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patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic acci...

its critics -- has been a goal of the U.S. government for many, many years and, for the most part, has had the support of most of ...

at least not accessing the system as much as they could. For example, it was reported in BMJ that a telephone healthcare service o...

in the heart and nervous system, or in some cases, death (WHO, 1996). While health promotion relating to STDs may be a global mis...

the poverty line. These researchers point out that the poor are less likely to have health insurance, less likely to seek health s...

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

on coverage based in what has been deemed "pre-existing conditions" and to refuse coverage to individuals based on everything from...

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

on an evidenced based evidence based practice and the development of increased individual accountability in the area of clinical g...

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...

have to lose their home over medical bills. Of course, a representative from the insurance industry was there and did explain that...

and they want guidance to improve their conditions and diseases Canton (2007) reminds the reader that technology has changed eve...

Leadership and management while related are two distinctively different concepts. Leadership can be discerned from simply manageme...

conditions may worsen and require treatment which will be more costly for the state or healthcare provider. This is unlikely to ha...

problem of expansive pharmaceutical pricing and the social impacts for the nations poor. The Scope of the Problem One of the m...

issue of regulatory interest when attached to direct patient care (Nursing, 2004). As few nurses with no patient responsibilities...

and continues to do so, over the past two decades, as it was first published in 1979 (Falk-Rafael, 2000). In formulating her theor...

to the wide-ranging aspect of nursing than merely administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise ...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...

health problems than the general population," meaning that health care is a priority even before the individual enters the facilit...

nurses by 2012 to eliminate the shortage (Rosseter, 2009). By 2020, the District of Columbia along with at least 44 states will ha...

state to state and from group to group. There are special rules for those who live in nursing homes and for disabled children livi...

and technology, however, she refers to these elements as the "Trim," which is a term she originated that differentiates between ca...

the profession of nursing has developed some basic ideas that serve as the foundation that guides all subsequent professional prac...

to proper interaction with culturally diverse patients: "These standards provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence,...

station is situated just before the facility branches into two main hallways, along either side of which are situated the twelve e...

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