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surgery. Preventing such intense pain often requires less drug use than does alleviating the pain once it has begun (Siwek, 2001)...
44% involved strains and sprains, with most involving the back (Fragala 22). Of that number 10.5% of back injuries experienced in...
nursing home chains. As a result, there have been a number of highly publicized defaults such as that of Integrated Health Service...
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...
This paper considers various strategies that can be applied to prevent prejudicial relationships between health care workers and p...
what serves the greatest number serves the greater good" (London A12), rather than what is favorable for a few. Indeed, this has ...
report the trouble. Sometimes they have no family or nobody to report the abuse to. Many nursing homes have no background check ...
or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...
and every individual as the beneficial employee he or she truly is, is the most effective way for a change-agent project to achiev...
and arranging transportation; and ensuring that physician orders for residents are met and followed. Beyond these duties ar...
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...
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 ...
The following are the five DSM-IV-TR Diagnoses based on the DSM Five-Axis determinations: Axis I: Alcohol dependence...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...
"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 ...
reporting and administrative reporting so that the owner can have confidence that HHH is providing superlative patient care and me...
In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...
of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...
-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...
provided in their own home. Services offered include, but are not limited to, general nursing services, physical and occupational ...
computerized or electronic patient records. 1c. To discuss these findings with supervisor/mentor to consider how the information...