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some of the inmates to play poker with pornographic cards. He smuggles hookers in for several of the ward mates, and he threatens ...

made of cotton or cotton blends, which absorb rather than repel fluids. One of the most important precautions that a nurse can t...

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

for its lack of market-changing competition (Porter and Teisberg, 2004), but competition exists nonetheless, if only indirectly. ...

problems?] The pharmacology interventions target the patients different health conditions, such as high blood pressure and high c...

potential for long term physiological complications as well as long-term emotional impacts. Not only does the type of care needed...

Hospital. The purpose here is to describe and evaluate the restructuring of St. Vincents ICU to gain one-on-one nursing and so im...

incorporated into this study is extensive. The research team breaks this discussion into three subheadings: Assessment Congruence ...

be immensely helpful in gaining insight into the specific issues involved and subsequent perspective on what course of action to t...

indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...

for the family. Finances have been destroyed with assets being wiped out, the stress such illness creates in the other family memb...

some studies that address waiting times that patients invest in seeing physicians, however. McCarthy, McGee and OBoyle (2000) pro...

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

"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...

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...

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...

the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...

issue via conceptual analysis, inasmuch as Walker and Avant provide specific steps that allow one to wholly define the ambiguous a...

over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...

All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...

consent must be made through a signed legal document (Retsas and Forrester, 1995). In all cases consent must be freely and volunt...

of her post-polio syndrome left her unable to completely void her urine, which in turn led to the development of further UTIs. Da...

has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

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

clear that the patient is taking part in a decision-making process, and not simply signing a form. In practical terms, of course, ...

The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...

This essay focuses on Watson's nursing theory of caring. It reports and explains the meta-paradigms, caratives, and how nurses dev...

This research paper described a case study and whether or not the patient's health can be beneficially addressed by bariatric surg...