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arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

long after all signs of consciousness have ceased. Is this "good"? Is this beneficent? The news tells us of parents confronting me...

best way to appease both the law and the public; its dynamic decision about whether to include doctor-assisted suicide and volunta...

policies in regard to the PSDA. I have been fortunate in that I was chosen to be a member of that team. Consequently, I have at ...

and retention" (Andersen, 2002, p. 603). This then should be the first priority: to design a study that will accrue and retain ...

operating room to recovery, the tracking of patient information becomes an imperative part of this process (Beyea, Hicks and Becke...

is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...

This nursing practicum proposal focuses on the mandated nurse-to-patient ratios that have been implemented in California. The writ...

This paper is made up of three sections, with each section pertaining to a significant hospital administration issue. These topics...

2004). This is to say nothing of the side effects that accompany every drug manufactured to treat depression. Contrastingly, hol...

healing. Respondents who reported moderate stress before group (56.3%) experienced a decrease (43.8%) after group that dropped th...

is the development of Mishels Uncertainty in Illness Scale (MUIS), which is comprised of twenty-eight item measure that utilizes a...

whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...

counselor, often causing even greater tension than what already exists and drawing away from the ability to forge an alliance. Se...

refers to being allergic to multiple forms of stimuli. Chronic illness not only impacts the patient, but also the patients family ...

be immensely helpful in gaining insight into the specific issues involved and subsequent perspective on what course of action to t...

illustrated how certain aspects such as genetics, disease and environment diversely impact the extent of human memory, with old ag...

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

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

"how they relate to others. It influences the way patients respond to medical services and preventive interventions and impacts th...

Elderly, which requires a document signed by the doctor as well as certain health records to be faxed. Even though the same report...

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

potential for long term physiological complications as well as long-term emotional impacts. Not only does the type of care needed...

Hospital. The purpose here is to describe and evaluate the restructuring of St. Vincents ICU to gain one-on-one nursing and so im...

has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...

All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...

consent must be made through a signed legal document (Retsas and Forrester, 1995). In all cases consent must be freely and volunt...

of her post-polio syndrome left her unable to completely void her urine, which in turn led to the development of further UTIs. Da...

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...