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Pediatric Patient Catheterization

Sometimes just the opposite can occur and the bladder does not empty like it should, if at all. Other problems that seem to be ass...

Cancer Patients and Cessation of Smoking Cessation

of heavy alcohol ingestion and heavy cigarette smoking (Brown, Kresevic and Nosan, 1998). Purpose of the Study...

Psychotic Discourse Framing Analysis

were a child answering her mother (Ribeiro 80). The great playwright William Shakespeare was a keen observer of human behavior, ...

Structure of the Brain and Alzheimer's Disease Impact

In five pages this research paper examines how Alzheimer's Disease influences the patients' brain cells and structure. Eight sour...

Conflicting Ethics, Euthanasia, and Nursing

In eight pages this essay discusses the ethical conflict between a patient's 'right to die' and the Nurse's Code. Five sources ar...

Right to Die and Government Spending Limitations

This paper presents the argument in nine pages that the government is earmarking too much spending on the preservation of terminal...

Voluntary and Involuntary Euthanasia

it is right to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives, or to assist such patients to commit suicide, will continue despi...

Hospital Emergency Departments

in funding for long-term care will have had a devastating impact on women, minorities, and children. Patterns of Use According to...

Deliberate Harm to Self and Nursing Management

In seven pages this paper discusses the problems associated with a patient's deliberate self harm in a discussion of relevant mana...

Theories of Peplau and Orem in Patient Assessment

In this paper consisting of seven pages the importance of adequately assessing patient needs is discussed by examining the theorie...

Gary Pisano's 'Partners Health Care System, Inc.,(B): Cardiac Care Improvement

All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...

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...

Ethical Analysis of Wrong Extremity Amputation

consent must be made through a signed legal document (Retsas and Forrester, 1995). In all cases consent must be freely and volunt...

Patient Education That Are Both Successful and Unsuccessful

of her post-polio syndrome left her unable to completely void her urine, which in turn led to the development of further UTIs. Da...

Nursing Home Admissions' Perception versus Reality

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

Refusal of Care: The Ethical Dimensions

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

Adverse Effects to Antipsychotic Drugs

a fever, and a variety of other symptoms (Boyd, 2008). It is the variety of symptoms associated with NMS that become a significant...

Medical Error and Quality Care

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

Patient Consent Issues

clear that the patient is taking part in a decision-making process, and not simply signing a form. In practical terms, of course, ...

The Issue of Unresponsiveness of Physicians in the Hospital Setting

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

Holistic Patient Care: An Example

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

Nonadherence to Medical Instructions: Walker and Avant

issue via conceptual analysis, inasmuch as Walker and Avant provide specific steps that allow one to wholly define the ambiguous a...

Hospital Innovation Program Education Proposal

over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...

Article Review on Skin Care

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on an article entitled: Providing Patients with Information on Caring for Skin. T...

Hospital Chaplains and Elderly Illnesses

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

Pediatric Bipolar

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

Heart Failure Readmissions

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

A Case Study, Bariatric Surgery

This research paper described a case study and whether or not the patient's health can be beneficially addressed by bariatric surg...

A Case Study in Anorexia

This paper introduces the new diagnostic criteria found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V and utilizes those criteria in ...

Case STudy Hospital Readmissions

Hospital readmissions of patients is upsetting to patients and families, especially when that readmission occurs within 30 days of...