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in the home and individuals suffering from dementia. The background literature review sites a wide range of sources, including res...

The writer looks at a research article by Lach and Chang (2007) entitled Caregiver Perspectives on Safety in Home Dementia Care" p...

Prospective Payment System (PPS), reimbursement rates going to both hospitals and physicians have declined significantly. In react...

in the overall quality of care delivered by community health nurses (CHNs) is providing end-of-life care that is holistic and cong...

registered nurse (RN) who has obtained a graduate degree, at least a masters. There are four basic APN categories: clinical nurse ...

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

different ways, In communication a starting point is the presence of verbal and non verbal communication. Different cultures may h...

rate at the hospital soon declined by two-thirds (Garofalo and Fee, 2010). This emphasis is immediately evident in Nightingales No...

the provision of nursing services for early diagnosis and preventive services, the progress made over the course of the last centu...

environment is highly competitive and consumers have high expectations in regards to the quality and effectiveness of the services...

meant. Jan shared it concerned her, too, and she would inquire about what it would really mean to them. This conversation was live...

the team to make a decision. The advantage of the casuistry approach to ethical decisions is that the team finds some sort of co...

housing, case management, nutritional guidance and vocational rehabilitation, as well as the development of new approaches to prev...

the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...

law stipulates that an RN is allowed to delegate specific nursing tasks individuals who are unlicensed if they have been adequatel...

support of a nurse that can keep these patients inspired to continue the positive health behaviors that ensure their continued goo...

populations and fall prevention strategies. 1b. Review the home care records to identify precipitating situations leading to fal...

of Health (NMDH) indicates that, as of 2007, it was estimated that 157,930 New Mexico adults, 18 years of age and older, had diabe...

and symptoms, such as edema and positive fluid balance (Weiss, et al, 2009). Additional criteria include inflammatory variables su...

computerized or electronic patient records. 1c. To discuss these findings with supervisor/mentor to consider how the information...

primary symptoms of COPD are "wheezing, cough, dyspnea on exertion and increased phlegm production" (Touhy and Jett, 2012, p. 289)...

Outline of Professional Portfolio In order to attain such an ideal position, however, it is essential to communicate the value o...

was a patient protection initiative which incorporated a requirement for there to be set nasty patient ratios in healthcare system...

nurse to patient ratio in California. In 1992 and 1993 the California Nurses Association has sponsored the Democratic Senator Jack...

for example, a terrorist attack. iii. Where a nurse is involved in a ongoing medical or surgical procedure which takes the hours i...

to the patient conflicts with the nurses duty to his or her employer (Hanks, 2007). Specifically, barriers to nursing advocacy inc...

frequently the needs of terminal patients are not addressed properly and that multiple problems exist in this regard. Practitioner...

and fatigue, abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation and learning difficulties" ("Lead"). These physiological effects are caused by...

"benefits and burdens of... treatment", helping patients to "understand their prognosis", and emphasizing the importance of patien...

Nigeria is a country that has gone through significant economic struggles that has impacted the ability to sustain a healthy popul...