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This paper pertains to an ethical dilemma faced by hospital nurses caring for patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses. Adherent of th...

Seclusion and constraints have been the traditional way to control mental health patients when they lose control. This has always ...

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

by Johansson, Dahlstrom and Brostrom (2006), they found 10 studies that examine4d the relationship between depression in HF patien...

patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...

language competency. The results of this study confirmed that the BEST oral interview can be used successfully within the context ...

and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...

and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...

someone who was less than one of the "real nurses," in his estimation, he found that the young nursing assistant accomplished the...

points out, medicalization is a process that defines a problem in terms of the practitioners perspective and cultural biases, rath...

life in prison for patient death (Jacko & Sears, 2003). HIPAA is comprised of five major titles that are applicable to each provi...

there are those that are relevant to childrens protection as well, such as confidentiality. For example, during a recent visit tw...

a peaceful death among terminal patients. HSBs of specific groups of any size - whether large or small - are positively related t...

the case study, is important for planning a safe and effective rehabilitation program (Craven and Hirnle, 2007). People who experi...

movement disorders, such as Parkinsons and dystonia. This procedure was initially developed in 1987 in France (Song, 2006). This a...

to base their arguments on more spiritual and ethereal ground, such as the idea that a persons life ends when God chooses to end i...

in place for some time, and none of the fears surrounding it have ever materialized (Seale, 2006). Research shows that 171 people ...

"encouragement of facing probl4ems/fears, support of efforts to master problems/ears, affective experiencing/catharsis" (Coady 15)...

cancer affects both the man and his life partner. In most cases, study designs addressing quality of life issues for prostate canc...

"study and report to Congress on standards for the maximum number of hours that a nurse may work without compromising the safety o...

at any given time. More than a decade ago, Bigelow and Arndt (1995) suspected value in TQM in the hospital setting but wrote, "Th...

proximity and/or behavior man has imposed upon his own species. Social norms play an integral role in both setting and meeting th...

an overview of the issues that surround massage and the literature that support the fact that it is an effective approach in the t...

protocol. Rosenberg et al (2005) and Larson et al (2006) detail the pursuit toward getting the elderly population in step with be...

Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of...

Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...

nursing skill levels and patient mix" (Minimum staff levels, 2004, p. 33). However, the researchers found that a "greater total nu...

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...