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

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

indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...

9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...

complex levels in the communication process. For practical purposes, we might say that communication is achieved when a message is...

to the bill as did many nursing executives, arguing that there was sufficient legislation already on the books that dealt with sta...

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

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

is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...

Partially as a result of improved heath care practices which result in longer life and partially as the result of the movement aw...

reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

"become a universal law" (Kant, 1993, p. 30). In other words, Kants main criteria for action is that the individual should conside...

In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...

In seven pages the confidentiality issues nurses must contend with are discussed within the weighty context of the trust between p...

has left the facility and has gone home to the comforts of home in order to spend the last days, weeks or months of their life in ...

call for compliance with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to su...

In thirty pages this paper discusses elderly care in a discussion of nursing, holistic care, communications, and local policies, a...

to miscommunication. For example, in a busy hospital where there is a high degree of activity patients may be distracted and not e...

Decision-making, critical thinking and advocacy are all important in the modern hospital experience. This paper examines a patient...

is the development of Mishels Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS), which is comprised of twenty-eight item measure that utilizes a...

abide with. From a strictly business perspective, therefore, it is necessary to recognize that a daycare cannot stay in business ...

process variation, foster awareness of the impact of different clinical decisions, and encourage reduction in undesirable practice...

particular, resilience is also crucial because each instance is completely unique and may require a different response. In other ...

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

legislation an the economic feasibility of the plan. A major role of the board will be to make the decision, to ensure that there ...

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

nurses by 2012 to eliminate the shortage (Rosseter, 2009). By 2020, the District of Columbia along with at least 44 states will ha...

well with Watsons care model. Watson has seven assumptions, the first is that care is demonstrated in an interpersonal level (Geor...