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clinical perspective, there are additional considerations. An assessment of the patient determined a presence of mild anemia and ...
prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...
this may not improve sleep quality (Mulcahy, 2004). One study has indicated that treatment with melatonin may aid sleep (Barry, 20...
and TCPL2. The precise level of oxygen allowed per patient is prescribed by the patients physician. Too much or too little can b...
movement disorders, such as Parkinsons and dystonia. This procedure was initially developed in 1987 in France (Song, 2006). This a...
to base their arguments on more spiritual and ethereal ground, such as the idea that a persons life ends when God chooses to end i...
in place for some time, and none of the fears surrounding it have ever materialized (Seale, 2006). Research shows that 171 people ...
and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...
patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...
a serious concern for the lower it is the more likely the body is to stop working all together. In addition, it is incredibly impo...
to the wide-ranging aspect of nursing than merely administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise ...
the patient die (1975). Consider the case of a patient with terminal throat cancer, who is in terrible pain which cannot successfu...
a peaceful death among terminal patients. HSBs of specific groups of any size - whether large or small - are positively related t...
"encouragement of facing probl4ems/fears, support of efforts to master problems/ears, affective experiencing/catharsis" (Coady 15)...
there are those that are relevant to childrens protection as well, such as confidentiality. For example, during a recent visit tw...
points out, medicalization is a process that defines a problem in terms of the practitioners perspective and cultural biases, rath...
agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...
the various roles and responsibilities that the specialty involves, they share the common quality that the nursing process is inhe...
or the frequency level of falls in terms of overall patient numbers. For quality improvement to take place it is necessary not onl...
to any injury to the head that impairs subsequent brain functioning. While mild TBI can appear to have left the individual unimpai...
perception of powerlessness is a condition that can affects virtually all individuals at some point in their lives (Dryer, 2006). ...
among the classic symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis. The pathophysiology of these symptoms results from the buildup in ketones due...
increased; the incidence rate has risen from 15% to 35%. The problem is the increase in the rate of falls and a need to reduce the...
have on patient outcomes. It was found patients from the Mexican American families, where there was a lower level of EE were also ...
percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...
use of continuing education to improve patient care (Sterman, Gauker & Krieger, 2003). Effects of nursing rounds, call light use, ...
disorder that is characterized by obsessions, i.e., thoughts, and/or compulsions, acts that must be done. The acts become rituals....
the highest readmission rates for congestive heart failure (CHF), as well as other conditions (DeFelice, et al, 2010). Initially, ...
is based on the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Or, it could be the greatest pleasure or good over the least pain...
millennia ago, it is the first recorded use of pooled payment systems to proved healthcare. There are many examples of similar soc...