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the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...

Budget cutbacks, burnout and lack of student enrollment have precluded sufficient staffing in many critical areas of healthcare. ...

meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...

the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

a noun and a verb, is inextricably intertwined with nursing. Nurses provide care, that is, the actions necessary to attend to pati...

legislation an the economic feasibility of the plan. A major role of the board will be to make the decision, to ensure that there ...

birth, it is critical to interact with the infant, to touch and cuddle and talk with the infant, to provide a safe and nurturing e...

and Abecassis, 2010). Available treatments for ESRD and economics of treatment from an organizational perspective: The only trea...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...

Wagner 35). It is also suggested that the practitioner should, of course, thoroughly read the contract, but also that practition...

over a great deal with social exchange theory and the study of politics in the workplace (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 2003). The use ...

It is left to regulatory agencies such as the DFPS to interpret the law, write regulations that are in accordance with the law and...

the supply by 2010 (Kleinman and Saccomano, 2006). Traditional nursing care models, such as primary nursing, are founded on the su...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

for its lack of market-changing competition (Porter and Teisberg, 2004), but competition exists nonetheless, if only indirectly. ...

they do and so are less valuable in health care (Cys, 2004). NPs are and have been nurses first, and a requirement for the Master...

diversion stoma (urostomy) allows urine to be passed through the stoma rather than the urethra (Kirkwood 20). Sometime stomas are ...

ownership, because it once again acts as a preventive measure against accidents or injuries for the animals, damaged household ite...

points out that patients with comorbidities have additional needs that serve to increase the complexity of care. Various models of...

nursing care over the past decade and how do they support the argument for a continuum of educational practices for nursing profes...

physical and social limits, functional components, and feedback mechanisms" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). With regard t...

to increase the quality of care given in long term care facilities in the country, in order to ultimate reduce health care costs t...

2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...

it is discovered that her death was called by a massive pulmonary embolism. Two years later, her husband files suit against the n...

material possessions and feelings of isolation from political officials and institutions. Forbrig, Joerg. Revisiting Youth Pol...

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

Concepts, theories, principles and practices in managed care and the health services industry in regards to social, economic, and ...

a top priority for many hospitals; however, the competition among hospitals for these nurses is intense (Thomason, 2006). Problem...

of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), define an "Advance Directives," as "l...