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In six pages this report considers medical ethics and the impact of 'do not resuscitate' orders upon patients, their families, the...
their doctors fidelity and integrity to put their medical needs ahead of the doctors financial interests. "The most significant s...
In a paper consisting of six pages the growing trend towards treating cancer patients at home rather than at a medical facility is...
This research paper offers an overview of a study, Jansink, et al (2010), which investigated the obstacles to bringing about effec...
In a paper of five pages, the author reflects on the value of vitamin D therapy presented in case series study. This study shows ...
This research paper offers a case study that the writer argues represents a schizophrenic patient. The paper discusses the rationa...
agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...
increased; the incidence rate has risen from 15% to 35%. The problem is the increase in the rate of falls and a need to reduce the...
one-third of patients with major depression experience remission using the first medication prescribed. This leads the doctor will...
(Smith, 2006). They need to realize they will become tired and frustrated. What family and friends can do to help the patient is...
but that is limited to 2 percent of the familys annual income or 1 percent for those who have chronic illnesses (Clarke, 2012). Th...
The paper is a presentation made up 12 slides and notes for the speaker. The presentation outlines a protocol for a new multifact...
The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...
Systems (HCAHPS) is a patient satisfaction survey and assessment of the level of quality care provided by hospitals and healthcare...
have on patient outcomes. It was found patients from the Mexican American families, where there was a lower level of EE were also ...
percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...
use of continuing education to improve patient care (Sterman, Gauker & Krieger, 2003). Effects of nursing rounds, call light use, ...
disorder that is characterized by obsessions, i.e., thoughts, and/or compulsions, acts that must be done. The acts become rituals....
the highest readmission rates for congestive heart failure (CHF), as well as other conditions (DeFelice, et al, 2010). Initially, ...
is based on the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Or, it could be the greatest pleasure or good over the least pain...
millennia ago, it is the first recorded use of pooled payment systems to proved healthcare. There are many examples of similar soc...
the various roles and responsibilities that the specialty involves, they share the common quality that the nursing process is inhe...
or the frequency level of falls in terms of overall patient numbers. For quality improvement to take place it is necessary not onl...
to any injury to the head that impairs subsequent brain functioning. While mild TBI can appear to have left the individual unimpai...
effectiveness of a computer-based access that informed primary care physicians of all prescriptions dispensed to specific patients...
("Three stages," 2011, p. 1465). Mild cognitive impairment characterizes the second stage of AD ("Three stages," 2011). The thre...
The incidence of inappropriate medication prescriptions issued to elderly individuals is estimated to be between 12 and 40 percent...
the family are high, exacerbated by the death of Davids father. Feelings Gibbs reflective cycle will usually focus in the feelin...
The writer looks at a scenario where a home care health organization wants to introduce an electronic patient records system. The ...
frequently the needs of terminal patients are not addressed properly and that multiple problems exist in this regard. Practitioner...