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2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...

Nursing has evolved over the decades primarily as a result of research (Director, 2009). Nurses recognize a problem and introduce ...

by many the local and national government ought to have a more important role in the healthcare of the nations. As early as 1900 t...

than nurses, executives and managers at those hospitals. St. Lukes Medical Center St. Lukes is a 154-bed hospital located in S...

this rhetoric was how the act would impact the millions of people in the United States who suffer from emotional or physical disor...

properly! Budget and performance reports are a...

from those of education- focused institutions, when the institution in question is a nursing school, there are similarities, as we...

a relatively new mental illness category. Gunderson (2001) explained that borderline personality disorder "is layered between neur...

Third cause of increasing healthcare costs is attributed to the attitude of the public, with the expectation that will diseases wi...

individual and small-group insurance will operate in a manner similar to large-group coverage by pooling risks (Iglehart, 2010). I...

the arsenal of the therapist. It has been an effective tool for getting to the bottom of the emotional and spiritual malaise so p...

newspapers and magazines understands that the "Big Kahuna" of health care regulations involves the Patient Protection and Affordab...

or another, enter into ethical quandaries as a result of their regular operations. This is because virtually all organizational ac...

records, highlighting the capacity for such a change to have a sweeping impact throughout the industry. For example, in the 2009 "...

are different medications Mrs. N could take for depression, if she is depressed. There is no diagnosis to that effect. It is likel...

an assessed internal rate of return of 4.46%. This assessment was made using the accounting convention of conservatism. However,...

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

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...

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

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

or the frequency level of falls in terms of overall patient numbers. For quality improvement to take place it is necessary not onl...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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