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nurse to patient ratio in California. In 1992 and 1993 the California Nurses Association has sponsored the Democratic Senator Jack...
practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...
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...
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...
made of cotton or cotton blends, which absorb rather than repel fluids. One of the most important precautions that a nurse can t...
some of the inmates to play poker with pornographic cards. He smuggles hookers in for several of the ward mates, and he threatens ...
means of the company. Current Work Process Purpose of the Work Process The "home health" sector of the health care industry...
the nurse is uncertain of which tasks are appropriate to delegation, as well as the skill level of UAPs, their reluctance becomes ...
long after all signs of consciousness have ceased. Is this "good"? Is this beneficent? The news tells us of parents confronting me...
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 ...
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...
need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...
Dementia is a debilitating disease that strikes mostly older people. The focus of this essay is Spiritual care for people with dem...
The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...
refers to instances in which patients who have been admitted to a health care facility decide to refuse treatment from doctors (Lo...
of a busy dermatological practice. This dermatologist see as many as 100 patients a day and is known as an "expert in the evaluati...
Agency for Healthcare and Quality as "doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right way, for the right person-and having ...
The paper begins by briefly identifying and explaining three of the standard change theory/models. The stages of each are named. T...
of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...
healthcare services to senior citizens, which is an at-risk population in this country. One helping approach for people with dis...
this rhetoric was how the act would impact the millions of people in the United States who suffer from emotional or physical disor...
2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...
Culturally competent care appropriate for a psychiatric hospital is considered a basic and primary component of nursing given the ...
culturally competent care. Well examine what the literature has to say about such standards and, with this background, and an unde...
and will be made up of a number of different departments divided by areas of specialty, such as accident and emergency, maternity,...
newspapers and magazines understands that the "Big Kahuna" of health care regulations involves the Patient Protection and Affordab...
2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...
is based on the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Or, it could be the greatest pleasure or good over the least pain...