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back to Congress on the proposed legislation, either favorably or unfavorably (GovTrack, 2009b). They are first considered in the ...

age, particularly among those women who are under 20 or older than 35; * Maternal uterine fibroids; * Maternal smoking, alcohol us...

from the age of around 60 years, however, the age at which this is reached is not fixed, as it is not with the others, but is a na...

They found differences in these calculations. The major key learning point in this article is that any institution can always get...

wishes, she would remain on life support. This scenario has several ethical implications from the nursing or medical professional...

accomplish beneficial behavioral change. As Kurt Lewins pioneering work with change theory points out, any change initiative ent...

the patient who is waiting either in a small dressing room or in the lab itself. The staff has conducted a time study and found t...

This 8-page paper discusses the importance of patient privacy and how a patient privacy plan to can be developed and implemented. ...

The aim is to change the NHS culture to an information culture that will maximise recourses through an appropriate infrastructure....

staffing plans need to include "planned family medical leaves, nurse retirements and other types of turnover" (Morgan and Tobin, 2...

In order to determine whether or not the consent form signed is valid we need to consider the concept of informed consent. The con...

of a busy dermatological practice. This dermatologist see as many as 100 patients a day and is known as an "expert in the evaluati...

management dilemma" and is written by Orly Toren and Nurith Wagner. The authors discuss different ethical dilemmas nurse face dail...

refers to instances in which patients who have been admitted to a health care facility decide to refuse treatment from doctors (Lo...

to answer Mary or look at her. Mary continued to talk soothingly, rubbing Angelas back lightly as she did so. She talked about how...

in the 1980s by a "group of medical educators at McMasters University in Ontario, Canada" (Haneline 2007, p. 3). This group made t...

In a paper of four pages, the writer considers the issue of the unresponsive patient, especially as it impacts patient care. This...

2000). Slide: Orems Self-Care Theory Self-care and the Role of the Practitioner Diabetes Self-Management Training Empowering I...

from the commune to provide support for Helen in the hospital setting. Some general concerns occurred as a result of the assessme...

and by 1867 Joseph Lister had introduced to role of antiseptics by his practice of spraying surgical instruments with carbolic aci...

for example, a terrorist attack. iii. Where a nurse is involved in a ongoing medical or surgical procedure which takes the hours i...

to refuse treatment independently of their parents wishes; the second position holds that parents have the sole right to this deci...

and Abecassis, 2010). Available treatments for ESRD and economics of treatment from an organizational perspective: The only trea...

health results from individual action, willpower and sustained efforts, while an eternal locus of control is characterized by beli...

Dementia is a debilitating disease that strikes mostly older people. The focus of this essay is Spiritual care for people with dem...

The treatments Breuer and Freud developed for treating hysteria had an impact on the development of psychoanalysis. This is discu...

A real nurse leader is the subject of the beginning of this essay. She is the Director of Blood Management and is interested in se...

Bipolar Disorder dramatically changes a person's life and quality of life. It affects every part of the patient's life. There is v...

The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...

This paper critiques the 2008 nursing journal article Randomized Control Trial of a Psychoeducation Program for the Self Managemen...