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The procedures of a surgical team are presented in a hypothetical case that consists of 7 pages. These procedures are described w...
2004). This is to say nothing of the side effects that accompany every drug manufactured to treat depression. Contrastingly, hol...
While CHF has a mortality rate that ten times that of AIDS and is also responsible for far more hospitalizations than cancer, even...
counselor, often causing even greater tension than what already exists and drawing away from the ability to forge an alliance. Se...
is the development of Mishels Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS), which is comprised of twenty-eight item measure that utilizes a...
whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...
wishes, she would remain on life support. This scenario has several ethical implications from the nursing or medical professional...
the patient who is waiting either in a small dressing room or in the lab itself. The staff has conducted a time study and found t...
indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...
facility grew to over 1,000 beds and the addition of a many barracks-style buildings. The design for a new facility began in 1942 ...
with physicians to "Yes, doctor," the still-proceeding transitions in healthcare continue to elevate the position of nurse while n...
the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...
"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...
The Clinical Workstation Application of the 3M(tm) Care Innovation Expert Applications system focuses on providing clinicians and ...
level of problems for inpatients was 20.9% compared to only 8.4% for outpatients (Wilson et al, 2002). When asked to rate the serv...
and certainly health care facilities. In essence, the minimum requirements of nursing dictate that: * the nurse remain cognizant ...
to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...
clear that the patient is taking part in a decision-making process, and not simply signing a form. In practical terms, of course, ...
consent must be made through a signed legal document (Retsas and Forrester, 1995). In all cases consent must be freely and volunt...
of her post-polio syndrome left her unable to completely void her urine, which in turn led to the development of further UTIs. Da...
has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...
All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...
This paper considers the role of patients' religion and how it should impact nursing care. The writer focuses on the way in whic...
The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...
Bipolar Disorder dramatically changes a person's life and quality of life. It affects every part of the patient's life. There is v...
This 3 page paper provides an overview of how Evidence-based practice is used to treat substance abuse disorders. This paper inclu...
Treating non responsive patients presents challenges. This paper looks at the approach to treatment and sequence which should be u...
The paper is a literature review on the topic of schizophrenia and the impact and influence that the condition has on patients and...
This essay provides a student with a hypothetical guide to discussing interviews with RN, a nurse practitioner and a patient conce...
This essay focuses on Watson's nursing theory of caring. It reports and explains the meta-paradigms, caratives, and how nurses dev...