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Nursing Error and Understaffing

This research paper employs a nursing case study in order to discuss issues associated with understaffing and its negative impact ...

Reflections on Subjects Relevant to Pastoral Work

Working in the church is a challenge. The paper reflects on some pastoral subjects that are important to consider while on probati...

Home Nursing Care Accreditation, Regulation and Licensing

for competency, the use do surveys to assess standards and the evaluation of clients as well as the provision of a complaints hotl...

79 Year Old Woman with Multiple Diseass

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

Attachment Formation and Foster Care

relationships ; however, many young children now enter foster care and remain for long periods of time (Downs, Costin, & McFadden,...

Pain Management for the Elderly

has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...

Controlling Costs and HMOs

a total of more than $4,000 for every citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years,...

Nursing Home Care for Dementia Patients: Speaker Notes:

This paper consists of the speaker notes for a PowerPoint presentation that pertains to the a student's volunteer experience. The ...

Terminally Ill Patients and Palliative Care

"many emotional, medical, and practical needs. These needs change over time, depending on the trajectory of...

To Live or Not to Live? and Coma

This paper deals with the issue of traumatic brain injury and coma, which includes the trauma of families facing the decision as t...

Issues Concerning Child Abuse

Tom. Jennifer flatly states that she has been locked out of the house at night in punishment for objecting to being sent to her ro...

Treatment in Home and in Hospital for Acute Conditions Advantages and Disadvantages

level of problems for inpatients was 20.9% compared to only 8.4% for outpatients (Wilson et al, 2002). When asked to rate the serv...

Florida and Foster Care

DCF] the worst child-welfare system in the nation" (Hathaway, 2002, p. 1E). The state child protective agency, regardless of its ...

Training, Teamwork and Benefits in Patient Care

with physicians to "Yes, doctor," the still-proceeding transitions in healthcare continue to elevate the position of nurse while n...

Australian Case Study on Employment Law

of the employee or worker having and injury for which compensation is payable. Mary has suffered a laceration her hand. However, ...

Nursing Questions

with other organizations in order to achieve health objectives. For example, community-based resources may be used in conjunction...

Making Improvements in the Nursing Agency

provided in their own home. Services offered include, but are not limited to, general nursing services, physical and occupational ...

An Article Review on Community Acquired Pneumonia

utilized 184 consecutive patients. All of the patients who were admitted were provided with informed consent. The researche...

Paranoid Schizophrenia

potential need for treatment for impaired skin integrity due to immobility. Therefore, the nurse will begin precautions prior to a...

Primary Care Surgical Clinic/Indigent Population

these surgeries can proceed more efficiently and effectively, and that case management results in cost savings, as well as improve...

Mandatory HIV Testing for Pregnant Women

transmission of this disease (Chow, 2005, p. 38). In other words there is no disagreement over the positive benefits of HIV screen...

Nursing/Medical Vocabulary

9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...

Should the US Adopt a Universal Healthcare System?

potential for a greater degree of efficiency. The question is whether not there should be a universal healthcare system adopted in...

Diabetes Self-Management - Hispanic Patients

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

Iatrogenic Infection

This 14 page paper looks at the issue of iatrogenic infection and how a hospital may undertake an innovation to reduce the occurre...

Starting a Nursery in Jeddah

and tuition for the older children. The plan will require a new building that will be specifically designed for its purpose aimed ...

Acute Care Facility and Polypharmacy Responsibility

is properly prescribed and that the patient is aware of any potential difficulties. First, what is polypharmacy and what are its p...

Patient Dignity and Concept Analysis

need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...

Corporate Strategy and Company Law

One of the well known cases that outlines the duties and responsibilities of directors is that of Re Brazilian Rubber Plantation a...

Ethical Considerations Regarding Terminal Illness and Palliative Care

one, we become constantly reacquainted with the subject. The way that we deal with death varies on both an individual and a colle...