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Balance of Philosophy and Nursing Values

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...

Hispanics and Diabetes Management

Have you had any experience in helping a friend or family member manage diabetes? The patient replied that she was not aware of...

The Elderly and Alternative Care Choices

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

Literature Review of Incidences of Septic Shock and Sepsis in ICU Patients

result in septic shock. Of that 200,000, approximately half result in death due to the onset of sepsis and the subsequent septic ...

Ethics and Laws of Child Care

confidentiality means that the discussions about issues of Evan and Rebeccas care, family conflicts, and the reasons that Evan is ...

Community and Patient Nursing Care and Meningococcal Meningitis

the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...

Senior Citizen Mental Illness Workplace Management and Prevention of Violence

to nonadherence to medication in the mentally ill elderly is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connot...

Geriatric Care Quality

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

Method Analysis in 'Analyzing Hospital Readmissions Using Statewide Discharge Databases'

the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...

Children's Services Safety Activities

In any case, when the supply runs low in a cabinet, there should be extra packages available in a supply closet and in each classr...

Dental Hygiene, Cleft Lip and Cleft Palate

at birth (Colgate Worldwide, 2005). Cleft palates, on the other hand, may or may not be immediately apparent (Colgate Worldwide, ...

Practical Nursing Theory Application

care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...

Federal Spending and Quality Care in Hospitals

2005). Theres little doubt, however, that spending in Medicaid has been on the rise - and this has constituted a huge problem (Bec...

African Orphans Studies II

provide additional income. Environmentally, the water supply is inadequate and healthcare is of poor quality and also inaccessibl...

Nursing as a Desirable Career Choice

trying times of their lives. Nurses have the capacity to improve lives. Nothing could be more meaningful or provide a greater sens...

Product Safety Management and the Infamous Ford Pinto Case

7. Ford brought the Pinto to market in September 1970, in time for the 1971 models, as directed (Davidson, 1984). The development ...

Issues Concerning Child Abuse

Tom. Jennifer flatly states that she has been locked out of the house at night in punishment for objecting to being sent to her ro...

School Field Trips and Care Issues II

the group, the service provider should discuss with her whether she will want to be responsible for her child or if she prefers on...

Care of Senior Citizens and Issues of Dependency and Incontinence

prove to be so embarrassing to elderly clients that they alter their lifestyles to avoid social situations and, thereby, become so...

Problems of Managers Regarding Managed Care

By the early 1930s, the issue had become politically viable and in 1938 "the struggle over control of health care spilled over int...

'Managing' Managed Care

By the early 1930s, the issue had become politically viable and in 1938 "the struggle over control of health care spilled over int...

Terminal Patients and Hospice Healthcare

we all must personally face. Dealing with the death of a loved one, however, can be considerably more difficult than facing the f...

An Overview of Critical Care Nursing

which a person demonstrates fundamental functioning in their life environment (Jones and Kilpatrick, 1996). In other words, the c...

Ethical Treatment of Patients and the 1975 Film One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

some of the inmates to play poker with pornographic cards. He smuggles hookers in for several of the ward mates, and he threatens ...

Personal Nursing Model Using the Self Care Deficit Theory of Orem

in diagnostic, prescriptive, and regulatory operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). From this perspective,...

Primary Care Surgical Clinic/Indigent Population

these surgeries can proceed more efficiently and effectively, and that case management results in cost savings, as well as improve...

Forensic Pathology Of Sudden Unexplained Death

and process evidence with the intent of catching the perpetrator. While not all sudden unexpected death is of a criminal nature, ...

Fluoride: Overview

dental problems or cancer. So acute is this problem that in 2005 the EWG pushed for fluoride to be included in the National Toxic...

Long-Term Care in Canada and Finland

nursing home care is now so expensive seniors cant afford it; in others, it is unavailable because of demand (Clancy, 2009). "In s...

Bipolar Disorder

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...