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Have you had any experience in helping a friend or family member manage diabetes? The patient replied that she was not aware of...

this may not improve sleep quality (Mulcahy, 2004). One study has indicated that treatment with melatonin may aid sleep (Barry, 20...

performed are not always that promising. To further complicate the success of SVR the age-old problem of surgery-related depressi...

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

analysis. Making use of a sample of 100 patients, the test group is made up of 60 depressed patients with reflex sympathetic dystr...

Over twice as many people have been infected with HIV than was initially projected; over 42 million people have been infected sinc...

Crystalloids and colloids are coming into use for trauma cases where fluids are being used for resuscitation. This paper gives a g...

EMDR therapists assert that the treatment is suitable for a wide range of disorders; that it is much quicker than other forms of...

attitudes, and to use awareness and time to reconsider personal actions. The most positive end result is the adoption of better t...

physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...

have different health care needs than their non-disabled counterparts (Donegan Shoaf, 1999). Medi-Cal is one such health c...

In ten pages this paper argues in favor of a medical need for marijuana to be legally used citing the similar character properties...

In ten pages an evaluation of cancer patients using chemotherapy treatment is presented through a consideration of its recovery ad...

depression, schizophrenia, etc. (Weijer and Anderson, 2001). These trials are justified via the rationalization that such...

In seven pages this paper examines pediatric patients in a consideration of research regarding the uses of such drugs as tetracycl...

This paper discusses a major health care organization and its diversity. Several topics are discussed: data regarding diversity, m...

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 essay discusses different issues that center on the traditional organizational structure design. Issues include: patient-cent...

The paper begins by briefly identifying and explaining three of the standard change theory/models. The stages of each are named. T...

of which includes diabetes (Samuels et al 55). Auricle pressure points - comprise over half of the more than 400 acupuncture poin...

potential need for treatment for impaired skin integrity due to immobility. Therefore, the nurse will begin precautions prior to a...

quality of life represents the extent to which an individual can continue living his or her normal existence without the overwhelm...

between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...

"become a universal law" (Kant, 1993, p. 30). In other words, Kants main criteria for action is that the individual should conside...

quite a leap to effectively apply its principles to service industries, but TQM is as much at home in health care as it is in manu...

who is the legal guardian, as this pertains to the legality of admitting a minor for psychiatric care. If the patient is accompani...

the inherent differences between models. Ultimately, an individual chooses a nursing model that is based upon and compatible with...

This 92 page paper examines the potential of peer to peer (P2P) as an efficient architecture for the UK National Health Service (N...

More than 25 percent of patients with heart failure are readmitted to the hospital within 30 days of discharge and half are readmi...

As we live longer, we are subject to acquiring one or more chronic illnesses, some of which come with advancing age. Older age ran...