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at any given time. More than a decade ago, Bigelow and Arndt (1995) suspected value in TQM in the hospital setting but wrote, "Th...

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

the situation, the charge nurse might take a number of different actions in response to this information. For example, the charge ...

in the U.S. stands at 8.5 percent to over 14 percent, depending on the specific area of specialty (Letvak and Buck, 2008), by 2020...

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...

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...

paying salaries). Patients are going to generally go to hospitals where their doctors are - though when it comes to emergencies or...

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

The writer reviews and present the main theme of fifteen articles that would be useful in a project to assess the impact that fal...

Systems (HCAHPS) is a patient satisfaction survey and assessment of the level of quality care provided by hospitals and healthcare...

only injuries in 53% of the falls recorded. It should be noted that for other types of injury there were some cross overs, for exa...

The paper is a presentation made up 12 slides and notes for the speaker. The presentation outlines a protocol for a new multifact...

but that is limited to 2 percent of the familys annual income or 1 percent for those who have chronic illnesses (Clarke, 2012). Th...

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...

one-third of patients with major depression experience remission using the first medication prescribed. This leads the doctor will...

(Smith, 2006). They need to realize they will become tired and frustrated. What family and friends can do to help the patient is...

Study participants ranged from 20 to 79 years and noted that the mere exchange of information is not enough to accomplish the desi...

controversial - examples of how the spoken language has fallen victim to the lazy tongues of many bi- and multilingual societies. ...

risen in the US population, there has been corresponding increase in the incidence of diabetes mellitus, which is associated with ...

This research paper offers an overview of a study, Jansink, et al (2010), which investigated the obstacles to bringing about effec...

This research paper offers a case study that the writer argues represents a schizophrenic patient. The paper discusses the rationa...

serious, potentially fatal, but preventable, complication of diabetes mellitus that occurs when there is insufficient insulin to m...

any of the organizations system which are not available to the general public, which will include the patient records it should be...

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

support of a nurse that can keep these patients inspired to continue the positive health behaviors that ensure their continued goo...

The writer looks at a hospital planning on implementing a web chat facility on their corporate web site to increase communication...