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has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...
"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...
the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...
The Clinical Workstation Application of the 3M(tm) Care Innovation Expert Applications system focuses on providing clinicians and ...
later adding informational pamphlets discussing heart disease in the aging. My first meeting with Ms. Bross largely was informati...
need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...
are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...
For different reasons, each profession believes that the morning routine of washing and dressing is essential. Both the nurse and...
for the family. Finances have been destroyed with assets being wiped out, the stress such illness creates in the other family memb...
some studies that address waiting times that patients invest in seeing physicians, however. McCarthy, McGee and OBoyle (2000) pro...
indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...
to the bill as did many nursing executives, arguing that there was sufficient legislation already on the books that dealt with sta...
view of medicine in order to better help the indigenous population on which she is called to serve. Before launching any p...
client, the therapist must first determine what the personality structure of the client is. Now, trying to determine "personality ...
Sometimes just the opposite can occur and the bladder does not empty like it should, if at all. Other problems that seem to be ass...
In this paper consisting of seven pages the importance of adequately assessing patient needs is discussed by examining the theorie...
and without duress, and is competent. At least two physicians must agree that the patient is likely to die within six months. Th...
were a child answering her mother (Ribeiro 80). The great playwright William Shakespeare was a keen observer of human behavior, ...
In five pages this research paper examines how Alzheimer's Disease influences the patients' brain cells and structure. Eight sour...
In eight pages this essay discusses the ethical conflict between a patient's 'right to die' and the Nurse's Code. Five sources ar...
This paper presents the argument in nine pages that the government is earmarking too much spending on the preservation of terminal...
of heavy alcohol ingestion and heavy cigarette smoking (Brown, Kresevic and Nosan, 1998). Purpose of the Study...
In five pages this text is used in an analysis of the mental patient's moral career and medical model. There are no other sources...
it is right to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives, or to assist such patients to commit suicide, will continue despi...
In seven pages this paper discusses the problems associated with a patient's deliberate self harm in a discussion of relevant mana...
Appropriate treatment decisions and planning require this level of honest communication. The decision to disclose shouldnt revolv...
potential need for treatment for impaired skin integrity due to immobility. Therefore, the nurse will begin precautions prior to a...
of which includes diabetes (Samuels et al 55). Auricle pressure points - comprise over half of the more than 400 acupuncture poin...
quality of life represents the extent to which an individual can continue living his or her normal existence without the overwhelm...
"become a universal law" (Kant, 1993, p. 30). In other words, Kants main criteria for action is that the individual should conside...