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HOSPITAL CASE STUDY

paying salaries). Patients are going to generally go to hospitals where their doctors are - though when it comes to emergencies or...

NP role in EDs/Study Article Critique

and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...

Bipolar Disorder

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...

Grundy, Virginia/Helping an Elderly Patient

care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...

ADHD and the Role of the Psychiatric Nurse

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

ADHD: A Critique of the Research

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

Roy’s Adaptation Model & Cardiac Care

As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...

Antibiotic Prophylaxis, Surgery & Accountability

in resistant strains of bacteria (Plonczynski, 2005). This situation suggests that changes in antibiotic prophylactic procedures ...

Roy’s Adaptation Model: A Case Study

particular condition because he at least is aware of his condition. About one-half of those with this disease are not as fortunat...

BNP Assays (Article Summary)

predicting mortality and morbidity. Authors provide a section to explain and explore the existence of natriuretic peptides. Anoth...

Pediatric Asthma Case Management

an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...

Concept Mapping Versus Care Plans/A Proposed Study

the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

Implementing Care Following Leininger’s Theory

meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...

Skills Needed by a Forensic Nurse

McAndrew, 2006). With communication skills there are includes skills of listening as well as tact as essential to facilitate effec...

Nursing Case Mgmt./Asthma

this condition. If the student does not have asthma, the student may feel motivated to help this population because of he/she rea...

Wit & Palliative Care

also a former student of Vivians is now in the rather awkward position of also being one of her doctors, as he is an intern and re...

Learning to Care for Children/A Study Critique

critique of this study will both summarize and analyze the various sections of Coetzees article, which describes this research, a...

Nursing at the End of Life

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

Neonatal Circumcision and Pain Management and Assessment

still exists as to the necessity and long-term benefits of circumcision. Virtually all agree that if circumcision is to be done, ...

Nursing Reflections

biochemistry. I recognized the wonder of chemistry, but what I failed to recognize at the time was the solid practice it gave me ...

Dehydration & Older Patient

dehydrated? Has literature simply made you aware of this potential problem? You might say something like: "Considering the dire co...

Quality Assurance and Nursing Management

In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...

Nursing and Distance Education

a video that presents the patients symptoms and are presented with the question "What is the most likely differential diagnosis ba...

Acute Renal Failure and Dialysis Patients, Nutrition, and Nursing

infinitely more to the aspect of nursing than administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise the ...

Confidentiality Issues and Nursing Ethics

he could use public transportation to visit his parents nearby town. In short, the argument that Mr. Paul depends on his dr...

Patient Welfare, Health, and the Family Nurse Practitioner

so often work today. The first issue which will be discussed for the purposes of this paper is that of environment. This...

Annotated Bibliography on Patient Restraint

physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...

Nursing Home Management Interview Summary

every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...

Patient Stress Reduction According to Theories King, Johnson, and Neuman

on education and prevention, and on how individual and social systems work together in the "society" of the health care industry. ...

Alcoholic Patients and Nursing

abuse despite interpersonal problems or social caused brought about by drinking (Dawson, 2000). Repeated drinking of alcohol on da...