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Dyspnea, Family Caregiving and Quality of Life

primary symptoms of COPD are "wheezing, cough, dyspnea on exertion and increased phlegm production" (Touhy and Jett, 2012, p. 289)...

Practicum Example for a Nursing Course

of falls in elderly chronic patients at that home. 1c. Discuss findings with supervisor/mentor. 1a. The creation of a detailed...

Aiding Patients with Chronic Conditions, A Reflection

support of a nurse that can keep these patients inspired to continue the positive health behaviors that ensure their continued goo...

Implementing and then Assessing the a New Web Based Communication Strategy

The writer looks at a hospital planning on implementing a web chat facility on their corporate web site to increase communication...

Research on Polypharmacy and Elderly

with chronic conditions to live longer, despite the presence of these conditions. However, the pharmaceutical innovations that mak...

Treatment and Outcomes for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma

using CHOP alone. This study involved 399 patients who were 60 years of age and older in the advanced stages of NHL ("Adult NHL,"...

Diabetic Ketoacidosis, A Case Study

serious, potentially fatal, but preventable, complication of diabetes mellitus that occurs when there is insufficient insulin to m...

Effects of Mental Illness

(Smith, 2006). They need to realize they will become tired and frustrated. What family and friends can do to help the patient is...

One European Universal Health System

but that is limited to 2 percent of the familys annual income or 1 percent for those who have chronic illnesses (Clarke, 2012). Th...

Reducing Falls in Home Based Patients

implemented. The initial implementation will be for a three month period with a pilot area, which will be used to optimise the f...

Reducing Falls Rates - Presentation of a Proposal

The paper is a presentation made up 12 slides and notes for the speaker. The presentation outlines a protocol for a new multifact...

Noncompliant CHF Patients, A Health Education Intervention

regards to taking prescribed medications is a common phenomenon among patients. It has been estimated that roughly 10 percent of a...

Cultural Influences on Attitudes to Schizophrenia

have on patient outcomes. It was found patients from the Mexican American families, where there was a lower level of EE were also ...

Abstract for a Fall Intervention Policy Proposal

increased; the incidence rate has risen from 15% to 35%. The problem is the increase in the rate of falls and a need to reduce the...

Somatoform Disorders and DSM-V

one-third of patients with major depression experience remission using the first medication prescribed. This leads the doctor will...

Explaining DNRs

agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...

Economic Implications of Different Ventilation Choices for COPD Patients

beneficial or having no impact, negative or positive on most patients outcomes (Agarwal et al, 2009; Masip et al, 2005). The ben...

Advanced Practice Nursing Roles

the various roles and responsibilities that the specialty involves, they share the common quality that the nursing process is inhe...

Quality Improvement Tools Healthcare

or the frequency level of falls in terms of overall patient numbers. For quality improvement to take place it is necessary not onl...

Falls and the Retired Population - An Annotated Bibliography

The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...

Addressing Issues in the HCAHPS

Systems (HCAHPS) is a patient satisfaction survey and assessment of the level of quality care provided by hospitals and healthcare...

Type and Incidence of Falls in Patients of a Home Care Nursing Agency

only injuries in 53% of the falls recorded. It should be noted that for other types of injury there were some cross overs, for exa...

Research Proposal To Assess the Value of CBT For Patients Diagnosed with Depression

to similar patients that are not receiving CBT. In order to undertake this research the following questions will need to be answ...

Management of Diabetic Patients and Nurse Practitioner Practice

risen in the US population, there has been corresponding increase in the incidence of diabetes mellitus, which is associated with ...

Diabetes Study , an Article Analysis

This research paper offers an overview of a study, Jansink, et al (2010), which investigated the obstacles to bringing about effec...

Vitamin D Supplementation and a Qualitative Study

In a paper of five pages, the author reflects on the value of vitamin D therapy presented in case series study. This study shows ...

A Case Study of a Schizophrenic Client

This research paper offers a case study that the writer argues represents a schizophrenic patient. The paper discusses the rationa...

A Proposal to Assess Measures to Prevent Infection for ERSD Patients

In a paper of five pages, the author reflects on the use of methods to reduce infection for patients with End Stage Renal Disease....

Failures in Fall Prevention Practices

The writer looks at the best practice strategies to reduce fall rates in elderly community based patients. The research based bet ...

A Plan for Reducing Catheter Related Infection

training. In addition, the class will also require the development and distribution of training materials, including a point-by-p...