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the childs life. Children are not simply adults in miniature, as their bodies and organ function are in a continual state of deve...

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, ...

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

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

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

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

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

last start up cost is the start up training costs for the staff, if the staff are to be brought in from external sources there may...

income (Douglas & Burke, 2010; Kaiser Family Foundation, 2011). Medicare taxes on net investment income will also increase from 0....

can be easily determined via the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) and by testing fasting plasma glucose (FPG), as these tests ar...

primary symptoms of COPD are "wheezing, cough, dyspnea on exertion and increased phlegm production" (Touhy and Jett, 2012, p. 289)...

of falls in elderly chronic patients at that home. 1c. Discuss findings with supervisor/mentor. 1a. The creation of a detailed...

effectiveness of a computer-based access that informed primary care physicians of all prescriptions dispensed to specific patients...

("Three stages," 2011, p. 1465). Mild cognitive impairment characterizes the second stage of AD ("Three stages," 2011). The thre...

The incidence of inappropriate medication prescriptions issued to elderly individuals is estimated to be between 12 and 40 percent...

frequently the needs of terminal patients are not addressed properly and that multiple problems exist in this regard. Practitioner...

serious, potentially fatal, but preventable, complication of diabetes mellitus that occurs when there is insufficient insulin to m...

The writer looks at a hospital planning on implementing a web chat facility on their corporate web site to increase communication...

with chronic conditions to live longer, despite the presence of these conditions. However, the pharmaceutical innovations that mak...

using CHOP alone. This study involved 399 patients who were 60 years of age and older in the advanced stages of NHL ("Adult NHL,"...

for a long period of time. It may be noted that the problem was caused by steroid use when jerry was in his 20s, and the dangers w...

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

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...

report on her search process, as several of the articles she provided are included in this review. This writer/tutor accessed the ...

additional costs of transcribing existing active patient records. The implementation will also incur additional operating costs,...

The writer looks at a scenario where a home care health organization wants to introduce an electronic patient records system. The ...

their resources and materials but emergency rooms do not seem to be able to keep track of equipment or even patients. One issue we...

investment in the software program has a number of benefits as well as some challenges. The development of a system where patient ...