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Nursing Ethics/A Diabetic Patient

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

INTERDISCIPLINARY RELATIONSHIPS AND HEALTH CARE

EDs x-rays or MRIs onto the priority list for whatever reason. The result is a lot of misunderstanding between the departments: ED...

Healthcare Initiatives at the Federal Level

outcome if the Affordable Care Act were implemented in 2011, in regards to the number of insured; without a doubt, coverage would ...

Roles and Issues Regarding Health Care Reform

in the future development and revision of health care policy: While the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) of 2010...

Reviewing the Literature on OBRA 87 and Care Quality

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

Ostomy Wounds

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

Universal Prescription Drug Coverage

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

Health Care: Proposal

quality of care is approached, while at the same time find ways to reduce costs. It has also been noted that socialized health ca...

Pressure Ulcers/Changing Care

change and its rationale (which was based on the results of empirical research), implemented the change and then "supported the c...

Factors Affecting Health Care

now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...

HEALTH CARE ACT AND MENTAL HEALTH

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

Interview with Director of Critical Care

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

AIDS, Health Care Privatization, and International Expectations

infected individuals essentially quadrupled in South Africa and Zimbabwe (El-Asfahani and Girvan, 2009). Today an estimated 25 pe...

Advance Directives, Pros and Cons

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

HEALTHCARE QUESTIONS

anticipated to help improve the system over the long term, short-term there will have to be adaptations by organizations as they d...

Health Care in Australia; Improving the Medical Workplace

This paper will discuss the debate in Australia. People are also aware that health care is not as good as it could be, so the seco...

A Review of the California Foster Care System

--for more information on using this paper properly! The criminal justice system often receives criticism for operating ...

Health Care Legislation: A Multi-Dimensional Concept

labyrinthine topic which is overwhelming in terms of both accessibility and comprehension. This is because the health care industr...

Increasing Health Care Costs

The health care situation is rather complex, but solutions can be implemented once the problem is thoroughly understood. This pape...

Health Care for Immigrants - An Evaluative Argument

the beginning of the 2012 election season fast approaching, it is to be expected that the topic of immigration is going to come in...

The Healing Applications of the Hypnotic Technique

Hypnosis is sometimes regarded more as a parlor trick than as an effective approach to influencing human behavior and...

Public Relations in the Health Care Industry

professional from Phoenix Childrens Hospital in Arizona. The organization is an excellent representation of the importance of publ...

Nursing Concerns at Large Hospital System

fail to assure patient safety and a reasonable working environment for themselves. Sutter Health is a large system of hospitals an...

Cancer Care: An Economic Analysis

is an important part of healthcare that is focused on the economic principles of the industry. This branch of economics is used by...

HEALTH CARE AND LEGISLATION

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

Health Care and Material Management

would have no need for surgical gloves, but a hospital or a stand-alone outpatient surgery clinic has need for both. A mate...

Nursing Home Care and the Effects of Mandatory Continuation of Nursing Education

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

Social Systems Theory and Foster Care

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

A Case Study of the Use of Collaborative Processes for a Woman with Multiple Comorbidities

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

Quality Assurance and Nursing Management

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