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In nine pages this paper considers the rights of patients in a discussion of U.S. legislation designed to protect them. Four sour...

This paper considers various strategies that can be applied to prevent prejudicial relationships between health care workers and p...

In five pages this paper examines electronic medical record keeping and the violation of privacy that has resulted in a considerat...

In four pages this paper discusses how heath care quality has deteriorated as a result of the managed health care system. Four so...

In seven pages this paper argues in favor of health care provider selection by Americans and considers reforms that more strongly ...

In five pages Directors of Nursing are examined in terms of their many responsibilities which include business management, human r...

quite succinctly. The Dax Cowart case, that has become rather well known, involves a seriously injured man who was left ...

is one of several advanced positions that a registered nurse might choose, and while the CNS is a specialized occupation, this spe...

mechanism it can be expected that this shift in the accountability and transparency needs to be indicates within case law. It can...

exist for generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women w...

In ten pages medical negligence is considered with such cases as 1957's Bolam v. Friern HMC and 1997's Bolitho v. Hackney HA refer...

departments (Courson, 2004). It isnt that nurses have not been serving in these roles, they have but today, nurses receive speci...

military personnel and other non-combatants. While McConnell was seeing her charges safely to Japan, General Douglas MacArthur was...

practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...

homes. Rather, it is a high-quality facility dedicated to providing the best of care to its residents. Staff members are employe...

an advanced practice nurse. The benefits that a nurse midwife can bring to a first-time mother include information that the mothe...

Fifteen pages and 8 sources. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the information available about job opportunities fo...

noted that cases of a rare lung infection, pneumocystis carinni pneumonia, had occurred in Los Angeles and also that three young m...

(Green, 2004a). A travel nurse, on the other hand, is typically contracted to work a 13-week period, and this usually includes an ...

this development and left orders for both analgesia and sedation, which helped at first, but became less effective as the hours pa...

not as drugs, which means that these remedies do not undergo the rigorous testing that is required for prescription medicines (He...

recognized categories for APNs within this state (TBoN, 2006). The scope of practice for Tennessee APNs includes the legal abili...

HIV-positive nurses being a threat to patients and other health care workers. Research clearly supports the reality of the situat...

implementing the treatment regimen. 5. collaborating with other health care providers in determining the appropriate health care f...

results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...

therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...

of the site is that it connects to numerous opportunities for continuing education and there is a page dedicated to this purpose. ...

have otherwise been a lingering existence in private homes or disreputable hospitals. Inasmuch as the nurse is "temporarily the c...

Budget cutbacks, burnout and lack of student enrollment have precluded sufficient staffing in many critical areas of healthcare. ...

A pertinent issue to foreign nurse recruitment, as a method for alleviating the shortage of nurses in US hospitals, is the number ...