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who is the legal guardian, as this pertains to the legality of admitting a minor for psychiatric care. If the patient is accompani...

different ways, In communication a starting point is the presence of verbal and non verbal communication. Different cultures may h...

The writer presents a paper which looks at the implementation of electronic patient records for a company providing medical care f...

The paper, which is written in the style of a White Paper, proposes an increased level of collaborative practices between medical ...

Few people realize how vulnerable healthcare operations systems, from electronic health records to connected medical devices, are ...

Simulation training is often used in the healthcare environment. Three questions set by the student are answered. The first answe...

In the US there is a requirement for healthcare organizations to use electronic health records (HER), also known as electronic pat...

any of the organizations system which are not available to the general public, which will include the patient records it should be...

real-time applications, patient records are updated instantly as information is added to them. Thus the physician making rounds h...

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

report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...

In seven pages the confidentiality issues nurses must contend with are discussed within the weighty context of the trust between p...

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

left to deny anything connected with the loss, either before or after the fact. Those left behind also need to acknowledge the me...

front panel." Kozierok (2001) also explains that the term "external drive bay" is a "bit of a misnomer" in that the term ex...

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

from the perspective of the investor, potential creditor and finally management. 2. Investor Ratios The investor will be interest...

age. Therefore, the patient population is increasing. This factor is also influenced by the fact that that the huge lump in the Am...

all aspects of professional nursing and a nurses obligation to patients to provide ethical and professional quality care. The firs...

and the church" and encompasses "spirituality, social support, and traditional, non-biomedical health and healing practices," whic...

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

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

potential need for treatment for impaired skin integrity due to immobility. Therefore, the nurse will begin precautions prior to a...

who perofmed the first heart transplant and Patrick Steptoe who was responsible for the first test tube baby. These are m...

to the passage of the California law (Tevington, 2011). Currently, Connecticut, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Texas an...

Lesotho is a relatively poor nation, with a number of health challenges. With limited resources, including experts, the kingdom f...

the American healthcare system, the debate concerning whether or not states should implement mandated nurse-to-patient ratios rema...

nursing skill levels and patient mix" (Minimum staff levels, 2004, p. 33). However, the researchers found that a "greater total nu...

assisting registered nurses (RNs) in order to meet legislated requirements (Schaefer 9). This means that while RNs have fewer pati...

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...