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facility grew to over 1,000 beds and the addition of a many barracks-style buildings. The design for a new facility began in 1942 ...

with physicians to "Yes, doctor," the still-proceeding transitions in healthcare continue to elevate the position of nurse while n...

the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...

The Clinical Workstation Application of the 3M(tm) Care Innovation Expert Applications system focuses on providing clinicians and ...

"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...

and without duress, and is competent. At least two physicians must agree that the patient is likely to die within six months. Th...

of dementia depend on the cause of the disease. However, in all senses of the definition of dementia, it is irreversible and will...

means of the company. Current Work Process Purpose of the Work Process The "home health" sector of the health care industry...

Building on the work of William Farr, Jacques Bertillon, the chief statistician for the city of Paris, devised a revised classific...

et al, 2007). Over the last several decades, clinicians have come to regard treatment decisions in terms of quality of life "ben...

wishes, she would remain on life support. This scenario has several ethical implications from the nursing or medical professional...

The treatments Breuer and Freud developed for treating hysteria had an impact on the development of psychoanalysis. This is discu...

This paper considers the role of patients' religion and how it should impact nursing care. The writer focuses on the way in whic...

the patient who is waiting either in a small dressing room or in the lab itself. The staff has conducted a time study and found t...

Case study: a man was diagnosed with untreatable TB. The CDC enforced the law to isolate him, thereby taking away his freedom. Sho...

Hospital readmissions of patients is upsetting to patients and families, especially when that readmission occurs within 30 days of...

This paper introduces the new diagnostic criteria found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V and utilizes those criteria in ...

The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...

This research paper described a case study and whether or not the patient's health can be beneficially addressed by bariatric surg...

Bipolar Disorder dramatically changes a person's life and quality of life. It affects every part of the patient's life. There is v...

from the age of around 60 years, however, the age at which this is reached is not fixed, as it is not with the others, but is a na...

They found differences in these calculations. The major key learning point in this article is that any institution can always get...

with clear results provided. Quantitative and Discussion articles needed to present information that directly addresses the purpos...

Dementia is a debilitating disease that strikes mostly older people. The focus of this essay is Spiritual care for people with dem...

nephrologists can be a particularly concerning factor in health care outcome. Methods...

"three important hormones: erythropoietin ... or EPO, which stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells; renin, which regul...

A 6 page paper about establishing a learning center in a hospital. The dimensions and location of the center is reported, includin...

personal opinion can affect human behavior, and the frequently complicated nature of ethics complications in cancer research. It a...

2001). Current theory suggest that the disease initiates the internal cell-death programs which exists in neuronal cells (Marx, 2...

these elements were viewed as variables that could significantly influence patients attitudes(Im, et al, 2007, p. 706). This quest...