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2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...

in harmony and when they dont, osteoporosis is the result (Kantrowitz, 2007). Bone mineral density is generally measured as a T-s...

in the life of dealing with an adolescent who has ADHD, and for the adolescent to be able to deal with the disorder. Volumes of r...

question was directed at the nurse. One of her companions noted that her daughters name is Nancy, but Nancy died three years previ...

This paper begins by offering a diagnosis for an individual who suffered a trauma. The diagnosis is post-traumatic stress disorder...

clinicians rely on the DSM to diagnose their patients. It is credible insofar as it is published by the American Psychiatric Assoc...

when the disease is treated and cured, the paralysis can disappear; however, nerve damage in the paraplegic is typically unable to...

that some stains of tuberculosis has become more difficult to treat as a result of the drugs that have been used and the ability o...

millions of people in the hospital contract infections. This means that they are not only dealing with the issue or illness for wh...

patient was in a significant amount of pain, he made jokes throughout his entire stay, as family members remained at his bedside. ...

hospital is not exactly easy, and in some cases impossible." This would suggest that Auers (2006) reported average of five percent...

2008). This should be a good incentive for all health care institutions to do a better job of controlling and preventing infection...

2007). Increased risk to the bacilli is found in patients which have suffered from redcurrant infections, those with urethral inst...

This research paper discusses the problem of hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) and literature that indicates that traditional ba...

This research paper describes the categories used to classify antimicrobial agents, the differences between viral and bacterial in...

costs to the tune of more than $10,000 dollars and also have to stay in the hospital an average of 3 to 4 days longer than they wo...

& Wann-Hansson, 2010). The use of evidence-based best practice protocols introduced preoperatively by nursing staff can help to r...

training. In addition, the class will also require the development and distribution of training materials, including a point-by-p...

This paper gives an overview of a study that took place in a Polish ICU and pertained to the rate of device-associated nosocomial ...

individual is an "open system," which includes "distinct, but integrated physiological, psychological and socio-cultural systems" ...

discuss and name the various methods for preventing the transmissions of STIs; and also, they will demonstrate ability to resist p...

in resistant strains of bacteria (Plonczynski, 2005). This situation suggests that changes in antibiotic prophylactic procedures ...

preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...

of ear infection (Chronic otitis media, 2003). OM is a serious childhood illness because, if not properly treated, it can lead to ...

This history of nursing considers how antibiotic and antisepsis control of infections developed in five pages. Two sources are ci...

is still those are very disturbing numbers when one considers that the problem may be eliminated to some degree by the simple task...

In ten pages this case study of an individual who after a gastrointestinal infection contracted GBS is presented along with a case...

begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...

with humanity, that is, to be humanistic in ones orientation refers to the principles of humanism, which has been given a variety ...

there a time when an individuals interests supersede those of the masses? These are ethical questions posed each and everyday thr...