICU) (Scholle and Mininni, 2006, p. 37). Bedside nurses are encouraged in many hospitals to make a MET call...
in the study had suffered at least one urinary tract infection in the preceding 24 months. Wild (et al, 2010, p309) found an even ...
to refuse treatment independently of their parents wishes; the second position holds that parents have the sole right to this deci...
different ways, In communication a starting point is the presence of verbal and non verbal communication. Different cultures may h...
information being given to the patient by the doctor. Anecdotal evidence from those who were patients at the time remember importa...
a discussion and review of literature that focuses on hypertension (HTN) among minority ethnic groups, with a particular emphasis ...
This 3 page paper provides an overview of how Evidence-based practice is used to treat substance abuse disorders. This paper inclu...
Treating non responsive patients presents challenges. This paper looks at the approach to treatment and sequence which should be u...
The paper is a literature review on the topic of schizophrenia and the impact and influence that the condition has on patients and...
Bipolar Disorder dramatically changes a person's life and quality of life. It affects every part of the patient's life. There is v...
The treatments Breuer and Freud developed for treating hysteria had an impact on the development of psychoanalysis. This is discu...
Case study: a man was diagnosed with untreatable TB. The CDC enforced the law to isolate him, thereby taking away his freedom. Sho...
Hospital readmissions of patients is upsetting to patients and families, especially when that readmission occurs within 30 days of...
This paper introduces the new diagnostic criteria found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V and utilizes those criteria in ...
to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...
consent must be made through a signed legal document (Retsas and Forrester, 1995). In all cases consent must be freely and volunt...
of her post-polio syndrome left her unable to completely void her urine, which in turn led to the development of further UTIs. Da...
"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...
clear that the patient is taking part in a decision-making process, and not simply signing a form. In practical terms, of course, ...
later adding informational pamphlets discussing heart disease in the aging. My first meeting with Ms. Bross largely was informati...
some studies that address waiting times that patients invest in seeing physicians, however. McCarthy, McGee and OBoyle (2000) pro...
for the family. Finances have been destroyed with assets being wiped out, the stress such illness creates in the other family memb...
and without duress, and is competent. At least two physicians must agree that the patient is likely to die within six months. Th...
client, the therapist must first determine what the personality structure of the client is. Now, trying to determine "personality ...
view of medicine in order to better help the indigenous population on which she is called to serve. Before launching any p...
Sometimes just the opposite can occur and the bladder does not empty like it should, if at all. Other problems that seem to be ass...
are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...