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by any number of characteristics used for grouping individuals. These characteristics can include geography, relationships, cultu...

to three days more than 20 years ago. We ruefully joke that some managed care plans only allow new mothers to be hospitalized on ...

chemicals throughout our lives and some ill effects do not happen until years later (NIEHS, 2003). Most physicians have limited ...

risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...

already has been diagnosed as having some form of heart disease. In that sense, primary prevention is not possible. The goals of...

disease, parents first must have access to health care services and then utilize such services. Marshall (2003) points to the im...

the most frequently reported intervention classifications for NPs were patient education, drug management, nutrition support, risk...

(Link and Tanner, 2001). Research has found that some clients may be suffering from myocardial infarction (MI) even when they have...

that MCOs develop their capacity to handle changes that are driven legislatively by congressional response to public reactions to ...

and with others interacting with the patient. Mezirow (1991) promotes the use of critical reflection in building new knowle...

point that relatively few paid attention to it at all. In many respects, the same has occurred in the discussion of anythin...

go without. They avoid doctors and the system entirely and they know that one accident or serious event could wipe them out. In ...

significant changes to the existing system but have not yet covered too much ground where modifications are concerned. This is pa...

the same sort of indirect methods that they have advocated will aid the economy. For example, the Republicans are pursuing putting...

The funding agency chosen for this program is the Childrens Aid Society, a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to impro...

goes way beyond the paradigm of nursing as simply a "handmaiden" to physicians. The nursing professional is required to know virtu...

In thirty pages this paper discusses elderly care in a discussion of nursing, holistic care, communications, and local policies, a...

Frank seems reluctant to leave. Realizing that Frank needs to be met on a different level, Susan switches back to the "Be-with" mo...

underlying the formulation of the nurse-patient relationship. According to Mallik (1998) a great deal of the literature on this to...

How governments accomplish this purpose, of course, varies considerably. In Great Britain, the government via the National Health...

issues along a continuum of health and good health is defined as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being" (Ada...

are several factors to consider when presenting a safety meeting in order to make sure that it is truly helpful and meaningful dur...

the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...

Medicine has shifted from the Cartesian way of viewing illness, injury and disease as components of a machine-like body to one whi...

right? Not as visible a cause as AIDS, nor as prevalent in the news as Cancer, Meningitis will be a difficult sell to this segmen...

health of the individual and to their success in recuperation. The Association for Spirit at Work is comprised of medical profess...

goals and interventions which are compatible with those identified in "Healthy People 2010". Eight assessment parameters will be ...

industry and primary care access; homecare access; and the new legislation proposed in regards to the entire health human resource...

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

which both of those impacts are important. The question of what statistics should be collected in a medical facility, however, is...