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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...

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 ...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

to base their arguments on more spiritual and ethereal ground, such as the idea that a persons life ends when God chooses to end i...

in place for some time, and none of the fears surrounding it have ever materialized (Seale, 2006). Research shows that 171 people ...

movement disorders, such as Parkinsons and dystonia. This procedure was initially developed in 1987 in France (Song, 2006). This a...

and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...

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

Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

bodies to produce an excessive amount of cholesterol (Statins safe, 2004). Left untreated, this condition is associated with havin...

system, decreasing the natural defenses that allow the body to fight off infections and diseases (Etiology, 2008). As this suggest...

particular condition because he at least is aware of his condition. About one-half of those with this disease are not as fortunat...

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

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

provide effective communication, the Band Aid song "Do They Know Its Christmas" a song which led to Live Aid was effective; this w...

a study whose purpose was to determine the way in which patients perceive patient education efforts. This research revealed that c...