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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...

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

their resources and materials but emergency rooms do not seem to be able to keep track of equipment or even patients. One issue we...

number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...

legislation an the economic feasibility of the plan. A major role of the board will be to make the decision, to ensure that there ...

and Abecassis, 2010). Available treatments for ESRD and economics of treatment from an organizational perspective: The only trea...

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...

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

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

it is discovered that her death was called by a massive pulmonary embolism. Two years later, her husband files suit against the n...

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

and certainly health care facilities. In essence, the minimum requirements of nursing dictate that: * the nurse remain cognizant ...

level of problems for inpatients was 20.9% compared to only 8.4% for outpatients (Wilson et al, 2002). When asked to rate the serv...

indicator of quality, there remains a dearth of published research addressing the issue. There are some studies that address wait...

development of nurse-operated continence centers, which provide conservative management for UI (Bernier, 2002). Continence nurses...