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Bipolar Disorder Diagnosis and Treatment

manual, Bipolar I is a clinical course characterized by one of more manic or mixed episodes (APA, 1994). Generally, individuals wi...

Disease Diagnosis and Electron Microscopy

With a turnaround time of two hours to two days after specimen collection, electron microscopy has the potential for forever alter...

Pain Management and Long Term Care Residents' Rights

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...

Nursing, Management, and Stress

stress and exhaustion sets in (1992). Nurse managers are subject to continual stress as many of their tasks involve life an...

Nurse's Perspective on the Midwifery Profession

most often have a great deal of training and, in most mainstream settings, are also nurses or nurse-midwife practitioners. Many ar...

Mood Disorders Diagnosis and Treatment

suffer from bipolar disorders (Simon, 2001). For those who do not respond well to the traditional medications offered to stabiliz...

Emergency Diagnosis and Intervention Relating to Myocardial Infarction

The statistics regarding coronary artery disease make it obvious that emergency medical services are critical in saving the lives ...

Nurses and Stress

have more opportunity to encounter difficulties involved in nursing the critically ill. "How frequently a given stressor occurs d...

Quitting Smoking and Hospitalized Patients Educational Obstacles

In five pages this paper examines literature regarding the nurse's role in educating hospitalized patients on smoking cessation. ...

Diagnosis and Treatment of Placenta Disorders

be accounted for approximately 15 percent of perinatal mortality (Angelini and Menihan, 1996). The diagnosis of placental ...

Ambulatory Care and the Nurse's Role

In six pages this paper examines the nurse's role from an ambulatory care perspective with service complexities and constant chang...

Diagnosing and Treating Pathological Gambling

In five pages this paper discusses pathological gambling in terms of the DSM IV diagnostic criteria and then considers various mod...

Theories of Peplau and Orem in Patient Assessment

In this paper consisting of seven pages the importance of adequately assessing patient needs is discussed by examining the theorie...

Nursing and Men

68 admitted male students (Poliafico, 1998). The situation began to change in the 1960s. Men were again allowed to enter military...

Impact of Child Abuse

In ten pages child abuse and its social implications are described in terms of its different forms which also considers a communit...

Dr. Madeleine Leininger, Transcultural Nursing, and the Family Nurse Practitioner

In six pages this paper examines the family nurse practitioner within the context of the transcultural nursing theories of Dr. Mad...

Nursing Theory Practical Integration

different that needs attention, but many have been able to prepare for the changes that are happening to them. Geriatric patients...

Nursing and Communication Theory

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

Community Nursing Advantages and Disadvantages

individual, regardless of that individuals station in or stage of life. Todays nurse has many duties and answers to people and ad...

Continuing Educaiton and the Application of Theory

they are working in the field now indicates that they understand the concepts and were successful in completing the ranges of stud...

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...

Family Dynamics and a Schizophrenia Diagnosis

In fifteen pages this paper examines schizophrenia in a consideration of the family dynamics after a member has been diagnosed wit...

Causes and Diagnosis of Asthma

In seven pages asthma is examined in terms of environmental and biological causes along with diagnostic techniques such as Sensiti...

DSM IV, Alcohol Abuse, and Family Effects of Diagnosis

In this paper consisting of six pages the DSM IV's role in both diagnosing and treating alcohol abuse in terms of the alcoholics a...

A Nursing Perspective on Patient Mental Illness

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

Nursing, Pregnancy, and Use of Cocaine

In twelve pages contemporary literature relevant to the nursing role in at risk population pregnancies concentrating on the use of...

Treatment Recommendation Based on a Five-Axis Diagnosis

by the APA: * "Axis I: Clinical syndromes and/or other areas of concern (i.e. marriage counseling or occupational problems). *...

Nursing and Patient Dignity

the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nu...

Registered Nurse's Hospital Role

several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...

'Angel of the Battlefield' Clara Barton

in the 19th and early 20th century, the fact is even more remarkable. "Well and Strong and Young" Updike writes that in 1854 Bar...