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Essays 511 - 540
In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at alcoholism diagnostic instruments. An effort is made to find a suitable instrument ...
This research paper presents a case study that illustrates how to properly address an instance of polypharmacy in an elderly patie...
This essay presents a discussion on mental health practice and the elderly, focusing on the biases of the student as a mental heal...
proposes a commission that would develop a recommendation for the State Legislature to create such an office. It further describes...
viewed demonstrated variables in relation to the methods for disseminating information and best-practice approaches to reducing fa...
This research paper presents a discussion of prescription, non-prescription and herbal drugs that can be utilized in treating the...
This research paper describes 3 prescription, non-prescriptive and alternative/complementary drugs that can be used to address dep...
A gerontological issue that is relevant in today's society involves driving. This paper examines studies on driving as it respect...
The writer reviews an intervention program designed by the student to assess and reduce risks with the aim of preventing falls in ...
higher risk for UTIs than others. Risks include older age, poor hygiene, and/or poor hydration. Two of the greatest risks can be p...
This essay discusses osteoporosis - what it is, risks, and incidence. It does so in the context of a film entitled Fire in the Dar...
This paper places the responsibility for caring for the elderly parents on the shoulders of their adult children. There are four ...
This essay discusses a student's observations of elderly adults and the student's interpretation of the observed behaviors, drawin...
(2003) gives the example of an nurse assigned to a busy intensive care unit (ICU) began experiencing clear signs of traumatic stre...
abuse victims in the United States each year, but officials only hear of about perhaps 1 in 25 cases" (Hurme, 2006). When people t...
topic has been anecdotal in nature, therefore, Banks and Banks (2002) designed a study utilizing pet therapy, or as they term it, ...
the "niche were multiple members encounter and respond to disease and illness across the life course" (Denham, 2003, p. 143). Nurs...
medications or they could be a sign of depression (Turner and Kelly, 2000). Turner and Kelly (2000) state strongly that it is e...
on some theological idea that only God can end life. We wouldnt allow a dog or cat to suffer; why then do we force humans to do so...
the nurse is uncertain of which tasks are appropriate to delegation, as well as the skill level of UAPs, their reluctance becomes ...
She surveyed all of the independent living facilities in the local area and chose one; her grown children arranged and conducted t...
can no longer follow this model is because medical technology can now greatly prolong life-perhaps make it too long. People now ro...
the amount of semen is reduced, the testicles "do not rise as much as in the young man," ejaculation is not as powerful, and "the ...
trained to discern as a species, inasmuch as the certain quality of perception required within the sensual world is decidedly uniq...
Accepted practice is to use any routine tool available, which means that a patient whose kidneys have ceased to function will be p...
either ill or injured, and therefore requires the aid of health care professionals. One might also feel that "person" underscores ...
factors being considered are those pertaining to the welfare of the patient, the surgeon then should make a viable case that amput...
option. That option, however, is replete with many ethical considerations. As we shall see, those ethical considerations become ...
care. Internal Environment Rising Costs As other types of health care providers seek to control their own costs, home healt...
When people think of the elderly, or the aging, and dental hygiene they more often than not think about dental health in general. ...