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the ease and comfort of old friends. Because each had discovered that they were neither white nor male, and that all freedom and t...

any incident that requires an increased level of response beyond the routine operating procedures" (NASN, 2006). Natural disasters...

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...

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

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

the nurse is uncertain of which tasks are appropriate to delegation, as well as the skill level of UAPs, their reluctance becomes ...

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

?19a-490, Connecticut Department of Public Health Code ?19-13-D105 and Residential care homes ?19-13-D-6 (National Academy for Sta...

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Asynchronous communication is that which does not require the simultaneous direct attention of all involved. It can take the form...

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

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

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

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

who "cheats" on his diet (1994). Doctors merely expect patients to comply with their dictums but this author says that some like S...

welfare must be protected at a premium. If our definition of boundary violations, however, overlap our standard practices a dilem...

significant changes to the existing system but have not yet covered too much ground where modifications are concerned. This is pa...

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

over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...

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...

Furthermore, if the ulcers end up in hospitalization, the nursing home is responsible for those costs as well. Even if the patient...

been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...