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Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...
evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...
The link between nurse caring and patient satisfaction has been reported numerous times. For instance, the AORN journal reported a...
analysis. Making use of a sample of 100 patients, the test group is made up of 60 depressed patients with reflex sympathetic dystr...
2000). Even as recently as just a couple of decades ago, conditions such as cramps, pregnancy nausea and even labor pains were oft...
in groups created by the reciprocal model and attention is given to both ideas and feelings (1990). The needs of the group members...
much sugar remains in the blood and too little energy is transferred to other cells. The diabetic needs to take externally adminis...
provide the physician interface. Beyond these duties are the operational and administrative duties required in this type of facil...
routine activities necessary to their own care. The purpose is that with a nurses direction, encouragement and initial supervisio...
must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...
environment. That open system "interacts with internal and external stressors and is in a state of constant change, moving toward...
Over twice as many people have been infected with HIV than was initially projected; over 42 million people have been infected sinc...
the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...
caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...
desire to increase revenue to allow further development and facilitate increased benefits to the users. The errors may not be as s...
are licensed individuals who go through at least one year of formal education in addition to clinical instruction, and the focus o...
after which he began drinking again. After this, the patient demonstrated a desire to poison himself, and this resulted in his ow...
Mr. Schiavo finally was allowed the right to have his wifes feeding tube removed, the right to allow her to die of lack of nutrien...
what is tantamount to a death sentence, because of the "uncertain definition of suicide in the context of a terminal illness" (Mar...
Crystalloids and colloids are coming into use for trauma cases where fluids are being used for resuscitation. This paper gives a g...
of revenues, and it is likely lower. Allowing 35 percent food cost, however, the cost of operations including labor should not ex...
to identify and to relate in terms of actual patient care. Ida Jean Orlando created a conceptual view of the nursing process whic...
criteria in an advanced directive or the individuals cognizance at the time of their decision. The first task that presents...
it is these issues of autonomy and personal rights that are concerned the sanctity of life is a secondary issue and cases such as ...
and patient. Orems theory is central to much of nursing philosophy and methodology. This theory is one of three theories...
issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...
the spider and it is true for man as well. Obviously, he doesnt actually say this specifically but he instead illustrates it thro...
before intubating her, but the woman needed an airway cleared right away. Only after restoring breath to the woman did they learn...
a total of more than $4,000 for every citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years,...
carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...