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The paper begins by briefly identifying and explaining three of the standard change theory/models. The stages of each are named. T...

The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...

need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...

The New York City Police Commissioner was successful in reducing crime by targeting high crime areas and allocating resources to t...

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

This 10 page paper provides an overview of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This paper includes four major changes ...

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

In 1992, for example, this organization issued a mandate that all hospital chief executive officers become familiar with continuou...

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

in a Scottish farmhouse that is more than 10 miles from the nearest village and more than 50 miles from the nearest hospital. Jame...

the study intervention. Also, as yet, Cook is not clear about the purposes, aims or goals of the study. Literature Review While ...

the supply by 2010 (Kleinman and Saccomano, 2006). Traditional nursing care models, such as primary nursing, are founded on the su...

health information is pivotal to the efforts of practitioners in promoting health, changing behaviors and attitudes, and preventin...

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

patient was in a significant amount of pain, he made jokes throughout his entire stay, as family members remained at his bedside. ...

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...

who are suffering from chronic ailments such as congestive heart failure, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma and...

much sugar remains in the blood and too little energy is transferred to other cells. The diabetic needs to take externally adminis...

2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...

is based on the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Or, it could be the greatest pleasure or good over the least pain...

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

protocol. Rosenberg et al (2005) and Larson et al (2006) detail the pursuit toward getting the elderly population in step with be...

culturally competent care. Well examine what the literature has to say about such standards and, with this background, and an unde...

Concepts, theories, principles and practices in managed care and the health services industry in regards to social, economic, and ...

2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...

this rhetoric was how the act would impact the millions of people in the United States who suffer from emotional or physical disor...

newspapers and magazines understands that the "Big Kahuna" of health care regulations involves the Patient Protection and Affordab...

patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...

The purpose - indeed the entire study - does not specifically identify variables that can be labeled as independent. It is not an...

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...