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there are those that are relevant to childrens protection as well, such as confidentiality. For example, during a recent visit tw...

graduate nursing hires (Truman, 2004, p. 45). The novice nurses participate in six hours of classroom instruction, plus thirty hou...

life in prison for patient death (Jacko & Sears, 2003). HIPAA is comprised of five major titles that are applicable to each provi...

"encouragement of facing probl4ems/fears, support of efforts to master problems/ears, affective experiencing/catharsis" (Coady 15)...

the patient die (1975). Consider the case of a patient with terminal throat cancer, who is in terrible pain which cannot successfu...

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

language competency. The results of this study confirmed that the BEST oral interview can be used successfully within the context ...

patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...

and classical theories of language processing. That he supports the claim there are "syntactic substantive parameters in language...

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

by Johansson, Dahlstrom and Brostrom (2006), they found 10 studies that examine4d the relationship between depression in HF patien...

there are at least six characteristics common to all organizations that others can label as being attuned to learning from events ...

Patient adherence to a prescribed chemotherapy is particularly crucial to the goal of positive patient outcomes in regards to trea...

of four (Bernstein, 2000). Its use also reduces hospitalizations by 59 percent and yields a benefit to cost ratio of seven to one,...

points out, medicalization is a process that defines a problem in terms of the practitioners perspective and cultural biases, rath...

nursing skill levels and patient mix" (Minimum staff levels, 2004, p. 33). However, the researchers found that a "greater total nu...

it though learning. The different models can be seen as based on learning styles, how information is communicated and also how t...

Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...

care home agencies also offer data on each service that is provided by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and acco...

Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of...

the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nu...

who are suffering from chronic ailments such as congestive heart failure, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma and...

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

system to destroy abnormal cells. Hormone production is directly connected to psychological states. Countless women can attest to ...

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

have different concerns and worries which will need to be addressed prior to the tackling of the practical issues. The plan will...

to be an essential element in the overall aspect of human life. Without its influential element, myriad individuals would not be ...

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