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Essays 301 - 330
affect patient outcomes (Finley, 2004). The degree to which Mr. Smith will be affected by the stroke, and, indeed, his very survi...
ensuring that a significant proportion of stroke victims survive and retain their independence. This is important not only from th...
balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...
carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...
charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...
"many emotional, medical, and practical needs. These needs change over time, depending on the trajectory of...
moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...
well. This study also appears to be sound scientifically. Its primary means of data analysis is statistical; the methods b...
of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...
are theoretically viable, but there is actually no evidence to support the claim that UPs will actually reduce the number of expos...
that make use of color, but even these efforts have not typically met with good response by patients or hospital administrators (S...
diagnosing it. It is not as if depression is difficult to diagnose. What is difficult is getting clients into facilities and to ad...
several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...
sense that it is actively intended to cause harm, but negligence occurs when it is established that any reasonable person would ha...
not want his father informed), presenting a rationale for signing a health care proxy becomes extremely problematic. Guidelines us...
and more nurses are standing at the front lines of managed care, acting somewhat as liaison between the patient and managed care o...
protection. It seems that the purpose of the old system was typical as the facility needed communications. However, in health care...
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 - ...
in which nurses had to request perceptions for certain types of dressing was a waste of time and resources, which in turn impacted...
a reputation for efficiency and effectiveness, as well see later on in this paper. The hospital was named in honor of Edwa...
have different health care needs than their non-disabled counterparts (Donegan Shoaf, 1999). Medi-Cal is one such health c...
is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...
caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...
Over twice as many people have been infected with HIV than was initially projected; over 42 million people have been infected sinc...
can be tricky. There are always hypochondriacs or the medically educated who do not necessarily agree with the doctors findings. P...
by practicing nurses in this area. Both of the authors also hold advanced degrees: one holds a Masters degree and teaches at a co...
a total of more than $4,000 for every citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years,...
billions in additional health care cost. Likewise, Houston, et al (2002) substantiate that contraction of nosocomial pneumonia co...