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this development and left orders for both analgesia and sedation, which helped at first, but became less effective as the hours pa...

hospital stays (Cole and Soucy, 2003). While all ICU patients have serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, those ov...

of Healthcare Organizations is one organization which has had a definitive impact on the quality of care being provided across the...

In two pages this paper examines the nursing field and the growing complexities involving managed health care. Two sources are ci...

care service has been the focus of greater scrutiny. Willging (2004) asks: "Just what is assisted living? There are still too ma...

areas will have different needs, this will be indicated by a number of factors, the area itself and the features as well as the ch...

by trying things out)...reflective learners (learn by thinking things through, working alone) 5. sequential learners (linear, orde...

individual, the eight values of the CNA Code provide a framework for guidance regarding nursing behavior. The Code states that the...

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

conditions may worsen and require treatment which will be more costly for the state or healthcare provider. This is unlikely to ha...

to produce better outcomes for patients and improve the conduct and performance of nurses and other health care employees on a dai...

In four pages a hypothetical situation is considered in which a conflict commences in an ICU between a healthcare assistant and a ...

the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...

In a paper consisting of 4 pages the surgical complications regarding a member of the Jehovah's Witness patient as described in a ...

This 7 page paper gives an overview of the basics of the major religions and why nurses should study them. This paper includes Jew...

Most healthcare facilities today are short staff, especially nurses. Still, this paper discusses things to consider when reducing ...

IT systems have the potential to add value to the way healthcare is provided as well as increase quality when applied in a patien...

indicates, restraint places health practitioners between the proverbial rock and a hard place. However, there are practice standar...

it is appropriate, such as when a novice nurse is faced with a crisis. There are times, and stages in a career, when employees can...

Agency for Healthcare and Quality as "doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right way, for the right person-and having ...

literature and also "analysis of ICD-9-CM codes," which were reviewed by a "clinician panel," offering specific IQs that address i...

and healthcare developments in this country. Many of these organizations have websites that provide information about the nature ...

is referred for tests, a medical code is given to that referral (Dietrich, n.d.). If a clinic of several physicians, for example, ...

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

Anderson and Squires (2010) maintained that the life expectancy at birth in this country is 77.8 years, placing it at the bottom q...

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

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

the inherent differences between models. Ultimately, an individual chooses a nursing model that is based upon and compatible with...

do not have their inhaler with them or it is "forgotten, lost or empty when needed" (Bryne, Schreibr and Nguyen 335). Without this...

individuals who collectively utilize this approach to humiliate as a show of solidarity, which is often hidden in the form of goss...