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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...

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 research paper/essay concerns a home visit with an older woman suffering from congestive heart failure (CHF, hypertension and...

This essay includes three sections. The fist section reflects on tempered change strategies as described in a journal article. The...

of professional nursing, nursing theory provides perspectives and guidance that aids nurses in achieving their primary goal of pro...

The writer presents a proposal to support a plan for setting up and running a nursing agency, providing nursing and other healthca...

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

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

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

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'...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...