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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...

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

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...

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 ...

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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

In twenty pages this research paper discusses management practices as they pertain to nursing homes in a consideration of ideologi...

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 paper contrasts and compares hospital and home nursing in terms of role similarities and differences. Eleven ...

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

blatant display of irreverence, with some of the worst infractions found within the health care industry. The cramped, dark and u...

surgery. Preventing such intense pain often requires less drug use than does alleviating the pain once it has begun (Siwek, 2001)...

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

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

nursing home chains. As a result, there have been a number of highly publicized defaults such as that of Integrated Health Service...

That freedom and responsibility can improve the nursing home experience for all involved. Definition and Clarification...

In seven pages this paper discusses how meeting JCAHO accreditation can be sabotaged by the resistance of staff in a narrative fro...

44% involved strains and sprains, with most involving the back (Fragala 22). Of that number 10.5% of back injuries experienced in...

In ten pages this paper discusses the growing nursing home industry and the need for planning change. Eleven sources are cited in...

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