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This research paper addresses the issue of patient throughput in overcrowded Emergency Departments (EDs). Management and throughpu...

and retention" (Andersen, 2002, p. 603). This then should be the first priority: to design a study that will accrue and retain ...

This paper is made up of three sections, with each section pertaining to a significant hospital administration issue. These topics...

classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...

very pressure it places upon the youth. There is a tremendous burden for teens to perform within their respective peer groups, wh...

long after all signs of consciousness have ceased. Is this "good"? Is this beneficent? The news tells us of parents confronting me...

267). In other words, scholarship points out that men today are faced with a plethora of conflicting societal messages. They are...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

age. Therefore, the patient population is increasing. This factor is also influenced by the fact that that the huge lump in the Am...

through the administration of pain medication. It is not to end that suffering through medically-induced suicide. In fact, the C...

In eight pages this essay discusses efforts to reconcile euthanasia and the Nurse's Code in a consideration of the ethics nonmalef...

In four pages this paper examines the important assistance hospices offer in terms of the process of dying and specifically discus...

In twelve pages a literature review is included in this hypothetical study that considers the effects and potential benefits of mu...

patients, and as such may not be as acceptable or desirable (Saltzman, 1985). Other limiting factors in the use of drugs c...

one, we become constantly reacquainted with the subject. The way that we deal with death varies on both an individual and a colle...

stronger. The authors make no comment on whether any of the individuals were concerned about becoming dependent on their pa...

It seems that within the context of the work, there is little compassion shown for the protagonist with the exception of one oncol...

providers and also provide a well-balanced outline about the issues involved in a patients "right to die" (Hendin, Foley and White...

every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...

This research paper presents an examination of nursing empirical literature that covers a number of issues relevant to advanced pr...

The writer reviews a research article provided by the student, which uses a narrative methodology in order to examine the experien...

This nursing practicum proposal focuses on the mandated nurse-to-patient ratios that have been implemented in California. The writ...

still exists as to the necessity and long-term benefits of circumcision. Virtually all agree that if circumcision is to be done, ...

best way to appease both the law and the public; its dynamic decision about whether to include doctor-assisted suicide and volunta...

the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...

ensuring that a significant proportion of stroke victims survive and retain their independence. This is important not only from th...

Plus Program, that was implemented in the study performed by Resnick and colleagues was found, among other benefits, to improve af...

and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...

operating room to recovery, the tracking of patient information becomes an imperative part of this process (Beyea, Hicks and Becke...

is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...