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they visited, and some tended to visit fairly frequently (Demling et al, 2002). Patients in general were very positive about thei...

there were no caregiver present to assist the elderly individual during the day and evening, the frail older person frequently fou...

advance at the time, but it created the scenario in which those receiving health care were not those paying for health care. As c...

the mountains in California, ride a horse in the Grand Canyon, volunteer in a cancer center, finish painting his house, attend his...

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

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

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

the supply by 2010 (Kleinman and Saccomano, 2006). Traditional nursing care models, such as primary nursing, are founded on the su...

for its lack of market-changing competition (Porter and Teisberg, 2004), but competition exists nonetheless, if only indirectly. ...

can no longer follow this model is because medical technology can now greatly prolong life-perhaps make it too long. People now ro...

It is left to regulatory agencies such as the DFPS to interpret the law, write regulations that are in accordance with the law and...

over a great deal with social exchange theory and the study of politics in the workplace (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 2003). The use ...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

points out that patients with comorbidities have additional needs that serve to increase the complexity of care. Various models of...

In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...

diversion stoma (urostomy) allows urine to be passed through the stoma rather than the urethra (Kirkwood 20). Sometime stomas are ...

quality of care is approached, while at the same time find ways to reduce costs. It has also been noted that socialized health ca...

change and its rationale (which was based on the results of empirical research), implemented the change and then "supported the c...

now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...

?19a-490, Connecticut Department of Public Health Code ?19-13-D105 and Residential care homes ?19-13-D-6 (National Academy for Sta...

conversation with MaryAlice Mowry," 2003). Many people do not realize that government benefits aligned with disabilities would be ...

be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...

(Jennings, 2005). The reason for the huge increases in health care costs is not the insurance companies, Jennings found, but the f...

birth, it is critical to interact with the infant, to touch and cuddle and talk with the infant, to provide a safe and nurturing e...

because they do not have the means to get medical attention (Center for American Progress, 2007). Health care costs seem to rise e...

meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...

the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

situation. As a provider of care, it is the role of the community health nurse to address the needs of Centerville adolescents i...

from large teaching hospitals, leaving them with the more seriously ill patients, whose care also is the most costly (Johnson and ...

begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...