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Persistent Vegetative State Patients and Ethical Decision Making

the balloon, and certain gestures, were definite responses to the environment and evidence of consciousness, but the doctors disag...

Impact of Managed Care

that the government did not intend when establishing Medicare in the 1960s. At present, Medicare virtually rules all of Ame...

Relationship Between Patient Mechanical Ventilation and Oral Hygiene

billions in additional health care cost. Likewise, Houston, et al (2002) substantiate that contraction of nosocomial pneumonia co...

Teenagers and Pallative Care

have changed considerably over the last century. This change is associated with a number of factors, the most prominent being our...

Article Summary on High Blood Pressure

differences between these two classifications are then described and three factors that are believe to influence the formation of ...

Colostomy, Stoma and Peristoma Care

be optimized: "The whole patient, should be assessed and physical, mental and social factors taken...

Statistics in Surgical ICU

within institutions where manual charting of ventilators settings is performed well, "automatic data collection can eliminate dela...

Dynamics of A Group Meeting To Develop a Health Plan

to undertake this task in order to attain the desire goal, this needs input for all the members of the group. The goal is generall...

Patient’s Possessions & Cultural Competency

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

Roy’s Adaptation Model & Cardiac Care

As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...

Refusal of Palliative Care/Bioethics

this incident may have contributed to her divorce. It is also true that her mother has had a problem with alcoholism for over twen...

Article Critique/Perceptions of Palliative Care

(in English) between the years 1989 and 2004. The extent of the literature review appears to be sufficient to support the research...

Article Critique/Awareness of Impending Death

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

In Favor of Abortion

at the moment of birth, then there is no ethical dilemma with abortion. The ethics of the matter come down to a definition, which...

Juvenile Delinquency Theories - Choice And Criminal Atavism

very distinct physical characteristics (Clinton Community College, n.d.). Examples include a flattened nose, very large jaws, stro...

Nursing at the End of Life

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

Wound Care/Wet-to-Dry v. Advanced Dressings

the same manner, however, this dressing is intended to stay moist until removal; however, this may become a wet-to-dry dressing in...

Restaurant Choice and Impact of Certain Foods on Health

In five pages this paper evaluates the role of perceptions in terms of choosing restaurant and whether or not a thriving beef rest...

Orthopaedic Nursing Journal Article Reviewed

In ten pages a tutorial review on the article 'Discharge Teaching Work Strategies for Patients and Families for Care in the Home'...

Relationship Between Patient and Doctor and Managed Care

In eight pages this paper examines the HMO model in a discussion of managed care and its impact upon the relationship between doct...

Overview of Preterm Labor Treatment and the Role of an OB Nurse

at high risk for preterm labor would have the effect of reducing preterm labor rates; this has not been the case. Studies in Franc...

Computer Networking as a Career

In a paper consisting of 5 pages relevant issues to the choice of computer networking will be discussed and include career path pe...

Nursing and Its Cultural Aspects

In five pages the cultural aspects of the nursing profession are considered in a discussion that while Canadian and U.S. nurses mi...

The Nature of HIV/AIDS and the Implications and Treatment of the Disease

10 pages and 7 sources. This paper assesses the existing views of HIV/AIDS, including the approaches to patient care. This paper...

An AIDS Patient and Self Care Model

The Orem Self Care model is represented in an example consisting of nine pages involving an AIDS patient who is discharged after a...

Patient Enteral Feeding and Competent Care

In three pages this paper discusses enteral feeding and providing sufficient care for patients who are receiving it. Two sources ...

Critical Care Patients and Relatives' Support

In three pages an arrangement that competently assists relatives of patients in critical care is proposed. Two sources are cited ...

Competent Patient Care Following Bypass Surgery

In three pages a post bypass surgery patient whose blood pressure is dropping and condition is deteriorating is the focus of this ...

Go West The Migration to the State of California

10 pages and 4 sources. This paper provides an overview of the events and factors that led to the migration to California. This ...

Asthma Education Program Creation

In eight pages an asthma education program that will address both patient and family needs in terms of empowerment and information...