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Quality of Life and the Role of Nursing

Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...

Study on Health Status and Participation Critiqued

evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...

Poets Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, and Nature

the spider and it is true for man as well. Obviously, he doesnt actually say this specifically but he instead illustrates it thro...

Advance Directive Uses

before intubating her, but the woman needed an airway cleared right away. Only after restoring breath to the woman did they learn...

Controlling Costs and HMOs

a total of more than $4,000 for every citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years,...

Comparative Analysis of Erickson's and Orem's Theories

and patient. Orems theory is central to much of nursing philosophy and methodology. This theory is one of three theories...

Instructional Approaches Assessed

must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...

Arguing in Favor of Self Directed Euthanasia

criteria in an advanced directive or the individuals cognizance at the time of their decision. The first task that presents...

The Parish Nurse and Advanced Practice Nursing

issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...

Uninsured Issues for Metropolitan Hospital Center of New York II

continues to battle against the ongoing nursing shortage. Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that ...

Outpatient Surgery and Risk

(Outpatient Surgical Centers, 2005). Surgeons generally are not part of the staff, but the centers employ all other positions req...

Self Administered Medications and Medication Aides

2005). However, the employer of these aides will be responsible for ensuring that systems are in place in regards to proper manage...

Practical Nursing Theory Application

care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...

Reaction to Conversation Language And Possibilities A Postmodern Approach To Therapy by Harlene Andersen

followers must abide by the same doctrines. Post-modernisms discursive system was a reaction to and critique of modernism, with p...

Geriatric Care Quality

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

Frequency of Hemodialysis

2% were on home hemodialysis (Freitas, 2002, 167). There are many chronic problems associated with hemodialysis including hyper...

Paternalism or Autonomy and the Hippocratic Oath

God" (Hippocratic Oath, 2001). It seems to me that the wording leads the young physician directly into the trap he hopes to avoid...

Restraint Uses in Psychiatric Nursing

Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...

Price Setting Case Study for Bair Hugger Device

and needs to be carefully monitored, and the water filled blankets may be effective if used above and below the patient by they ar...

Kolcaba and Holistic Care

reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

Rehabilitation and Acute Stroke Units

ensuring that a significant proportion of stroke victims survive and retain their independence. This is important not only from th...

Correcting Flawed Surgery Sites and Wrong Site Amputations

hospitals are not required to report mistakes that have been made to any sort of overseeing agency (Inskeep and Neighmond, 2004). ...

An Article on a Study of PICCs Critiqued

indicated as an advantage of PICCs can be initiated at the bedside by a registered nurse, which avoid the need for general anesthe...

Medical Residents and Fatigue

to conduct studies of our own to assess the relationship between patient well being and medical resident work load. Much ...

Psychiatric Nursing and Self Disclosure for Therapeutic Purposes

many had very definite opinions on the matter as a whole, "none of the participants articulated what the process consisted of or h...

The Treatment of Hordeolum

chlamydial, and rickettsial organisms" (Bessette, 2004). Inhibits bacterial protein synthesis (Bessette, 2004). E. Cloxacillin: "...

Human Becoming Nursing Theory of Parse

moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...

An Ethics Case Study

any love relationship can be hurtful enters the picture. With this rationale, one can see that to have an affair with an ex-patien...

Alzheimer's Disease and the Role of a Psychologist

and eventually all cognitive function for the person inflicted with the disease (Lemonick and Park-Mankato, 2001). While the spec...

Providing Comfort in the Emergency Room

charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...