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results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...

a long period, have the opportunity to build relationships with them and are able to come to know the individual patients response...

implementing the treatment regimen. 5. collaborating with other health care providers in determining the appropriate health care f...

therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...

an advanced practice nurse. The benefits that a nurse midwife can bring to a first-time mother include information that the mothe...

In six pages this tutorial discusses nursing homes and the conflicts that can erupt between administrators and nursing staff. Six...

practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...

In addition to these central variables, the authors also considered other potential factors influencing study outcomes, including ...

Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those...

homes. Rather, it is a high-quality facility dedicated to providing the best of care to its residents. Staff members are employe...

expressing his or her misery. Such caregivers may have experienced patients who are as likely to cry out, thrash around, or simply...

This paper summarizes and analyzes a qualitative Norwegian study that examined the experiences of home care nurses in regards to f...

This paper consists of the speaker notes for a PowerPoint presentation that pertains to the a student's volunteer experience. The ...

for competency, the use do surveys to assess standards and the evaluation of clients as well as the provision of a complaints hotl...

The writer provides some feedback that may have been provided by a mentor, looking at a presentation given by the student. The pr...

The paper is a presentation designed to introduce and explain a new fall prevention policy for a home care nursing agency. The pr...

computerized or electronic patient records. 1c. To discuss these findings with supervisor/mentor to consider how the information...

in the home and individuals suffering from dementia. The background literature review sites a wide range of sources, including res...

The writer looks at a research article by Lach and Chang (2007) entitled Caregiver Perspectives on Safety in Home Dementia Care" p...

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...

provided in their own home. Services offered include, but are not limited to, general nursing services, physical and occupational ...

and how this equipment should differ for this population: Bariatric patients are typically defined as those who are extremely obe...

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

dependency upon others for assisted daily living skills, and institutional care. Rockwood (1997) defined frail elderly people as t...

and arranging transportation; and ensuring that physician orders for residents are met and followed. Beyond these duties ar...

regards to lung function. If patients cannot breath on their own, RTs are trained on how to intubate patients and connect them to ...

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

reporting and administrative reporting so that the owner can have confidence that HHH is providing superlative patient care and me...