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

who suffer from cancer, arthritis, AIDS, multiple sclerosis or acute back pain are known to frequently turn to alternative medicin...

therefore, highly desirable to have a variety of types of LTC settings. Furthermore, alternatives to institutionalized care can o...

subject of rationing health care. The authors look at the years 1989 through 1995 and laws which were put in place in Oregon to ad...

that gives patients more options while maintaining fewer requirements (McKelvey, 2004). It is something that should strengthen the...

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...

lawyers, uncaring nurses and pedophile clergy is to cut back on scientific research--a tenuous conclusion at best. Where the art...

nursing care over the past decade and how do they support the argument for a continuum of educational practices for nursing profes...

physical and social limits, functional components, and feedback mechanisms" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). With regard t...

it is discovered that her death was called by a massive pulmonary embolism. Two years later, her husband files suit against the n...

hallways of hospitals, it does seem to contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles ...

markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...

patient to re-establish the self-care capacity. Orems model defines a "self-care deficit" as when a patients condition interferes ...

important to understanding the impact of interventions. One of the major problems noted by a number of theorists is that the exte...

a specialized body of knowledge, skills and experience that enables these nurses to offer a high standard of care to critically il...

would have no need for surgical gloves, but a hospital or a stand-alone outpatient surgery clinic has need for both. A mate...

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

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

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...

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

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the U.S. healthcare system is dang...

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

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

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...

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