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Gibbs Cycle Analysis of Constipation in the Elderly

First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...

Elderly Sexuality: Gender Differences

way the Social Security Administration does and proclaim that anyone age sixty-two or over will be considered "elderly". It seems...

Evaluating a Nursing Educational Program

The writer looks at the way in which a nursing program may be evaluated to provide instant results. The tool advocated is a self c...

Pain Management and End-of-Life Care

and those who support effective pain management were praised for their capacity to "promote policies which create conditions where...

Nursing-Sensitive Outcome Indicators

nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...

A Review of Elderly Care Literature

2006, pp. 669-683). Based on this, the researchers found that hip fractures were greatly reduced in the women taking the supplemen...

The Influence of Environmental Factors on Falls

This paper is an annotated bibliography written in support of a nursing paper examining environmental factors which may influence...

Nightingale's Theory, Case Study of Elderly Woman

client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...

Nursing Assessment and Elderly Woman Interview

individual, this woman does reflect on the past and has some regrets, but some optimistic comments are made as well. In evaluat...

Fall Prevention in the Elderly in Home Care

percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...

Peplau and Orem/Core Concepts

begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...

Retention/Recruitment & Canadian Nursing Shortage

30 months, as this is when between 13 and 28 percent of senior nurses are due to retire (Sibbald, 2003). Currently, close to a thi...

Client Profile

A 7 page client profile that discusses nursing care for an elderly client with degenerative brain disease and offers a research su...

Federal And Connecticut Resident Rights: Nursing Homes And Assisted Living Facilities

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

Dehydration & Older Patient

dehydrated? Has literature simply made you aware of this potential problem? You might say something like: "Considering the dire co...

Conceptual, Philosophical, Legal And Ethical Foundations And Processes Inherent To Professional Nursing Practice

there a time when an individuals interests supersede those of the masses? These are ethical questions posed each and everyday thr...

Clinical Considerations of a Tuberculosis Case Study

which initiates a series of events that will either successful contain the infection or prompt it progression toward active diseas...

Falls and Senior Citizen Patients

that are often incurred as a natural part of the aging process (Wang and Wollin, 2004). These changes include "impaired vision and...

Elderly and Attachment to Home/Place in Rural Areas

trying to improve this situation. It seems important to spend some time on this aspect of the topic in light of the fact that it d...

Nursing Education Bill

quality and care" of health services that offered to rural areas throughout the US (Clinton, 2007). In addition to providing fun...

X- AND Y-THEORY AND LOGISTICS

empowerment and the taking of responsibility. Though it might seem as though these two are at the opposite end of the spectrum, le...

Neuman Systems Theory of Nursing

is three times the average for all other age groups (AOA, 2010). Average doctor visits in a year were 6.5 for ages 65 to 74 and 7....

Community Nursing Problem/Yeadon, PA

avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...

Interviewing an Older Person

is, a high level of "energy and vitality," contributes significantly to quality of life for the elderly (Spirduso, Francis and Mac...

Grundy, Virginia/Helping an Elderly Patient

care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...

Elderly and Volunteerism

Eastern Europe and Russia assisting entrepreneurs and city economic departments make the transition to a market economy. ...

Ethical Considerations Regarding Terminal Illness and Palliative Care

one, we become constantly reacquainted with the subject. The way that we deal with death varies on both an individual and a colle...

An Analysis of a Journal Article on Nursing

out the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...

Nursing and Ethics

quality of a patients life, (4) implementing managed care policies that threaten quality of care, and (5) working with unethical/i...

Senior Citizens Care and the Impact of Local Policies and Global Health Issues

In thirty pages this paper discusses elderly care in a discussion of nursing, holistic care, communications, and local policies, a...