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State Systems and the Effects of Globalization

effortlessly leap once imposing territorial and cultural borders which can have major consequences on state "sovereignty, prosperi...

Metaparadigms and Nursing

and with others interacting with the patient. Mezirow (1991) promotes the use of critical reflection in building new knowle...

4 Traditional Metaparadigms in Nursing

Under her wing, Nightingale took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to health. ...

Health Care Systems, Population Subgroups, and Teen Pregnancy

in the United States alone, "the annual cost of teen pregnancies from lost tax revenues, public assistance, child health care, fos...

Dept. of Health and Human Services' Organizational Structure

nurses and other hospital personnel spend more than 30 minutes doing paperwork for each hour they provide patient care (Brown, 200...

Function and Role of Nurse Practitioners

the most frequently reported intervention classifications for NPs were patient education, drug management, nutrition support, risk...

The European PHEC and the American DTC

advertising in the US Since the mid-1980s, the FDA has allowed DTC advertising in the US. Originally, a few DTC ads were allowed ...

Health Care System of Canada

financial or other barriers" (Canada Health Act, 2004). Financing and Payment Structures Local governments and municipaliti...

PPS Health Care Payment Systems

The provider may not charge either the patient or supplementary insurer an additional amount. "If the provider does not take assi...

Healthcare and Caribbean vs. South American Perspectives

In a paper that consists of five pages women's mental health care and the differing perspectives between the Caribbean and South A...

Health Promotion Rationale and Coronary Heart Disease

(Link and Tanner, 2001). Research has found that some clients may be suffering from myocardial infarction (MI) even when they have...

Managed Care and Politics

partners. The relationship dates back to at least 1945 when Harry Truman wanted to "wage war against infirmity" (Jones, 2003, p. 3...

Public Health and Welfare Reform from Both Sides of the Issue

that speaks to the need to encourage otherwise nonproductive members of society to become more instrumental in their own well bein...

Future Trends in Managed Care

that MCOs develop their capacity to handle changes that are driven legislatively by congressional response to public reactions to ...

The Public Option is Necessary

very wrong with health care in the United States. Presidents have been trying to fix the problem for decades but they are fightin...

Obesity and Health

on around the stomach) (Nazario, 2009). Obesity is linked to heart disease and stroke because it often causes high blood pressure...

Viability of Health Care Reform

system is overloaded and completely unorganized. Managed care doctors are typically overworked, overstressed and underpaid, a com...

Health Care: Challenges in Caring for a Diverse Population, and Dealing with Colleagues of Different Ages

to proper interaction with culturally diverse patients: "These standards provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence,...

Challenges to Pathology in the NHS

Overall, the provision of pathology services account for approximately 4% of the total NHS budget (Lord Carter, 2006). It is u...

Pending Health Care Legislation

nursing home residents, uninsured children and families, people with chronic illnesses...and other underserved groups" (Pomeroy, 2...

Innocent Drinks Value Creation

of the company along with the way they compete can be considered in order to the way in which they are able to create value. 2. ...

MEDICARE MODERNIZATION - AN OVERVIEW

Medicare Part D has the ability to impact millions of individuals who are currently enrolled in Medicare and who were unable to ge...

Theory of Human Caring/Jean Watson

experience of another person, and another can enter into the nurses experiences" (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003, p. 25). Watson rega...

Improving Food Safety

Fahrenheit. * Food should be discarded if conditions result in the lack of refrigeration above 40 degrees Fahrenheit for any signi...

Optimizing Emotional Health Benefits and Opiates

health effectiveness to the treatment of depression and the dependence upon heroin. Depression is likely the most common malady e...

Single Parents Must Rise to the Challenge

to make up for the dissolution of the nuclear family as a whole. Much has changed in our society over time. In traditional socie...

THE MEANING BEHIND "SUPER SIZE ME"

Discusses the concept of fast food leading to health problems in the movie "Super Size Me." There is 1 source listed in the biblio...

Allocating Healthcare

saved. In essence, to allocate health care is to pick and choose who gets to live in a world where there are not enough resources...

America's Best Drug Policy Option

of the crime problem, they carried with them the frustration of knowing that despite all good intentions, alcohol (like drugs) wil...

Tougher Laws Needed To Address Domestic Abuse

justice to the battered victim, it is also to educate the health care industry about how to identify abuse and the steps necessary...