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be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...

the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...

within institutions where manual charting of ventilators settings is performed well, "automatic data collection can eliminate dela...

meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...

the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

at the past and the philosophies that have created the present. Resnick and Hall (1998) point out that the current educational s...

diversion stoma (urostomy) allows urine to be passed through the stoma rather than the urethra (Kirkwood 20). Sometime stomas are ...

ownership, because it once again acts as a preventive measure against accidents or injuries for the animals, damaged household ite...

?19a-490, Connecticut Department of Public Health Code ?19-13-D105 and Residential care homes ?19-13-D-6 (National Academy for Sta...

It is left to regulatory agencies such as the DFPS to interpret the law, write regulations that are in accordance with the law and...

over a great deal with social exchange theory and the study of politics in the workplace (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 2003). The use ...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

the supply by 2010 (Kleinman and Saccomano, 2006). Traditional nursing care models, such as primary nursing, are founded on the su...

birth, it is critical to interact with the infant, to touch and cuddle and talk with the infant, to provide a safe and nurturing e...

begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...

are problems, the use of critical thinking models or other problem solving tool will help to find an effective resolution. The pro...

culturally competent care. Well examine what the literature has to say about such standards and, with this background, and an unde...

elderly population is finding it difficult to meet their own financial needs and have few choices but to pool resources with other...

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

is defined differently than it is for healthier people; the terminally ill may consider that they have a good quality of life if t...

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

why. First of all, the student researching this topic does not offer any indication of what specific "everyday life issues" were...

Wagner 35). It is also suggested that the practitioner should, of course, thoroughly read the contract, but also that practition...

points out that patients with comorbidities have additional needs that serve to increase the complexity of care. Various models of...

physical and social limits, functional components, and feedback mechanisms" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). With regard t...

nursing care over the past decade and how do they support the argument for a continuum of educational practices for nursing profes...

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on an article entitled: Providing Patients with Information on Caring for Skin. T...

This paper analyzes the care prevailed for Lucy, an adolescent college student who is diabetic and complaining of fatigue. Diagnos...

This research paper discusses way to improve a team approach to care delivery. Four page in length, three sources are cited....

The purpose of technology in hospitals is to increase efficiency and accuracy of their healthcare systems and to improve patient c...