YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Five Patients by Michael Crichton
Essays 1291 - 1320
a study whose purpose was to determine the way in which patients perceive patient education efforts. This research revealed that c...
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...
by persistent discomfort with ones sex" (Meyenburg, 1999, p. 305). This gender identification with the opposite sex typically com...
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...
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...
Study participants ranged from 20 to 79 years and noted that the mere exchange of information is not enough to accomplish the desi...
proven to be the principal reason for nosocomial infections, that is, infections that are acquired after hospital admittance. Impo...
to take expensive prescription medications as prescribed. This acerbates medical conditions and results in increases in acuity lev...
paying salaries). Patients are going to generally go to hospitals where their doctors are - though when it comes to emergencies or...
and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...
the situation, the charge nurse might take a number of different actions in response to this information. For example, the charge ...
had pushed through legislation mandating mandatory medical error reporting (Hosford, 2008). Additionally, and perhaps more importa...
motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...
classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...
and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...
by Johansson, Dahlstrom and Brostrom (2006), they found 10 studies that examine4d the relationship between depression in HF patien...
patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...
language competency. The results of this study confirmed that the BEST oral interview can be used successfully within the context ...
and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...
to base their arguments on more spiritual and ethereal ground, such as the idea that a persons life ends when God chooses to end i...
in place for some time, and none of the fears surrounding it have ever materialized (Seale, 2006). Research shows that 171 people ...
cancer affects both the man and his life partner. In most cases, study designs addressing quality of life issues for prostate canc...
life in prison for patient death (Jacko & Sears, 2003). HIPAA is comprised of five major titles that are applicable to each provi...
"encouragement of facing probl4ems/fears, support of efforts to master problems/ears, affective experiencing/catharsis" (Coady 15)...
there are those that are relevant to childrens protection as well, such as confidentiality. For example, during a recent visit tw...
there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...
is not an expectation based on fact or knowledge, it is based on hope. 2. Clinicians personal and professional values Personal ...
nursing skill levels and patient mix" (Minimum staff levels, 2004, p. 33). However, the researchers found that a "greater total nu...
care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...