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was evaluated using the Beth Israel Medical Center flow sheet sedation scale (Loewy, et al, 2006). If, after 30 minutes, the patie...

this incident may have contributed to her divorce. It is also true that her mother has had a problem with alcoholism for over twen...

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

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

to the assignment prompt and call the client "Mr. Fox" or "Michael," if the student is so inclined. Walking is highly recommende...

gradually Canadians as a whole were looked on in that same light. Not only were concepts such as fairness and justness responsibl...

Patient adherence to a prescribed chemotherapy is particularly crucial to the goal of positive patient outcomes in regards to trea...

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...

at any given time. More than a decade ago, Bigelow and Arndt (1995) suspected value in TQM in the hospital setting but wrote, "Th...

care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...

an overview of the issues that surround massage and the literature that support the fact that it is an effective approach in the t...

is pleasure derived from worshiping the Triune God. In Book II, Augustine discusses further the subject of signs. He defines wha...

nursing skill levels and patient mix" (Minimum staff levels, 2004, p. 33). However, the researchers found that a "greater total nu...

Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...

Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of...

among the classic symptoms of diabetic ketoacidosis. The pathophysiology of these symptoms results from the buildup in ketones due...

to any injury to the head that impairs subsequent brain functioning. While mild TBI can appear to have left the individual unimpai...

the various roles and responsibilities that the specialty involves, they share the common quality that the nursing process is inhe...

or the frequency level of falls in terms of overall patient numbers. For quality improvement to take place it is necessary not onl...

agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...

the highest readmission rates for congestive heart failure (CHF), as well as other conditions (DeFelice, et al, 2010). Initially, ...

increased; the incidence rate has risen from 15% to 35%. The problem is the increase in the rate of falls and a need to reduce the...

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...

millennia ago, it is the first recorded use of pooled payment systems to proved healthcare. There are many examples of similar soc...

the childs life. Children are not simply adults in miniature, as their bodies and organ function are in a continual state of deve...

beneficial or having no impact, negative or positive on most patients outcomes (Agarwal et al, 2009; Masip et al, 2005). The ben...

percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...

use of continuing education to improve patient care (Sterman, Gauker & Krieger, 2003). Effects of nursing rounds, call light use, ...

but that is limited to 2 percent of the familys annual income or 1 percent for those who have chronic illnesses (Clarke, 2012). Th...