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secretary, should leave the ward when there were fewer than three children on the unit and work a second adult unit as well. He wa...

able to monitor heat patients who are at-risk for fluid retention, healthcare providers anticipate that this device will enable th...

and Smith, 2006). This in turn will create a relationship with the patient that facilities the achievement of these goals (Walshe ...

with mental illnesses may reach out to drugs or alcohol to ease the pain they are feeling. It becomes very difficult to separate t...

The intent of anesthesia, of course, is to pharmaceutically suppress the perception and thus the memory of the procedure. There h...

medications or they could be a sign of depression (Turner and Kelly, 2000). Turner and Kelly (2000) state strongly that it is e...

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

of dying and that some of this research indicated significant differences in this awareness. This leads into a discussion of what ...

system (Verghese). "It was clear, though no one had yet seen a case, that he was Johnson Citys first case of the acquired immune d...

and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...

as individuals, "healthcare executives must evaluate the possible outcomes of their decisions and accept full responsibility for t...

provide effective communication, the Band Aid song "Do They Know Its Christmas" a song which led to Live Aid was effective; this w...

proven to be the principal reason for nosocomial infections, that is, infections that are acquired after hospital admittance. Impo...

workplace is a critical component of occupational rehabilitation (Morrison, 1993). In one study it was found that employees of inj...

Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

bodies to produce an excessive amount of cholesterol (Statins safe, 2004). Left untreated, this condition is associated with havin...

exposes patients to new health risks by increasing their tendency to gain weight. Interventions that address the potential for wei...

explained the process further and made it clear that he would perform the catheterization, the man approved. As this indicates, fr...

of different causative factors (Clinician Reviews, 2007; Hunter et al, 2002). Extrapolated prevalence rates for constipation in t...

it is like the concept of paying it forward. Praying forward is that act of doing something kind or helpful for someone else, they...

the situation, the charge nurse might take a number of different actions in response to this information. For example, the charge ...

Study participants ranged from 20 to 79 years and noted that the mere exchange of information is not enough to accomplish the desi...

are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...

hypoglycemia require different nursing responses. Mild hypoglycemia, which is defined by the symptoms listed above and a glucose r...

in the U.S. stands at 8.5 percent to over 14 percent, depending on the specific area of specialty (Letvak and Buck, 2008), by 2020...

paying salaries). Patients are going to generally go to hospitals where their doctors are - though when it comes to emergencies or...

to take expensive prescription medications as prescribed. This acerbates medical conditions and results in increases in acuity lev...

system, decreasing the natural defenses that allow the body to fight off infections and diseases (Etiology, 2008). As this suggest...

are fatigued often have trouble dealing successfully with their illness. In this article Benzein and Berg note that "Hope, hopeles...