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have otherwise been a lingering existence in private homes or disreputable hospitals. Inasmuch as the nurse is "temporarily the c...

Budget Office forecasts that gross domestic product will grow by 3.6 percent after inflation (in "real" terms) this year and by 3....

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...

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...

recognized categories for APNs within this state (TBoN, 2006). The scope of practice for Tennessee APNs includes the legal abili...

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

reality of the profession. It needs a makeover much as it had in the 19th century in Brittan when nursing reformers struggled to h...

to individuals connected by a blood tie. However, to be a "family," members must "live in close contact, care for one another, an...

for my patients. Personal philosophy of nursing: Tourville and Ingalls (2003) offer a fascinating and very apt analogy to descri...

in harmony and when they dont, osteoporosis is the result (Kantrowitz, 2007). Bone mineral density is generally measured as a T-s...

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

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 ...

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...

In six pages this research paper examines the nursing home industry and considers the increasing costs of patient care due to an e...

In eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes for long term care in a consideration of choices, features, and transitional rec...

In ten pages a tutorial review on the article 'Discharge Teaching Work Strategies for Patients and Families for Care in the Home'...

or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...

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...

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,...

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

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

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

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

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