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carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...
by practicing nurses in this area. Both of the authors also hold advanced degrees: one holds a Masters degree and teaches at a co...
"many emotional, medical, and practical needs. These needs change over time, depending on the trajectory of...
moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...
affect patient outcomes (Finley, 2004). The degree to which Mr. Smith will be affected by the stroke, and, indeed, his very survi...
ensuring that a significant proportion of stroke victims survive and retain their independence. This is important not only from th...
illnesses, for example, often encounters problems in convincing their insurance provider to provide the appropriate reimbursement ...
In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...
help have as great an expanse of knowledge as is possible. This will also help the Iranian doctors to "find work in the private s...
diagnosing it. It is not as if depression is difficult to diagnose. What is difficult is getting clients into facilities and to ad...
of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...
well. This study also appears to be sound scientifically. Its primary means of data analysis is statistical; the methods b...
Have you had any experience in helping a friend or family member manage diabetes? The patient replied that she was not aware of...
not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...
result in septic shock. Of that 200,000, approximately half result in death due to the onset of sepsis and the subsequent septic ...
the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...
to nonadherence to medication in the mentally ill elderly is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connot...
not want his father informed), presenting a rationale for signing a health care proxy becomes extremely problematic. Guidelines us...
protection. It seems that the purpose of the old system was typical as the facility needed communications. However, in health care...
sense that it is actively intended to cause harm, but negligence occurs when it is established that any reasonable person would ha...
several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...
that make use of color, but even these efforts have not typically met with good response by patients or hospital administrators (S...
and more nurses are standing at the front lines of managed care, acting somewhat as liaison between the patient and managed care o...
are theoretically viable, but there is actually no evidence to support the claim that UPs will actually reduce the number of expos...
the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...
by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...
be optimized: "The whole patient, should be assessed and physical, mental and social factors taken...
to undertake this task in order to attain the desire goal, this needs input for all the members of the group. The goal is generall...
within institutions where manual charting of ventilators settings is performed well, "automatic data collection can eliminate dela...
arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...