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(Smith, 2006). They need to realize they will become tired and frustrated. What family and friends can do to help the patient is...

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 childs life. Children are not simply adults in miniature, as their bodies and organ function are in a continual state of deve...

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, ...

or the frequency level of falls in terms of overall patient numbers. For quality improvement to take place it is necessary not onl...

agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...

perception of powerlessness is a condition that can affects virtually all individuals at some point in their lives (Dryer, 2006). ...

among the classic symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis. The pathophysiology of these symptoms results from the buildup in ketones due...

to any injury to the head that impairs subsequent brain functioning. While mild TBI can appear to have left the individual unimpai...

serious, potentially fatal, but preventable, complication of diabetes mellitus that occurs when there is insufficient insulin to m...

the various roles and responsibilities that the specialty involves, they share the common quality that the nursing process is inhe...

abnormal (Yadkin, 2011). The ratio between the BUN reading and creatinine should not be greater than 20:1 or less than 10:1 and th...

for a long period of time. It may be noted that the problem was caused by steroid use when jerry was in his 20s, and the dangers w...

primary symptoms of COPD are "wheezing, cough, dyspnea on exertion and increased phlegm production" (Touhy and Jett, 2012, p. 289)...

of falls in elderly chronic patients at that home. 1c. Discuss findings with supervisor/mentor. 1a. The creation of a detailed...

The writer looks at a hospital planning on implementing a web chat facility on their corporate web site to increase communication...

with chronic conditions to live longer, despite the presence of these conditions. However, the pharmaceutical innovations that mak...

using CHOP alone. This study involved 399 patients who were 60 years of age and older in the advanced stages of NHL ("Adult NHL,"...

many professionals feel is attached to a strong desire to do the right thing. When organizations are engaging in unethical practic...

one technologically based communication modality-e-mail, a web-based forum, and so forth- involving patients and health care provi...

newspapers and magazines understands that the "Big Kahuna" of health care regulations involves the Patient Protection and Affordab...

or another, enter into ethical quandaries as a result of their regular operations. This is because virtually all organizational ac...

non-intense application produces better results, while others claim that intensity is the key to results. This paper will explore ...

In the US there is a requirement for healthcare organizations to use electronic health records (HER), also known as electronic pat...

prohibited from working over 12 hours in a 24-hour period or more than 60 hours per week for 2 years ("Criminal case," 2007). Th...