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Review of an Article on Nursing Home Residents and Hospitalization

field of nursing and in particular for nursing home facilities. Valid data could put pressure on nursing homes to hire an adequate...

Difficult Decision Making

as sadness. My Dad quickly smiled and patted me on the back, but in my heart I knew that my decision would forever change the cou...

Case Study of Patient Evaluation

The following are the five DSM-IV-TR Diagnoses based on the DSM Five-Axis determinations: Axis I: Alcohol dependence...

Proposal Regarding Nursing Homes and Elder Incontinence

Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Among African Americans

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

Restraints and Education Needs Assessment

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

Nursing Homes and Ethical Issues

blatant display of irreverence, with some of the worst infractions found within the health care industry. The cramped, dark and u...

Outpatient Clinic for Pain Management Establishment

surgery. Preventing such intense pain often requires less drug use than does alleviating the pain once it has begun (Siwek, 2001)...

Appendicitis Diagnosis and Computerized Tomography Scans

prior to patient/surgeon consultation (Lee, Walsh, and Ho, 2001). In reality, such approaches are limited given that the most acc...

Legislative Issues and Medicare's Prospective Payment System

a few years ago. Managed care was quite effective in cost containment until the mid-1990s, when health care costs began to rise a...

Nursing Home Conflict and Resolution

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

Supporting Life and Costs Both Financial and Emotional

In five pages this research paper considers comatose or vegetative patients and the financial and emotional costs of sustaining li...

Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' Resistance

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

Nursing Home Environment and Pet Therapy Programs

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

Phenomenology and Addressing Elderly Depression

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

Nursing Home Falls and Best Practices

-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...

Nursing Home Falls - A Literature Review

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

Nursing Homes and Senior Citizen Infections

In eight pages this research paper discusses the serious problem of controlling senior citizen infection in a nursing home setting...

Getting the Teenage Diabetic Patient to Comply

One of the main problems with teenage diabetes patients is getting the patient to comply with the diet and medication regimen. Thi...

Cost Management to Reduce the Cost of Oxygen Supply for Hospital

a change within a health organization to reduce the costs associated with the provision of an essential resource; oxygen, without ...

The Causes and Impact of Increasing Costs of Healthcare

Third cause of increasing healthcare costs is attributed to the attitude of the public, with the expectation that will diseases wi...

Patient Teaching Plan on Diabetes and the Internet

In five pages this paper examines how the Internet can be used as a tool to teach patients how to manage the disease diabetes....

Elderly Abuse in Nursing Homes and Detection

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

Hospital and Home Nursing

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

Nursing Homes and Safety Programs

In twenty eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes and the importance of safety programs with OSHA's role, health considerat...

Carobeth Laird's Limbo A Memoir About Life in a Nursing Home by a Survivor

This book regarding the degrading treatment of senior citizens in nursing homes is reviewed in five pages. There are no other sou...

Environmental Analysis of HHH Home Health Care Company's Strategic Plan

care. Internal Environment Rising Costs As other types of health care providers seek to control their own costs, home healt...

Overview of Home Health Nursing Field

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

Families and Therapeutic Goals Regarding Autism

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

Addressing Issues in the HCAHPS

Systems (HCAHPS) is a patient satisfaction survey and assessment of the level of quality care provided by hospitals and healthcare...