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carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...
to reduce pain remains controversial. A 2001 meta-analysis of 39 clinical studies found that marijuanas was no more effective in...
by practicing nurses in this area. Both of the authors also hold advanced degrees: one holds a Masters degree and teaches at a co...
only one group, no control group. Group exposed to treatment and then measure (Creswell, 2003). Measured participants blood gluco...
hospitals are not required to report mistakes that have been made to any sort of overseeing agency (Inskeep and Neighmond, 2004). ...
balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...
2% were on home hemodialysis (Freitas, 2002, 167). There are many chronic problems associated with hemodialysis including hyper...
care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...
followers must abide by the same doctrines. Post-modernisms discursive system was a reaction to and critique of modernism, with p...
God" (Hippocratic Oath, 2001). It seems to me that the wording leads the young physician directly into the trap he hopes to avoid...
Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...
continues to battle against the ongoing nursing shortage. Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that ...
(Outpatient Surgical Centers, 2005). Surgeons generally are not part of the staff, but the centers employ all other positions req...
2005). However, the employer of these aides will be responsible for ensuring that systems are in place in regards to proper manage...
and needs to be carefully monitored, and the water filled blankets may be effective if used above and below the patient by they ar...
reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...
later in life. This obvious connection to anthropology led Freuds predecessors to continue applying such a concept even as the fa...
true medical condition. The approach is taken even further by Thomas Szasz where any mental condition is not seen as a true medi...
dolphins could provide a piece to a perplexing medical puzzle that has long been missing. They can, these dolphin aficionados mai...
to conduct studies of our own to assess the relationship between patient well being and medical resident work load. Much ...
many had very definite opinions on the matter as a whole, "none of the participants articulated what the process consisted of or h...
chlamydial, and rickettsial organisms" (Bessette, 2004). Inhibits bacterial protein synthesis (Bessette, 2004). E. Cloxacillin: "...
moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...
ensuring that a significant proportion of stroke victims survive and retain their independence. This is important not only from th...
proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...
indicated as an advantage of PICCs can be initiated at the bedside by a registered nurse, which avoid the need for general anesthe...
in groups created by the reciprocal model and attention is given to both ideas and feelings (1990). The needs of the group members...
Over twice as many people have been infected with HIV than was initially projected; over 42 million people have been infected sinc...
The link between nurse caring and patient satisfaction has been reported numerous times. For instance, the AORN journal reported a...
2000). Even as recently as just a couple of decades ago, conditions such as cramps, pregnancy nausea and even labor pains were oft...