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and unequivocally made significant strides" within their specialty over the last two decades (Geiss and Cavaliere, 2003, p. 577). ...

affect patient outcomes (Finley, 2004). The degree to which Mr. Smith will be affected by the stroke, and, indeed, his very survi...

preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...

Understanding that there is a step by step progression, both physically and psychologically, can be part of the nurses role in thi...

and a very important factor is a lack of medical attention. All of these things culminate in a situation where people are more vul...

to take insulin only when his blood glucose level was above the value established by his physician. The nurse laid out all ...

are under our care. By promoting healthy and better communication between us and the patient, we do not need to involve the famil...

2004). this symptom is sufficient for a diagnosis (HealthyPlace.com). Schizophrenia is treated with both drugs and therapeutic i...

There is no question that death plays a major role in this story, as evidenced not only by all the dying patients but also through...

legal errors (Fackelmann, 2002). Furthermore, the AMA study demonstrated that there is a direct statistical connection between th...

episode of major depression be treated in this type of program? Or can this person be treated in a primary addiction-oriented prog...

only the teaching of adult learners, but also the teaching of those who will be teaching them. Learning Theory It has been ...

a specific number or percentage of Australian citizens who have or may be suffering from unstable angina. Part of the reason for ...

student--in respect to hospitalization. One question that also arises is whether the culture of the non-English speaking patient p...

is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...

time, after which he began drinking again. After this, the patient demonstrated a desire to poison himself, and this resulted in ...

using similar tests and with mixed variables such as aromatherapy and hypnosis. All of the studies mentioned concluded that massag...

directly against another California law - termed a crime of sexual exploitation (Anderson, 2000), which is part of 42 C.F.R. ? 100...

paradigm but without the fantasy that acceptance is the ultimate outcome. In treating this patient, a student writing on the subje...

authors have explored the importance of the holistic approach in positively impacting patient outcome. As early as the 1970s rese...

been the principal focus in current research (1997). Studies focusing on school children generally include a food preference compo...

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

All care is the responsibility of the medical team with which these patients have surrounded themselves. It is the patients respo...

style to be clear and unbiased. These were then categories by qualified psychologies into one of three groups, behavioural therapy...

This means that some learn material better when they hear it said to them, while others learn best when they are able to read the ...

are certainly those patients who understand that they have a chronic disease which has the potential to be life-threatening and ar...

for further self-harm to occur. Pembrooke and Smith recommend, for example, that triage staff assume that even minor injuries repr...

and two other men beside her patient, she becomes drawn to the patient, though not in a romantic way. She devotes nearly her entir...

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...