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This essay presents a summary and analysis of "Video on Interviewing Vulnerable Elders (VIVE)," which instructs nurses and long-te...

actionable and for the bringing of cases to be controlled. We may also argue that they also serve a purpose in restricting and cre...

health information is pivotal to the efforts of practitioners in promoting health, changing behaviors and attitudes, and preventin...

a good nurse ... Id spend more time with their families. If I were a good nurse, I would ..." (Williams, 2001; p. 24ac2)....

much sugar remains in the blood and too little energy is transferred to other cells. The diabetic needs to take externally adminis...

and certainly health care facilities. In essence, the minimum requirements of nursing dictate that: * the nurse remain cognizant ...

The Clinical Workstation Application of the 3M(tm) Care Innovation Expert Applications system focuses on providing clinicians and ...

development of nurse-operated continence centers, which provide conservative management for UI (Bernier, 2002). Continence nurses...

a specialized body of knowledge, skills and experience that enables these nurses to offer a high standard of care to critically il...

prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...

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

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

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

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

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

lawyers, uncaring nurses and pedophile clergy is to cut back on scientific research--a tenuous conclusion at best. Where the art...

the mountains in California, ride a horse in the Grand Canyon, volunteer in a cancer center, finish painting his house, attend his...

there were no caregiver present to assist the elderly individual during the day and evening, the frail older person frequently fou...

the non-emergency sections of the hospital or when they are in the doctors office or the resident clinic! Heart attacks happen! ...

reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

they visited, and some tended to visit fairly frequently (Demling et al, 2002). Patients in general were very positive about thei...

physician should have more power than presently granted. II. Solutions In trying to come up with solutions, one should first...

The most recent trend in nursing home care is client-centered treatment. This paper examines statistics in elder care, with almost...

older our bodies begin to simply wear out. The modern marvels of medicine can patch up many of our creaks and groans, it can even...

their wishes for the patients care. Every nursing home resident has a right to such a plan by law (Stern), and it does not only p...

call for compliance with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to su...

facility is (2000). Most also are not aware that Medicare pays for hospice facilities (2000). This article is important in pointi...

of many elderly patients. The failure of the policy to realise real benefits was seen in many areas. This is not to say...

Today, the theories of Orem, Roy, Neuman, Rogers, King, and others seem to be more popular than older theories such as those of Fl...