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place concurrently at the same time) rather than consecutively (one at a time after each other). Possible paths Total number of ...

any incident that requires an increased level of response beyond the routine operating procedures" (NASN, 2006). Natural disasters...

This 25 page paper provides an overview of the current literature regarding CVD in African American patients. Bibliography lists ...

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

the prevalence of UI was high in this region of the country and particularly high among African Americans in two of the states, wh...

The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...

Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...

expectancy is increasing and more people are surviving serious illness and living longer with chronic illness. At the same time, t...

computerized or electronic patient records. 1c. To discuss these findings with supervisor/mentor to consider how the information...

of falls in nursing homes, it was essential to collect information from as wide a variety of credible sources as possible. Title s...

provided in their own home. Services offered include, but are not limited to, general nursing services, physical and occupational ...

-3.14 2.83 6.05 As the numbers indicate, in all but Q3 2009, the number of falls experienced exceeded the target. This suggests t...

number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...

provided by the veterans administration (Medicine News, 2007). Nearly 13 percent of all veterans fall under the ban to services pe...

Many of the physicians on staff had graduated from Harvard Medical School and tended to think themselves superior to everyone and ...

Asynchronous communication is that which does not require the simultaneous direct attention of all involved. It can take the form...

legislation an the economic feasibility of the plan. A major role of the board will be to make the decision, to ensure that there ...

the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...

in the home and individuals suffering from dementia. The background literature review sites a wide range of sources, including res...

The writer looks at a research article by Lach and Chang (2007) entitled Caregiver Perspectives on Safety in Home Dementia Care" p...

for competency, the use do surveys to assess standards and the evaluation of clients as well as the provision of a complaints hotl...

being examined from the physical perspective it was also necessary to look at the falls from a practical, social and a psychologic...

falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...

The paper is a presentation designed to introduce and explain a new fall prevention policy for a home care nursing agency. The pr...

The paper begins by briefly identifying and explaining three of the standard change theory/models. The stages of each are named. T...

This paper summarizes and analyzes a qualitative Norwegian study that examined the experiences of home care nurses in regards to f...

In twenty eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes and the importance of safety programs with OSHA's role, health considerat...

In five pages detecting and preventing elderly abuse in nursing homes are considered in a top down healthcare model examination. ...

In eight pages this paper contrasts and compares hospital and home nursing in terms of role similarities and differences. Eleven ...