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because they do not have the means to get medical attention (Center for American Progress, 2007). Health care costs seem to rise e...

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

agony? Medicine was not always the assembly line it is today. According to Pescosolido and Boyer, there were three events that ch...

As stated, the pet food industry already generates more than $53 billion in sales; accessories and nonessential services (i.e., ex...

healthcare services to senior citizens, which is an at-risk population in this country. One helping approach for people with dis...

patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...

The purpose - indeed the entire study - does not specifically identify variables that can be labeled as independent. It is not an...

workers (Center for American Progress, 2007). Something must be done. Universal health care has been proposed by many politicians...

conversation with MaryAlice Mowry," 2003). Many people do not realize that government benefits aligned with disabilities would be ...

situation. As a provider of care, it is the role of the community health nurse to address the needs of Centerville adolescents i...

the rate of such hospital mergers. One of these trends was the "phenomenon of Columbia/HCA," a for-profit hospital system that man...

quality of care is approached, while at the same time find ways to reduce costs. It has also been noted that socialized health ca...

change and its rationale (which was based on the results of empirical research), implemented the change and then "supported the c...

now our nations elderly have depended on Medicare/Medicaid for their medical needs. The Medicare/Medicaid system upon which these...

Foundation, 2006). In 2003, at least US$700 million was spent by Americans purchasing drugs from Canadian pharmacies (Kaiser Famil...

knowledge safely and appropriately" (p. 17). Morath (2003) went so far as to state clearly that the U.S. healthcare system is dang...

in a Scottish farmhouse that is more than 10 miles from the nearest village and more than 50 miles from the nearest hospital. Jame...

it is discovered that her death was called by a massive pulmonary embolism. Two years later, her husband files suit against the n...

nursing care over the past decade and how do they support the argument for a continuum of educational practices for nursing profes...

physical and social limits, functional components, and feedback mechanisms" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). With regard t...

would have no need for surgical gloves, but a hospital or a stand-alone outpatient surgery clinic has need for both. A mate...

markets that can be quite lucrative. The industry can expect greater numbers of patients in the future, resulting both from demog...

hallways of hospitals, it does seem to contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles ...

patient to re-establish the self-care capacity. Orems model defines a "self-care deficit" as when a patients condition interferes ...

that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...

the supply by 2010 (Kleinman and Saccomano, 2006). Traditional nursing care models, such as primary nursing, are founded on the su...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

It is left to regulatory agencies such as the DFPS to interpret the law, write regulations that are in accordance with the law and...

over a great deal with social exchange theory and the study of politics in the workplace (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 2003). The use ...