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Human Caring Philosophy of Jean Watson

cosmic forces: they comprise the primal and universal psychic energy yet are overlooked * We have to treat our "self" with gentlen...

Nursing Liability and Access to Health Care by the Poor in Texas

goes way beyond the paradigm of nursing as simply a "handmaiden" to physicians. The nursing professional is required to know virtu...

Triage and its Medical and Military History

back for treatment and who would be left behind and not treated. In the 1800s, unless a patient was dying those in the emergency r...

Community Health Nursing Considerations

making a critical separation between their medical and social responsibilities within the short time allowed in an office visit. ...

Case Scenario on Nursing Care

In seven pages this paper presents a case scenario featuring a nursing care situation and possible change of employment environmen...

Health Care and Elasticity of Demand

responsible for most health care expenditures, merely because of their age and the increased need for direct care with advancing a...

Community Health Care Nursing and Child Abuse Interventions

the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...

Canadian Women Immigrants and Health Care

process is made more difficult by cultural and linguistic barriers (Murty, 2002). These women frequently bear the brunt of fulfill...

Canada's Immigrant Women, Prenatal and Postnatal Health Care

issues along a continuum of health and good health is defined as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being" (Ada...

Hispanic Community, Health Care, and Government

its critics -- has been a goal of the U.S. government for many, many years and, for the most part, has had the support of most of ...

Preventive Strategies, Cost Containment, and Managed Care

stability, while the goal of tertiary prevention "is to help the patient return to wellness following treatment" (Torakis and Smig...

Uninsured and HMOs

citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years, the general system also has been char...

Appraisal of Team Performance

of every single employee. If youre not thinking all the time about making every person more valuable, you dont have a chance. Wh...

Impact of Managed Care

that the government did not intend when establishing Medicare in the 1960s. At present, Medicare virtually rules all of Ame...

Pros and Cons of Canada's Health Care Privatization

in accordance with the Canada Health Act (1984), the federal government shares in the costs if provinces adhere to the following p...

Nursing and Kangaroo Care

article, "Mother-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact (Kangaroo Care)," kangaroo care offers the parents the only opportunity to engage in ...

Care+ Budget Development

Interface manager 20 91 1,820 Networking analyst 10 91 910 Training Costs 12 users @ 16 hrs each 192 45 8,640 Total 497 $...

Australia and Medicare

the poorest communities, in terms of income level, have the lowest standard of health: a group which practises low-risk behaviours...

Essays on Health Care

before, with the result that there is a "pill" for virtually any physical condition. Individuals taking any kind of ethical drug ...

Nursing and the Interaction Between Theory, Research, and Practice

authors state that research "and theory are key underpinnings that guide safe, effective, and comprehensive" (p. 35) practice. As...

US Aliens and Rights

human beings, and nowhere is that more clear than in the realm of constitutional rights" (Cole, 2006). However, in truth, non-citi...

Issues Pertaining to Health Care Economics

will wait out a problem and not seek preventative services. Also, ideology enters the picture. Some people simply avoid medical ca...

United Kingdom's White Paper Our Health, Our Care, Our Say

this were not a political issue then the attention would be focused elsewhere, also that with increasing costs in healthcare the n...

Advantages of Socialized Medicine

in such a manner. There is no question that far too much time, money and effort is spent on government regulations and bureaucrac...

Inpatient Settings and Bereavement Care Explored

in which care is provided for aging and dying adults in general. In addition, the researchers recognize that preparation for dyin...

Overview of Kindred Health Care

the years end they had "no outstanding borrowings"; they had $112 million to use for future acquisitions (Diaz). Services Kindred...

Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes and Growing Up Too Fast

He says thats nice language to be using in front of the children and she says never mind the language, food on the table is what s...

The Role of the Nurse Anesthetist

view as well, developing theories of nursing that focus on nursing and its components as systems of varying degrees. Some, such a...

U.S. and Japan Health Care

(Wise, 2005). One of the major health issues in the U.S. and other Western countries is obesity (Wise, 2005). It is estimated tha...

An Analysis of an Article About Wal Mart Health Care Clinics

flexible enough to meet the needs of most consumers (Kirkland, 2006). Initial reaction to the clinics has been very positive, so ...