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not want his father informed), presenting a rationale for signing a health care proxy becomes extremely problematic. Guidelines us...

provided. A nurse who has back pain will likely reduce the care he or she could otherwise administer. When people have back or m...

Ida would do fine provide support for his theories. All he had to do was to fit her and her symptoms into the framework he alread...

protection. It seems that the purpose of the old system was typical as the facility needed communications. However, in health care...

several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...

sense that it is actively intended to cause harm, but negligence occurs when it is established that any reasonable person would ha...

who are suffering from chronic ailments such as congestive heart failure, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma and...

there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...

system to destroy abnormal cells. Hormone production is directly connected to psychological states. Countless women can attest to ...

In seven pages this paper discusses the importance of nursing research for a clear understanding of methodology and ever changing ...

Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...

at any given time. More than a decade ago, Bigelow and Arndt (1995) suspected value in TQM in the hospital setting but wrote, "Th...

Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of...

Decision-making, critical thinking and advocacy are all important in the modern hospital experience. This paper examines a patient...

In six pages this report considers medical ethics and the impact of 'do not resuscitate' orders upon patients, their families, the...

In ten pages this paper examines the issues involving health care professionals and insurance companies as they relate to HMO and ...

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...