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

this patient include giving the patient advice and treatment that will improve her overall health and life satisfaction. To sugges...

This ANA Code also specifically includes the possibility that "inappropriate disclosure" can occur by using "identifiable patient ...

there is no cure either for Alzheimers disease or the various forms of dementia on the horizon, healthcare practitioners should "i...

an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...

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

and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...

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

infections can, of course, relate to a number of factors. The type of care needed can vary both according to the type of wound an...

not just in adverse impacts to the patients themselves but also in significant societal costs. Wounds that are improperly cared f...

Plus Program, that was implemented in the study performed by Resnick and colleagues was found, among other benefits, to improve af...

with opioids and can be reversed with the antagonist flumazenil (Krauss and Green, 2006). During the procedure, midazolam is used ...

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...

edema in MS bilateral lower extremities suggests diminished cardiac function is occurring. MS was assessed with potential previou...

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

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

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

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

in response to cognitive and physiological challenge" (Covelli, 2007, p. 323). Diet: Both the intake of dietary sodium and potas...

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

six months the intervention group had only 68 compared to 118 in the control group, likewise quality-of-life was found to be highe...

some determining the study was inconclusive, others saying certain interventions should be made universal and still others stating...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...

implications that definitely go against the grain of some long-established educational practices. Given the problematic n...

was evaluated using the Beth Israel Medical Center flow sheet sedation scale (Loewy, et al, 2006). If, after 30 minutes, the patie...

charges of intentional discrimination.4 Furthermore, the 1991 Act broadened the language of the 1866 Civil Rights Act and extended...

phases of gait, the kinematics of the anatomical knee and the specific issues for pediatric prosthetic knee users, relates some of...

patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...