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long after all signs of consciousness have ceased. Is this "good"? Is this beneficent? The news tells us of parents confronting me...

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...

The paper begins by briefly identifying and explaining three of the standard change theory/models. The stages of each are named. T...

A study by the Joint Commission revealed that communication failures were implicated at the root of over 70 percent of sentinel ev...

be immensely helpful in gaining insight into the specific issues involved and subsequent perspective on what course of action to t...

was evaluated using the Beth Israel Medical Center flow sheet sedation scale (Loewy, et al, 2006). If, after 30 minutes, the patie...

"three important hormones: erythropoietin ... or EPO, which stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells; renin, which regul...

information being given to the patient by the doctor. Anecdotal evidence from those who were patients at the time remember importa...

different ways, In communication a starting point is the presence of verbal and non verbal communication. Different cultures may h...

a discussion and review of literature that focuses on hypertension (HTN) among minority ethnic groups, with a particular emphasis ...

This nursing practicum proposal focuses on the mandated nurse-to-patient ratios that have been implemented in California. The writ...

and ice creams sold in the summer, this looks at the trends rather than just the past performance. Regression analysis takes th...

a fever, and a variety of other symptoms (Boyd, 2008). It is the variety of symptoms associated with NMS that become a significant...

over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...

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

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

the emphasis to more localised care with the primary health care trusts holding more of a an administrative and strategic role. ...

are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...

For different reasons, each profession believes that the morning routine of washing and dressing is essential. Both the nurse and...

view of medicine in order to better help the indigenous population on which she is called to serve. Before launching any p...

through the administration of pain medication. It is not to end that suffering through medically-induced suicide. In fact, the C...

In six pages this nurse's job loss is examined in terms of the reasons behind it after her failure to save a terminally ill patien...

Paul Starrs (1983) book, The Social Transformation of American Medicine, provides insightful vision into the changes that had occu...

In five pages this paper examines literature regarding the nurse's role in educating hospitalized patients on smoking cessation. ...

In five pages this paper discusses managed care effects upon health care systems with its various problems considered. Six source...

Decision-making, critical thinking and advocacy are all important in the modern hospital experience. This paper examines a patient...

question was directed at the nurse. One of her companions noted that her daughters name is Nancy, but Nancy died three years previ...

In fifteen pages this research paper considers the relevance of the transcendence concept to the nursing profession and discusses ...

In five pages this paper discusses how the shortage of nurses compromises the safety of both patients and nurses alike. Six sourc...