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

has proven effective for eradicating its presence. In order for Calcasieu Parish to address the overwhelming air and water pollut...

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

Melnyk, 2001, p. 606). Children today live in a social and cultural climate that "idealizes thinness," and also "stigmatizes being...

topic has been anecdotal in nature, therefore, Banks and Banks (2002) designed a study utilizing pet therapy, or as they term it, ...

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

agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...

agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...

gum disease in one form or another (Cardiovascular Week, 2005). Gingivitis is the first step of periodontal disease. The...

management (DM) concept Disease management (DM) is defined as a "systematic clinical improvement process," which addresses both ...

of linking to other programs that also serve very young children and their families, and tertiary (indicated) prevention, or clini...

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

look for the date that the page was last updated to ensure that the latest health information on that subject is offered. The last...

fewer than 200,000 inmates (Golembeski and Fullilove, 2005). The Washington Post reported on December 1, 2006 that the U.S. prison...

E-Health resources are utilized not just by the healthcare establishment itself but also by patients and consumers (HIMSS, 2006; E...

the aggregate value of offering health coverage to all citizens is likely to be greater than the estimated costs of providing this...

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

But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...

fundamental differences between the two concepts. Whitehead (2004), for sake of clarity, delineates the foundation of health-rela...

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

in a Scottish farmhouse that is more than 10 miles from the nearest village and more than 50 miles from the nearest hospital. Jame...

apple shaped rather than a pear shaped body) has been associated with an increased risk for heart disease" (The metabolic syndrome...

This position is acknowledged by the government in its document The Expert Patient (DoH, 2002). However, Powers (2002) also points...

a significant clustering of fast food restaurants within a 1.5 mile radius when compared to other non down town areas. The researc...

prevent women from participating. The purpose of this study is to determine whether African American womens perceptions of BSE, P...

36). Both a therapeutic and social relationship are featured in the film Good Will Hunting (1997). The protagonist in the film, ...

1997, p.42). Mental health is not only something that is peculiar to an individual, but it is something that affects the entire c...

made of cotton or cotton blends, which absorb rather than repel fluids. One of the most important precautions that a nurse can t...

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

their web site with which this nursing organization is involved. For instance, the AACN promotes a specific cardiovascular health ...