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for its lack of market-changing competition (Porter and Teisberg, 2004), but competition exists nonetheless, if only indirectly. ...

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

undue fear created but there is also an appreciation of the true nature of the condition and the care the patient needs to take of...

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

Partially as a result of improved heath care practices which result in longer life and partially as the result of the movement aw...

over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...

made of cotton or cotton blends, which absorb rather than repel fluids. One of the most important precautions that a nurse can t...

as long as they know whos records they are looking for and how to access them. The next stage from this that avoids the delays eve...

some of the inmates to play poker with pornographic cards. He smuggles hookers in for several of the ward mates, and he threatens ...

symptoms so that they might seek help at the onset of a respiratory event and to acquaint them with the causes of their condition ...

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...

issue via conceptual analysis, inasmuch as Walker and Avant provide specific steps that allow one to wholly define the ambiguous a...

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

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...

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

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

clear that the patient is taking part in a decision-making process, and not simply signing a form. In practical terms, of course, ...

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

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

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

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...

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...

some studies that address waiting times that patients invest in seeing physicians, however. McCarthy, McGee and OBoyle (2000) pro...

for the family. Finances have been destroyed with assets being wiped out, the stress such illness creates in the other family memb...

to the bill as did many nursing executives, arguing that there was sufficient legislation already on the books that dealt with sta...