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Essays 421 - 450
In eight pages this essay discusses the ethical conflict between a patient's 'right to die' and the Nurse's Code. Five sources ar...
Treating non responsive patients presents challenges. This paper looks at the approach to treatment and sequence which should be u...
The paper is a literature review on the topic of schizophrenia and the impact and influence that the condition has on patients and...
This 3 page paper provides an overview of how Evidence-based practice is used to treat substance abuse disorders. This paper inclu...
To deal with the HIV crisis many lesser and middle income countries had to develop innovative and cost effective strategies to de...
a discussion and review of literature that focuses on hypertension (HTN) among minority ethnic groups, with a particular emphasis ...
health results from individual action, willpower and sustained efforts, while an eternal locus of control is characterized by beli...
to refuse treatment independently of their parents wishes; the second position holds that parents have the sole right to this deci...
different ways, In communication a starting point is the presence of verbal and non verbal communication. Different cultures may h...
in the study had suffered at least one urinary tract infection in the preceding 24 months. Wild (et al, 2010, p309) found an even ...
information being given to the patient by the doctor. Anecdotal evidence from those who were patients at the time remember importa...
and without duress, and is competent. At least two physicians must agree that the patient is likely to die within six months. Th...
In seven pages this paper discusses the problems associated with a patient's deliberate self harm in a discussion of relevant mana...
in funding for long-term care will have had a devastating impact on women, minorities, and children. Patterns of Use According to...
it is right to allow terminally ill patients to end their lives, or to assist such patients to commit suicide, will continue despi...
issue via conceptual analysis, inasmuch as Walker and Avant provide specific steps that allow one to wholly define the ambiguous a...
the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...
some studies that address waiting times that patients invest in seeing physicians, however. McCarthy, McGee and OBoyle (2000) pro...
for the family. Finances have been destroyed with assets being wiped out, the stress such illness creates in the other family memb...
are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...
For different reasons, each profession believes that the morning routine of washing and dressing is essential. Both the nurse and...
later adding informational pamphlets discussing heart disease in the aging. My first meeting with Ms. Bross largely was informati...
client, the therapist must first determine what the personality structure of the client is. Now, trying to determine "personality ...
view of medicine in order to better help the indigenous population on which she is called to serve. Before launching any p...
Sometimes just the opposite can occur and the bladder does not empty like it should, if at all. Other problems that seem to be ass...
to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...
clear that the patient is taking part in a decision-making process, and not simply signing a form. In practical terms, of course, ...
"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...
consent must be made through a signed legal document (Retsas and Forrester, 1995). In all cases consent must be freely and volunt...
of her post-polio syndrome left her unable to completely void her urine, which in turn led to the development of further UTIs. Da...