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points out, medicalization is a process that defines a problem in terms of the practitioners perspective and cultural biases, rath...
the patient die (1975). Consider the case of a patient with terminal throat cancer, who is in terrible pain which cannot successfu...
classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...
by Johansson, Dahlstrom and Brostrom (2006), they found 10 studies that examine4d the relationship between depression in HF patien...
patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...
language competency. The results of this study confirmed that the BEST oral interview can be used successfully within the context ...
and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...
the insertion of a central line, threaded through a vein, and it was once believed that it would aid cancer patients, restoring ap...
someone who was less than one of the "real nurses," in his estimation, he found that the young nursing assistant accomplished the...
focusing equally upon causes and prevention as it is upon treatment and sustained recovery (Feig et al, 2006). Also known as uter...
blank slate for the imaginings of those around him, particularly Hana. Myth "crosses international boundaries and offers apparentl...
to take expensive prescription medications as prescribed. This acerbates medical conditions and results in increases in acuity lev...
(Townsend, 2000). This study is advantageous in many other ways as well to the nursing educator. It utilizes methodologi...
are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...
by persistent discomfort with ones sex" (Meyenburg, 1999, p. 305). This gender identification with the opposite sex typically com...
Study participants ranged from 20 to 79 years and noted that the mere exchange of information is not enough to accomplish the desi...
Over twice as many people have been infected with HIV than was initially projected; over 42 million people have been infected sinc...
time, after which he began drinking again. After this, the patient demonstrated a desire to poison himself, and this resulted in ...
the mid-1990s and later. The hospitals purpose in implementing the PCDM was to decrease costs of both operation and labor, while ...
less likely to have advanced directives (Hanson and Rodgman, 1996). This same study reported the use of advanced directives incre...
in groups created by the reciprocal model and attention is given to both ideas and feelings (1990). The needs of the group members...
The writer looks at a scenario where a home care health organization wants to introduce an electronic patient records system. The ...
the family are high, exacerbated by the death of Davids father. Feelings Gibbs reflective cycle will usually focus in the feelin...
report on her search process, as several of the articles she provided are included in this review. This writer/tutor accessed the ...
their resources and materials but emergency rooms do not seem to be able to keep track of equipment or even patients. One issue we...
investment in the software program has a number of benefits as well as some challenges. The development of a system where patient ...
meperidine and skin surface warming on shivering." AORN Journal July 2007: 113+. General OneFile. Web. 29 Aug. 2011....
effectiveness of a computer-based access that informed primary care physicians of all prescriptions dispensed to specific patients...
("Three stages," 2011, p. 1465). Mild cognitive impairment characterizes the second stage of AD ("Three stages," 2011). The thre...
The incidence of inappropriate medication prescriptions issued to elderly individuals is estimated to be between 12 and 40 percent...