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being more capable of acting proactively and preventively. The philosophy of nursing is something much grander and more complex t...

illustrated how certain aspects such as genetics, disease and environment diversely impact the extent of human memory, with old ag...

meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...

be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...

"how they relate to others. It influences the way patients respond to medical services and preventive interventions and impacts th...

patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...

healthcare services to senior citizens, which is an at-risk population in this country. One helping approach for people with dis...

emotional (limbic) memories are affected, and the last group of memories to be affected as the "motor or more reptilian memories,"...

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

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

of literature about biomedical ethics relative to patient autonomy. This type of autonomy is limited, at best, with managed health...

culturally competent care. Well examine what the literature has to say about such standards and, with this background, and an unde...

al, 2009). The theory came from "the results of studies accomplished by the author along her Doctorate in Clinic and Social Psycho...

The New York City Police Commissioner was successful in reducing crime by targeting high crime areas and allocating resources to t...

Concepts, theories, principles and practices in managed care and the health services industry in regards to social, economic, and ...

2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...

This essay provides a student with a hypothetical guide to discussing interviews with RN, a nurse practitioner and a patient conce...

The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...

This paper considers the role of patients' religion and how it should impact nursing care. The writer focuses on the way in whic...

Rural hospitals have more challenges in terms of staffing than even those in urban regions. They are handicapped in many ways, suc...

This research paper focuses on nursing care in regards to earthquake victims. The writer reviews relevant recent literature in re...

This 10 page paper provides an overview of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This paper includes four major changes ...

The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. It is a progressive, sequential act with different parts mandat...

based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...

"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...

between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...

"become a universal law" (Kant, 1993, p. 30). In other words, Kants main criteria for action is that the individual should conside...

to refuse treatment independently of their parents wishes; the second position holds that parents have the sole right to this deci...

so as to enable production and service at the most economical levels which allow full customer satisfaction" (Feigenbaum, 1999). ...

treatment. Other interpretations concern the DNR as nurses are not respecting the wishes of patients. One can see that the nurses,...