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information needs to be provided to health care insurers, hence the name: Health Information Portability and Accountability Act. I...
been established. There are concerns about long-term use, however (Davidson, Connor and Zhang, 2009). This means the clinician nee...
positive climate in the classroom and field placements by participating actively, working effectively with others, and showing res...
change and how it is going to affect them. They need to know whats in it for them? Bolognese (2008) noted that people fear the unk...
ensure that any data given is not capable of identifying any of the respondents, although this is unlikely, there is also the way ...
found on the Internet is accurate. As researching a topic using a Web browser is simply a matter of using a handful of keywords, t...
2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...
also possess knowledge concerning a particular family as a whole, including the intricacies of its family system, the position of ...
primary symptoms of COPD are "wheezing, cough, dyspnea on exertion and increased phlegm production" (Touhy and Jett, 2012, p. 289)...
undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Gale...
for nurses who come into intimate contact with clients from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Ott, Al-Khadhuri and Al-Junaibi...
proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...
1999). Lee and his family owned a small business and had no health or medical insurance. The family was urged to begin the process...
and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...
lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...
decisions. It is through our status as health care professionals that such a role is not only valued but critical. Nursing...
is on a morphine drip to which there is attached only one instruction: decrease the drip when respirations reach four per minute....
or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...
are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...
of happiness, contentment or relief, or something above ordinary existence. The patient should do more than subsist. 4. Care shoul...
of stem cell research far outweigh the negativities. Because of these benefits stem cell research can be ethically defended utili...
the patient prior to his death. The nurse clearly felt the need to encourage the family to stay and spend as much time as possibl...
to nursing practice in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as the welfare of each high-needs baby is intrinsically tied to fami...
Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...
including a primary pipeline that extends 280 miles across the Andes. To build the roads, forests were cleared and Indian lands bu...
by three things (501). They were phrenology, discrimination, and psychohygienic therapy. Through phrenology, Barton was given ce...
In six pages this paper discusses the importance of the quality of life and how the medical industry can become humanized by valui...
This paper addresses the beliefs and social ethics of feminist Jane Addams. The author discusses Addams' various social and polit...
way, before his mind too, was gone." As a nurse, this presented me with what I felt were two conflicting goals. On the one hand, ...
In eight pages this essay discusses the ethical conflict between a patient's 'right to die' and the Nurse's Code. Five sources ar...