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later adding informational pamphlets discussing heart disease in the aging. My first meeting with Ms. Bross largely was informati...

need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...

For different reasons, each profession believes that the morning routine of washing and dressing is essential. Both the nurse and...

are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...

to the bill as did many nursing executives, arguing that there was sufficient legislation already on the books that dealt with sta...

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...

it is right to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives, or to assist such patients to commit suicide, will continue despi...

in funding for long-term care will have had a devastating impact on women, minorities, and children. Patterns of Use According to...

In five pages this text is used in an analysis of the mental patient's moral career and medical model. There are no other sources...

"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...

level of problems for inpatients was 20.9% compared to only 8.4% for outpatients (Wilson et al, 2002). When asked to rate the serv...

The Clinical Workstation Application of the 3M(tm) Care Innovation Expert Applications system focuses on providing clinicians and ...

the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...

indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...

facility grew to over 1,000 beds and the addition of a many barracks-style buildings. The design for a new facility began in 1942 ...

with physicians to "Yes, doctor," the still-proceeding transitions in healthcare continue to elevate the position of nurse while n...

clear that the patient is taking part in a decision-making process, and not simply signing a form. In practical terms, of course, ...

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

issue via conceptual analysis, inasmuch as Walker and Avant provide specific steps that allow one to wholly define the ambiguous a...

over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...

consent must be made through a signed legal document (Retsas and Forrester, 1995). In all cases consent must be freely and volunt...

All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...

symptoms so that they might seek help at the onset of a respiratory event and to acquaint them with the causes of their condition ...

some of the inmates to play poker with pornographic cards. He smuggles hookers in for several of the ward mates, and he threatens ...

as long as they know whos records they are looking for and how to access them. The next stage from this that avoids the delays eve...

made of cotton or cotton blends, which absorb rather than repel fluids. One of the most important precautions that a nurse can t...

of dementia depend on the cause of the disease. However, in all senses of the definition of dementia, it is irreversible and will...

dominance, a reality much of which is attributed to - or blamed upon - religious underpinnings. Laughton (1995) notes how women h...

the benefits of including creativity in the four primary functions of management: Planning, Organizing, Leading and Controlling. ...