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is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...
a total of more than $4,000 for every citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years,...
by practicing nurses in this area. Both of the authors also hold advanced degrees: one holds a Masters degree and teaches at a co...
affect patient outcomes (Finley, 2004). The degree to which Mr. Smith will be affected by the stroke, and, indeed, his very survi...
ensuring that a significant proportion of stroke victims survive and retain their independence. This is important not only from th...
moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...
carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...
charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...
result in septic shock. Of that 200,000, approximately half result in death due to the onset of sepsis and the subsequent septic ...
not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...
care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...
balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...
"many emotional, medical, and practical needs. These needs change over time, depending on the trajectory of...
by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...
of materials for aiding with this preparation and it is recommended that the child should practice wearing a stoma bag, which aids...
real-time applications, patient records are updated instantly as information is added to them. Thus the physician making rounds h...
interfaces with the a new computerized patient order entry system. Therapists use tablets at the patient bedside, which enhances m...
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...
between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...
of dying and that some of this research indicated significant differences in this awareness. This leads into a discussion of what ...
the inherent differences between models. Ultimately, an individual chooses a nursing model that is based upon and compatible with...
As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...
influences can be broken down into political, economic, social and technological. Political influences are one of the most importa...
to undertake this task in order to attain the desire goal, this needs input for all the members of the group. The goal is generall...
be optimized: "The whole patient, should be assessed and physical, mental and social factors taken...
this incident may have contributed to her divorce. It is also true that her mother has had a problem with alcoholism for over twen...
arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...
within institutions where manual charting of ventilators settings is performed well, "automatic data collection can eliminate dela...
but that is limited to 2 percent of the familys annual income or 1 percent for those who have chronic illnesses (Clarke, 2012). Th...
implemented. The initial implementation will be for a three month period with a pilot area, which will be used to optimise the f...