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This research paper addresses selection of data collection and other relevant tools for use in a quality improvement project that...

Hospital chaplains are an essential part of the health team because he or she is the only one with the education and training to m...

This paper pertains to an ethical dilemma faced by hospital nurses caring for patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses. Adherent of th...

Seclusion and constraints have been the traditional way to control mental health patients when they lose control. This has always ...

This paper deals with the issue of traumatic brain injury and coma, which includes the trauma of families facing the decision as t...

This paper discusses a major health care organization and its diversity. Several topics are discussed: data regarding diversity, m...

This is an executive overview of the need for DVT prophylaxis implementation among diabetes patients at Hampshire Memorial in West...

This paper pertains to the care of elderly patients in emergency departments (EDs). Three pages in length, four sources are cited....

This essay discusses different issues that center on the traditional organizational structure design. Issues include: patient-cent...

This research paper provides the details of a health history interview and physical examination conducted for a hypothetical patie...

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

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

and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...

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

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

blank slate for the imaginings of those around him, particularly Hana. Myth "crosses international boundaries and offers apparentl...

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

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...

by persistent discomfort with ones sex" (Meyenburg, 1999, p. 305). This gender identification with the opposite sex typically com...

hypoglycemia require different nursing responses. Mild hypoglycemia, which is defined by the symptoms listed above and a glucose r...

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

proven to be the principal reason for nosocomial infections, that is, infections that are acquired after hospital admittance. Impo...

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

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

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

cancer affects both the man and his life partner. In most cases, study designs addressing quality of life issues for prostate canc...

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

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

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