SEARCH RESULTS

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...

of family such as the one cited above. In many instances hospitals adhere to the traditional definition, which means that the poli...

explained the process further and made it clear that he would perform the catheterization, the man approved. As this indicates, fr...

economic positions (McGinn and Murr, 2006). All of this development in the past several years has led to a restatement of Shannon...

to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment" (Miller-Boyle, 2006, p. 6). Miller-Boyle wri...

now regarded as a crucial and defining component of nursing, as caring defines "nursings unique area of practice and provides dire...

this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...

While only 6 percent of newborns require advanced life support in 1997, the rise in the number of neonates since that time weighin...

and specific therapy" (Newswanger and Warren, 2004, p. 2405). As patients advance through the acute phase of the illness, supporti...

inflamed, tender to the touch and evident of a small amount of pus (DAlessandro et al, 2004), becoming more painful as time progre...

out care. Though there is a need for health care providers as a whole to have a greater awareness of the diagnostic process for b...

quite frequently, they are seldom defined specifically, yet both terms hold significant importance in terms of their relevance to ...

original consensus among mental health professionals the schizophrenia developed during late teens or early adulthood. However, a...

some problems that can be encountered include "breast engorgement, nipple soreness, and latch-on" (Hurst, 2007, p. 207). An interp...

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...

grueling exam Id have to pass to earn my CCRN," she bought the necessary study materials, sent in an applications and "hit the boo...

head of the largest Anti-Michael Moore website announced that he had to delete the website because his wife had cancer and the ins...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

and Adnan Kisa (2006, July-September). Wasteful use of financial resources in public hospitals in Turkey: a trend analysis. The...

caring; 2. every human culture has lay (generic, folk or indigenous) care knowledge and practices and usually some professional ca...

with sudden flashbacks intruding on thoughts (Fagan and Freme, 2004). Other symptoms include: an exaggerated startle reflex, sleep...

is in charge of all domestic affairs. Younger newly wed couples will often live with one set of parents, even if they are going to...

reporting and administrative reporting so that the owner can have confidence that HHH is providing superlative patient care and me...

of every single employee. If youre not thinking all the time about making every person more valuable, you dont have a chance. Wh...

article, "Mother-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact (Kangaroo Care)," kangaroo care offers the parents the only opportunity to engage in ...

view as well, developing theories of nursing that focus on nursing and its components as systems of varying degrees. Some, such a...

in which care is provided for aging and dying adults in general. In addition, the researchers recognize that preparation for dyin...

authors state that research "and theory are key underpinnings that guide safe, effective, and comprehensive" (p. 35) practice. As...

Beginning in the early 1990s, managed care targeted nursing as an expenditure where hospitals could cut costs. Managed care consul...