SEARCH RESULTS

doctoral degree in Psychology and Education in 1969" (Pender, n.d.a). She found psychological research to be rigorous and methodo...

could be applied towards unmet standards. Culturally competent care at Duke University Health System It has been determined by ...

pay for treatment that is not covered by insurance and families without insurance are not required to pay (SJCRH, 2008). Furthermo...

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

feel as if they are not being given proper treatment if a CNA is assigned to their case instead of an RN (Sullivan, 1998). Thus, t...

This 25 page paper provides an overview of the current literature regarding CVD in African American patients. Bibliography lists ...

including Hayhurst et al. (2005) and Reineck & Furino (2005). The purpose of this study, though, is defined in relation to the re...

provided by the veterans administration (Medicine News, 2007). Nearly 13 percent of all veterans fall under the ban to services pe...

Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...

the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...

-3.14 2.83 6.05 As the numbers indicate, in all but Q3 2009, the number of falls experienced exceeded the target. This suggests t...

of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...

being examined from the physical perspective it was also necessary to look at the falls from a practical, social and a psychologic...

falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...

the prevalence of UI was high in this region of the country and particularly high among African Americans in two of the states, wh...

expectancy is increasing and more people are surviving serious illness and living longer with chronic illness. At the same time, t...

The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...

Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...

to reach the disease" (Colwell; 2). The author also examines aspects of surgical treatment, indicating that a particular type of s...

have "little or no training in fundamental management skills" (Baer, 2006, p. 60). As well as absenteeism, problems with managemen...

that puts the topic of this study, as well as past research, within an appropriate philosophical framework. Tang then cites the ...

"syndrome of behavioral deficits and excesses that have a biological basis but are nonetheless amenable to change through carefull...

as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...

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

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

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

In five pages this paper examines the benefits of pet therapy in a nursing home setting in terms of memory stimulation and positiv...

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

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

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares hospital and home nursing in terms of role similarities and differences. Eleven ...