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The Treatment of Hordeolum

chlamydial, and rickettsial organisms" (Bessette, 2004). Inhibits bacterial protein synthesis (Bessette, 2004). E. Cloxacillin: "...

Psychiatric Nursing and Self Disclosure for Therapeutic Purposes

many had very definite opinions on the matter as a whole, "none of the participants articulated what the process consisted of or h...

Schizophrenia and Weight Gain

exposes patients to new health risks by increasing their tendency to gain weight. Interventions that address the potential for wei...

Quality of Life with AIDS

system, decreasing the natural defenses that allow the body to fight off infections and diseases (Etiology, 2008). As this suggest...

Hip Fracture and Stress

Plus Program, that was implemented in the study performed by Resnick and colleagues was found, among other benefits, to improve af...

Confidentiality/ANA Ethics & New York State Law

This ANA Code also specifically includes the possibility that "inappropriate disclosure" can occur by using "identifiable patient ...

Diabetes in Adolescence

between cases at the time of diagnosis (Newmark and Anhalt, 2007). Type 1 diabetes is typically due to a "lack of insulin producti...

A Child’s Voice/Holistic Perspective

and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...

Treating Osteoporosis

and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...

The Ethical Responsibilities of Health Care Organizations

as individuals, "healthcare executives must evaluate the possible outcomes of their decisions and accept full responsibility for t...

Drug Therapy-Statins

bodies to produce an excessive amount of cholesterol (Statins safe, 2004). Left untreated, this condition is associated with havin...

Nursing While Impaired

Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...

Nursing Questions

provide effective communication, the Band Aid song "Do They Know Its Christmas" a song which led to Live Aid was effective; this w...

Ethics Of Managed Care

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

Basic Rights in Health Care

are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...

Hand Washing Project

proven to be the principal reason for nosocomial infections, that is, infections that are acquired after hospital admittance. Impo...

Importance of Correct Insulin Dosage

hypoglycemia require different nursing responses. Mild hypoglycemia, which is defined by the symptoms listed above and a glucose r...

Patient Education and Compliance: Review of the Literature and Proposal for Black Male Diabetics Ages 40 through 60

Study participants ranged from 20 to 79 years and noted that the mere exchange of information is not enough to accomplish the desi...

Hospital Medicare Reimbursement

to take expensive prescription medications as prescribed. This acerbates medical conditions and results in increases in acuity lev...

Role of Charge Nurse

the situation, the charge nurse might take a number of different actions in response to this information. For example, the charge ...

Issues Pertaining to Hospital Facilities

and how this equipment should differ for this population: Bariatric patients are typically defined as those who are extremely obe...

Pro-Life versus Pro-Choice

get abortions (National Abortion Federation, 2010). This means that women could see certified physicians instead of finding quacks...

The Medical Environment and Entrepreneurship

who perofmed the first heart transplant and Patrick Steptoe who was responsible for the first test tube baby. These are m...

Pro-Life Demonstrators

the people who are trying to obtain services. Historical Overview of Planned Parenthood Legal Status The 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ...

Using Evidence Based Practice to Explore the Effectiveness of Constraint Induced Language Therapy

non-intense application produces better results, while others claim that intensity is the key to results. This paper will explore ...

Implementing Electronic Health Records in the US

In the US there is a requirement for healthcare organizations to use electronic health records (HER), also known as electronic pat...

ADHD: A Critique of the Research

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

Health Care Interdisciplinary Teams

patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...

ADHD and the Role of the Psychiatric Nurse

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

Therapeutic Hypothermia

report on her search process, as several of the articles she provided are included in this review. This writer/tutor accessed the ...