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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,"...
serious, potentially fatal, but preventable, complication of diabetes mellitus that occurs when there is insufficient insulin to m...
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...
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...
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...
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 childs life. Children are not simply adults in miniature, as their bodies and organ function are in a continual state of deve...
agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...
The paper is a presentation made up 12 slides and notes for the speaker. The presentation outlines a protocol for a new multifact...
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 writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...
system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...
Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...
be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...
addicted to something else such as alcohol, gambling or compulsive shopping (Spencer, 2006). The realization that this is a proble...
funds used to ensure drug safety focused in the approval of new drugs. After a drug is approved there are few quality reports unde...