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facility grew to over 1,000 beds and the addition of a many barracks-style buildings. The design for a new facility began in 1942 ...

with physicians to "Yes, doctor," the still-proceeding transitions in healthcare continue to elevate the position of nurse while n...

some of the inmates to play poker with pornographic cards. He smuggles hookers in for several of the ward mates, and he threatens ...

Dementia is a debilitating disease that strikes mostly older people. The focus of this essay is Spiritual care for people with dem...

need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...

has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...

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

The paper begins by briefly identifying and explaining three of the standard change theory/models. The stages of each are named. T...

The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...

of a busy dermatological practice. This dermatologist see as many as 100 patients a day and is known as an "expert in the evaluati...

patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...

healthcare services to senior citizens, which is an at-risk population in this country. One helping approach for people with dis...

newspapers and magazines understands that the "Big Kahuna" of health care regulations involves the Patient Protection and Affordab...

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...

2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...

is based on the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Or, it could be the greatest pleasure or good over the least pain...

The New York City Police Commissioner was successful in reducing crime by targeting high crime areas and allocating resources to t...

2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...

Concepts, theories, principles and practices in managed care and the health services industry in regards to social, economic, and ...

this rhetoric was how the act would impact the millions of people in the United States who suffer from emotional or physical disor...

culturally competent care. Well examine what the literature has to say about such standards and, with this background, and an unde...

Culturally competent care appropriate for a psychiatric hospital is considered a basic and primary component of nursing given the ...

In three pages this paper presents a summary and review of an article that describes how marketing principles are being applied to...

In 1992, for example, this organization issued a mandate that all hospital chief executive officers become familiar with continuou...

This 10 page paper provides an overview of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This paper includes four major changes ...

make a real difference. In helping professions, such leadership is desirable. The health care industry today is fraught with probl...

the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...

which both of those impacts are important. The question of what statistics should be collected in a medical facility, however, is...

much sugar remains in the blood and too little energy is transferred to other cells. The diabetic needs to take externally adminis...