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this development and left orders for both analgesia and sedation, which helped at first, but became less effective as the hours pa...

care service has been the focus of greater scrutiny. Willging (2004) asks: "Just what is assisted living? There are still too ma...

retirement for older Americans, perhaps the most overlooked factor in the devastation caused by the economic crisis. Older America...

methods with measurable outcomes, creating a link between existing research and nursing process, define the role of nurse educator...

provided details of the processes use to make changes in order to create a safer environment and reduce injuries, it was found tha...

have "little or no training in fundamental management skills" (Baer, 2006, p. 60). As well as absenteeism, problems with managemen...

Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

do not have their inhaler with them or it is "forgotten, lost or empty when needed" (Bryne, Schreibr and Nguyen 335). Without this...

as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...

significant changes to the existing system but have not yet covered too much ground where modifications are concerned. This is pa...

could be called human biological life; or(2) human personal life that includes biological life but goes beyond it to include other...

critical matters, employee requests for information often go unanswered for too long. Results can and have been employee frustrat...

the inherent differences between models. Ultimately, an individual chooses a nursing model that is based upon and compatible with...

individuals who collectively utilize this approach to humiliate as a show of solidarity, which is often hidden in the form of goss...

In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...

This book regarding the degrading treatment of senior citizens in nursing homes is reviewed in five pages. There are no other sou...

In five pages this paper considers issues of incompetence and incapacitation as they relate to nursing home industry workers in a ...

In twenty eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes and the importance of safety programs with OSHA's role, health considerat...

In eight pages this research paper discusses the serious problem of controlling senior citizen infection in a nursing home setting...

In five pages detecting and preventing elderly abuse in nursing homes are considered in a top down healthcare model examination. ...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares hospital and home nursing in terms of role similarities and differences. Eleven ...

over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...

and every individual as the beneficial employee he or she truly is, is the most effective way for a change-agent project to achiev...

report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...

Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...

field of nursing and in particular for nursing home facilities. Valid data could put pressure on nursing homes to hire an adequate...

as sadness. My Dad quickly smiled and patted me on the back, but in my heart I knew that my decision would forever change the cou...

Furthermore, if the ulcers end up in hospitalization, the nursing home is responsible for those costs as well. Even if the patient...

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