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Hand Washing Project

proven to be the principal reason for nosocomial infections, that is, infections that are acquired after hospital admittance. Impo...

A Case Study to Demonstrate Influences on the Delivery of Mental Healthcare

influences can be broken down into political, economic, social and technological. Political influences are one of the most importa...

Treating Osteoporosis

and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...

Drug Therapy-Statins

bodies to produce an excessive amount of cholesterol (Statins safe, 2004). Left untreated, this condition is associated with havin...

Asthma Survey Results

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

Treatment Alternatives for CHF Besides Surgery

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

Nursing Interventions for Clients Suffering from Depression

frequently use mental health nurses as a means for expanding services (Winefield and Chur-Hansen, 2004). The following examination...

Trauma Registry Databases and How They Are Used

trauma registry, then, has been viewed as a critical component to the successful development of any hospital or critical care trau...

Overview of EMDR Therapy

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

Cardiac Patients and Propranolol Use

produce rennin. Renin is a protease that is released by the kidneys and have the effect of cleaving angiotensin I to angiotensin, ...

Trauma Uses for Colloids and Crystalloids

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

HIV and AIDS Survey Protocols

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

Medical Doctors and Nurse Practitioners Conflict Management

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

Depression and Pain Relationship and Chi Square Test Assessment

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

Diabetes Education Expanded Lesson Plan

environment. That open system "interacts with internal and external stressors and is in a state of constant change, moving toward...

Poets Robert Frost, Walt Whitman, and Nature

the spider and it is true for man as well. Obviously, he doesnt actually say this specifically but he instead illustrates it thro...

Advance Directive Uses

before intubating her, but the woman needed an airway cleared right away. Only after restoring breath to the woman did they learn...

Controlling Costs and HMOs

a total of more than $4,000 for every citizen of the country (Grumbach and Bodenheimer, 1994). Plagued by overspending for years,...

The Treatment of Hordeolum

chlamydial, and rickettsial organisms" (Bessette, 2004). Inhibits bacterial protein synthesis (Bessette, 2004). E. Cloxacillin: "...

Practical Nursing Theory Application

care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...

Patient Scenario on Stroke Examination

affect patient outcomes (Finley, 2004). The degree to which Mr. Smith will be affected by the stroke, and, indeed, his very survi...

Hispanics and Diabetes Management

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

Ethical Considerations with Regard to Randomized Clinical Trials

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

Pros and Cons of Chemotherapy for Cancer Patients

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

Marijuana for Medical Purposes

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

Managed Care and Disabilities Models of Medi Cal

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

CBT

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

Pediatric Patients and the Use of Drugs Like Tetracycline

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

Overview Major Health Organization

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

Hospital Chaplaincy Outcomes

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...