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and how this equipment should differ for this population: Bariatric patients are typically defined as those who are extremely obe...
regarded as creating obligations on others to help her exercise her rights. An inherent theme that is implied in all of the questi...
the American healthcare system, the debate concerning whether or not states should implement mandated nurse-to-patient ratios rema...
there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...
nursing skill levels and patient mix" (Minimum staff levels, 2004, p. 33). However, the researchers found that a "greater total nu...
care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...
breath (King, 2003, p. 24). The factors comprising the triad are "venous stasis, vessel wall damage and coagulation changes" (Van ...
employability: The role of nurse educator requires an advanced practice nursing degree at the graduate levels of masters and docto...
motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...
and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...
paying salaries). Patients are going to generally go to hospitals where their doctors are - though when it comes to emergencies or...
and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...
the situation, the charge nurse might take a number of different actions in response to this information. For example, the charge ...
Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...
and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...
is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...
the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...
caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...
Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...
Understanding that there is a step by step progression, both physically and psychologically, can be part of the nurses role in thi...
carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...
how change can be effectively managed and challenges in the transformation of nursing and health care delivery. Clearly, Roys mod...
issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...
routine activities necessary to their own care. The purpose is that with a nurses direction, encouragement and initial supervisio...
and patient. Orems theory is central to much of nursing philosophy and methodology. This theory is one of three theories...
indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...
paradigm but without the fantasy that acceptance is the ultimate outcome. In treating this patient, a student writing on the subje...
the patient prior to his death. The nurse clearly felt the need to encourage the family to stay and spend as much time as possibl...
that make use of color, but even these efforts have not typically met with good response by patients or hospital administrators (S...
and more nurses are standing at the front lines of managed care, acting somewhat as liaison between the patient and managed care o...