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whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

long after all signs of consciousness have ceased. Is this "good"? Is this beneficent? The news tells us of parents confronting me...

This nursing practicum proposal focuses on the mandated nurse-to-patient ratios that have been implemented in California. The writ...

is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...

age. Therefore, the patient population is increasing. This factor is also influenced by the fact that that the huge lump in the Am...

This paper is made up of three sections, with each section pertaining to a significant hospital administration issue. These topics...

through the administration of pain medication. It is not to end that suffering through medically-induced suicide. In fact, the C...

In eight pages this essay discusses efforts to reconcile euthanasia and the Nurse's Code in a consideration of the ethics nonmalef...

best way to appease both the law and the public; its dynamic decision about whether to include doctor-assisted suicide and volunta...

policies in regard to the PSDA. I have been fortunate in that I was chosen to be a member of that team. Consequently, I have at ...

It seems that within the context of the work, there is little compassion shown for the protagonist with the exception of one oncol...

providers and also provide a well-balanced outline about the issues involved in a patients "right to die" (Hendin, Foley and White...

operating room to recovery, the tracking of patient information becomes an imperative part of this process (Beyea, Hicks and Becke...

from the age of around 60 years, however, the age at which this is reached is not fixed, as it is not with the others, but is a na...

They found differences in these calculations. The major key learning point in this article is that any institution can always get...

counselor. Counselors not only have their own set of personal values, they hold a set of professional values. Confidentiality is o...

wishes, she would remain on life support. This scenario has several ethical implications from the nursing or medical professional...

One author quite aptly summarizes the changes that have occurred at Lowes over the past decade: "Lowes, a retailer once destined ...

issue via conceptual analysis, inasmuch as Walker and Avant provide specific steps that allow one to wholly define the ambiguous a...

over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...

has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...

consent must be made through a signed legal document (Retsas and Forrester, 1995). In all cases consent must be freely and volunt...

of her post-polio syndrome left her unable to completely void her urine, which in turn led to the development of further UTIs. Da...

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

undue fear created but there is also an appreciation of the true nature of the condition and the care the patient needs to take of...

some of the inmates to play poker with pornographic cards. He smuggles hookers in for several of the ward mates, and he threatens ...

Partially as a result of improved heath care practices which result in longer life and partially as the result of the movement aw...

symptoms so that they might seek help at the onset of a respiratory event and to acquaint them with the causes of their condition ...

of dementia depend on the cause of the disease. However, in all senses of the definition of dementia, it is irreversible and will...