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Essays 241 - 270
refers to instances in which patients who have been admitted to a health care facility decide to refuse treatment from doctors (Lo...
This paper discusses a nurse's quality improvement goal in a mental health unit. The paper identifies members of the team, how to ...
All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...
has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...
Dementia is a debilitating disease that strikes mostly older people. The focus of this essay is Spiritual care for people with dem...
The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...
made of cotton or cotton blends, which absorb rather than repel fluids. One of the most important precautions that a nurse can t...
some of the inmates to play poker with pornographic cards. He smuggles hookers in for several of the ward mates, and he threatens ...
means of the company. Current Work Process Purpose of the Work Process The "home health" sector of the health care industry...
need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...
facility grew to over 1,000 beds and the addition of a many barracks-style buildings. The design for a new facility began in 1942 ...
with physicians to "Yes, doctor," the still-proceeding transitions in healthcare continue to elevate the position of nurse while n...
level of problems for inpatients was 20.9% compared to only 8.4% for outpatients (Wilson et al, 2002). When asked to rate the serv...
"how they relate to others. It influences the way patients respond to medical services and preventive interventions and impacts th...
Agency for Healthcare and Quality as "doing the right thing, at the right time, in the right way, for the right person-and having ...
were those who didnt like the "gatekeeper" mentality, the fact that any referral or recommendation needed to come from a "primary ...
policies in regard to the PSDA. I have been fortunate in that I was chosen to be a member of that team. Consequently, I have at ...
In eleven pages this paper discuses PPOs and HMOs in an evaluation of these managed care system's pros and cons. Twelve sources a...
newspapers and magazines understands that the "Big Kahuna" of health care regulations involves the Patient Protection and Affordab...
2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...
this rhetoric was how the act would impact the millions of people in the United States who suffer from emotional or physical disor...
culturally competent care. Well examine what the literature has to say about such standards and, with this background, and an unde...
is based on the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Or, it could be the greatest pleasure or good over the least pain...
In 1992, for example, this organization issued a mandate that all hospital chief executive officers become familiar with continuou...
health information is pivotal to the efforts of practitioners in promoting health, changing behaviors and attitudes, and preventin...
who are suffering from chronic ailments such as congestive heart failure, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), asthma and...
much sugar remains in the blood and too little energy is transferred to other cells. The diabetic needs to take externally adminis...
2000). Even as recently as just a couple of decades ago, conditions such as cramps, pregnancy nausea and even labor pains were oft...
patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...
The purpose - indeed the entire study - does not specifically identify variables that can be labeled as independent. It is not an...