SEARCH RESULTS

from large teaching hospitals, leaving them with the more seriously ill patients, whose care also is the most costly (Johnson and ...

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

the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...

the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

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

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

send oil prices soaring to unprecedented levels" (Leeb and Strathy, 2006, p. 19). The end results may well be the end of civiliza...

meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...

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...

ownership, because it once again acts as a preventive measure against accidents or injuries for the animals, damaged household ite...

?19a-490, Connecticut Department of Public Health Code ?19-13-D105 and Residential care homes ?19-13-D-6 (National Academy for Sta...

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

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

the patients insurance company and get a referral for a nutritionist. Each of these individuals and things and offerings are consi...

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...

As stated, the pet food industry already generates more than $53 billion in sales; accessories and nonessential services (i.e., ex...

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

workers (Center for American Progress, 2007). Something must be done. Universal health care has been proposed by many politicians...

research that has investigated the characteristics of new Latin American immigrants has determined several characteristics that ma...

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

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

necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). U...

and others is becoming more and more diverse. Mwaura (2006) emphasizes that every culture has experienced a similar evolu...

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

This 16 page paper outlines the elements that need to change for improving quality of nursing care. This paper explains that the p...

The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. It is a progressive, sequential act with different parts mandat...

It is clear to most people that the amount of money the federal government spends on health care must be reduced. At the current r...

This pair consists of the speaker notes for khapnpall.ppt, a six-slide Power Point presentation that critiques an article, Reed (2...