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the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...

as how the profession has been viewed for at least a century. It was an honorable and respected position for a woman and one that ...

medical education, it changed all aspects of medical care and the relationships that exist between physician and patient (pp. 395)...

Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those ...

Replicatability is one hallmark of valid quantitative research. In past years, qualitative research in nursing has been ass...

right? Not as visible a cause as AIDS, nor as prevalent in the news as Cancer, Meningitis will be a difficult sell to this segmen...

underlying the formulation of the nurse-patient relationship. According to Mallik (1998) a great deal of the literature on this to...

of patients that not only speak about the medical problem, but also monopolize the staffs time by discussing volumes of informatio...

Frank seems reluctant to leave. Realizing that Frank needs to be met on a different level, Susan switches back to the "Be-with" mo...

by any number of characteristics used for grouping individuals. These characteristics can include geography, relationships, cultu...

so often work today. The first issue which will be discussed for the purposes of this paper is that of environment. This...

new heart patient may need to learn to radically alter its diet, or the family of a new cancer patient may have to learn to cope w...

not only better oriented overall to do the job but who also would be paid enough to have an incentive to stay in the job or put ma...

study purposes. Thus, although students were utilized in significant numbers, might there be an invalid conclusion due to the samp...

care is to formulate a health care system and workforce that possesses the skill and understanding required to deliver quality hea...

apply to the many diverse factors related to teen suicide attempts and completions. Three of these objectives are: 1. Reduce fire...

is one aspect of work that virtually everyone experiences at one time or another; that such pressure can elevate to harmful levels...

other authors do not seem to consider in their discussions. In terms of language, for instance, a proficiency test measures the st...

of centers that promote research and practice of health communication. Ideally, these centers would duplicate the existing Charle...

4 pages in length. The writer discusses money's role in driving health care reform and what shifts might take place over the next...

(Chen et al, 2003). Accreditation has been identified as a measure of quality, but whether this results in measurable difference...

There is no question HMOs are in need of some major improvement efforts. Time and time again, anecdotal accounts of personal ongo...

indicates that 51 percent of patients who are older than 65 received no medication information at the time of hospital discharge H...

links the alleged perpetrator to the crime for which he or she is alleged to have committed. Strictly regulated as to how, where ...

radiologist must travel to a rural hospital to examine the images (Gamble et al, 2004). If he or she cant travel, then a courier w...

systems. The following examination of the problem of medication errors focuses on the context of mental health nursing within the ...

nurses regarding physical touch, found that these study participants used touch as a therapeutic form of nonverbal communication, ...

the procedures for preparing medications, procedures for dispensing medications, and the responsibilities of a pharmacy profession...

obesity, tobacco use, substance abuse, responsible sexual behavior, mental health, injuries and violence, environmental quality, i...

in African American communities in though it has level off and is falling in other US populations (Dyer, 2003). Adolescents are am...