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planning evaluation to those patients, conducted or overseen by a registered nurse, social worker or other appropriately qualified...

factors that have been identified include "diabetes, alcoholism, malnutrition, history of antibiotic or corticosteroid use, decrea...

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

Agency for Healthcare and Quality as "doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right way, for the right person-and having ...

9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...

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

they need to succeed. III. METHODS AND TECHNIQUES Teaching ELL students is no different than educating the mainstream population...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

For different reasons, each profession believes that the morning routine of washing and dressing is essential. Both the nurse and...

later adding informational pamphlets discussing heart disease in the aging. My first meeting with Ms. Bross largely was informati...

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

need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...

are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...

client, the therapist must first determine what the personality structure of the client is. Now, trying to determine "personality ...

view of medicine in order to better help the indigenous population on which she is called to serve. Before launching any p...

Sometimes just the opposite can occur and the bladder does not empty like it should, if at all. Other problems that seem to be ass...

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

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

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

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on an article entitled: Providing Patients with Information on Caring for Skin. T...

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

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...