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In eight pages this paper examines the HMO model in a discussion of managed care and its impact upon the relationship between doct...

In eleven pages this paper discusses strategic planning in the health care industry with HMOs and their impact, the relationship b...

In five pages the implementation of ICU computerization is examined in terms of its patient and technological benefits. Three sou...

at high risk for preterm labor would have the effect of reducing preterm labor rates; this has not been the case. Studies in Franc...

In ten pages a tutorial review on the article 'Discharge Teaching Work Strategies for Patients and Families for Care in the Home'...

are told what they should do by their physicians. For example, if a patient visits a doctor and due to age parameters, he or she w...

to take expensive prescription medications as prescribed. This acerbates medical conditions and results in increases in acuity lev...

had pushed through legislation mandating mandatory medical error reporting (Hosford, 2008). Additionally, and perhaps more importa...

a peaceful death among terminal patients. HSBs of specific groups of any size - whether large or small - are positively related t...

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

is not an expectation based on fact or knowledge, it is based on hope. 2. Clinicians personal and professional values Personal ...

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

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

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...

Plus Program, that was implemented in the study performed by Resnick and colleagues was found, among other benefits, to improve af...

often impacts the health and well-being of other members in a family (Miami Valley Hospital, 2004). As a result, the Womens Healt...

explained the process further and made it clear that he would perform the catheterization, the man approved. As this indicates, fr...

workplace is a critical component of occupational rehabilitation (Morrison, 1993). In one study it was found that employees of inj...

and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...

between cases at the time of diagnosis (Newmark and Anhalt, 2007). Type 1 diabetes is typically due to a "lack of insulin producti...

influences can be broken down into political, economic, social and technological. Political influences are one of the most importa...

in which nurses had to request perceptions for certain types of dressing was a waste of time and resources, which in turn impacted...

not want his father informed), presenting a rationale for signing a health care proxy becomes extremely problematic. Guidelines us...

and two other men beside her patient, she becomes drawn to the patient, though not in a romantic way. She devotes nearly her entir...

there was a problem of infections in long-term care facilities and in hospitals (Dimond, 1994). These are called nosocomial infect...

* Time over Money - Employees today seek more personal time versus financial compensation. * Professional versus Personal Role - ...

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

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

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...