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care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...

studies have reported more satisfactory results for the Norton and Braden scales, but that the researchers nonetheless "have confi...

provide the physician interface. Beyond these duties are the operational and administrative duties required in this type of facil...

the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...

The link between nurse caring and patient satisfaction has been reported numerous times. For instance, the AORN journal reported a...

environment. That open system "interacts with internal and external stressors and is in a state of constant change, moving toward...

ultrasound or even an abdominal x-ray (National Institute of Health, 2004). Such was the case with Baby Owens. After the ...

by practicing nurses in this area. Both of the authors also hold advanced degrees: one holds a Masters degree and teaches at a co...

information. These guidelines are also based on this researchers finding that self-care promotes the pediatric patients spiritual ...

moving onto the objectives, looking at the alternatives and considering the consequences and the trade offs. In this paper we will...

McAndrew, 2006). With communication skills there are includes skills of listening as well as tact as essential to facilitate effec...

The intent of anesthesia, of course, is to pharmaceutically suppress the perception and thus the memory of the procedure. There h...

of dying and that some of this research indicated significant differences in this awareness. This leads into a discussion of what ...

and Smith, 2006). This in turn will create a relationship with the patient that facilities the achievement of these goals (Walshe ...

This paper offers a meal plant designed to address the needs of a cancer patient. Three pages in length, six sources are cited. ...

One of the substance abuse treatment interventions that has been shown to be effective is the Therapeutic Community. Although this...

This is an executive overview of the need for DVT prophylaxis implementation among diabetes patients at Hampshire Memorial in West...

Hospital chaplains are an essential part of the health team because he or she is the only one with the education and training to m...

This paper is an evaluation of Restoration House's New Hope for Families program, which is a community-based residential treatmen...

This is a two-topic paper. The first part reviews a journal article about older women using or misusing substances, mostly legal d...

This 16 page paper outlines the elements that need to change for improving quality of nursing care. This paper explains that the p...

This essay discusses two adults, one diagnosed with anorexia, low self-esteem, and interpersonal relationship problems, the other ...

nurses by 2012 to eliminate the shortage (Rosseter, 2009). By 2020, the District of Columbia along with at least 44 states will ha...

services. However, the greatest cost of all has been to human life, because nosocomial infections have resulted in patient deaths...

a study whose purpose was to determine the way in which patients perceive patient education efforts. This research revealed that c...

it is like the concept of paying it forward. Praying forward is that act of doing something kind or helpful for someone else, they...

"told lies that were so abnormal and out of proportion that they deserved a special category" (Dike, 2008, p. 67). It was also Del...

This research paper pertains to the perspective of public health professionals and the reforms needed and addressed by the Patient...

This research paper describes how an advanced practice nurse used Neuman's systems model and assessment tool to aid in developing ...

This essay identifies many of the disorders and conditions a psychiatric technician need to understand. Each disorder or condition...