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of different causative factors (Clinician Reviews, 2007; Hunter et al, 2002). Extrapolated prevalence rates for constipation in t...

infections can, of course, relate to a number of factors. The type of care needed can vary both according to the type of wound an...

not just in adverse impacts to the patients themselves but also in significant societal costs. Wounds that are improperly cared f...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

culturally competent care. Well examine what the literature has to say about such standards and, with this background, and an unde...

differences between cultures consist of variation in their main pattern in terms of these five dimensions and that these differenc...

In two pages cardiovascular disease and the complications it represents for patients suffering from Type II diabetes are discussed...

that it is impossible for a mere individual to resist the monolithic nature of an authoritarian state, also can be interpreted on ...

grew from an average of seven in 1993 to an average of eleven in 2000 to an average of twelve in 2004 (Critser, 2007). At the tim...

Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...

an overview of the issues that surround massage and the literature that support the fact that it is an effective approach in the t...

at any given time. More than a decade ago, Bigelow and Arndt (1995) suspected value in TQM in the hospital setting but wrote, "Th...

Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of...

is not an expectation based on fact or knowledge, it is based on hope. 2. Clinicians personal and professional values Personal ...

The problem is that the system is broken when it comes to getting appropriate healthcare to the uninsured. Even if Congress passes...

to adopt healthy living habits (Schiavo, 2007). The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) says health communication is ...

2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...

prior to being admitted to the care facility, it is possible that these needs are not being met. There is also the religious need ...

services. However, the greatest cost of all has been to human life, because nosocomial infections have resulted in patient deaths...

whether or not a patient complaining of chest pains is having or has had a heart attack (American Clinical Laboratory Association,...

to provide adult individuals, at the time of inpatient admission (or enrollment) information about state laws rights concerning ad...

this rhetoric was how the act would impact the millions of people in the United States who suffer from emotional or physical disor...

story behind Lennox Castle Hospital. Colin Sprowl, a man that worked over thirty years at the hospital as a male nurse, provides ...

This is the event for which the processes focused, on which the reflection is taking place. This is an objective stage where the d...