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an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

(Domrose, 2001). However, current trends have developed that have greatly expanded the scope of med-surg nursing, which includes a...

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...

cancer being observed (Wynder, Goodman and Hoffman, 1985). They also suggest that schools should place "major emphasis" on program...

In addition to these operational benefits, the state in which databases exist today enable organizations to use the data contained...

(Briggs, 2003). At the lower levels of the hierarchy there is also a very clear and specified role to accept "personal responsibil...

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

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

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