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Proximity to Nephrologist and Mortality Among Hemodialysis Patients

nephrologists can be a particularly concerning factor in health care outcome. Methods...

Infant Mortality

account for there reversal in the infant mortality rates seen since the 1980s. This paper will look at the patterns and trend in...

Frequency of Hemodialysis

2% were on home hemodialysis (Freitas, 2002, 167). There are many chronic problems associated with hemodialysis including hyper...

An Article on Nursing Spirituality Critiqued

of spirituality is not uniform and that "spirituality" as a term is frequently used as a synonym for religion, which is not necess...

The Economic Barriers to the Increased Adoption of Peritoneal Dialysis

A number of studies have argued that peritoneal dialysis has the potential to benefit end stage renal disease patients medically a...

Dialysis and Quality of Life/A PICO Question

This research paper describes the process of formulating a PICO question that pertains to hemodialysis patients and their quality ...

Literature Review, Dialysis Study

This paper consists of a literature review for a proposed study that will compare community-based hemodialysis to peritoneal dialy...

A Nursing Perspective on Patient Mental Illness

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

Controlling Catheter-Related Infections in Hemodialysis Patients

utilized a taurolidine and citrate solution to eliminate the catheter biofilm which is associated with infection. Taurolidine was...

Avian Flu 2

include HPAI in a local bird population and contact with another patient with an unexplained repository disease and a positive res...

Type and Incidence of Falls in Patients of a Home Care Nursing Agency

only injuries in 53% of the falls recorded. It should be noted that for other types of injury there were some cross overs, for exa...

Assisting in Grief Counseling

left to deny anything connected with the loss, either before or after the fact. Those left behind also need to acknowledge the me...

Mortality's Realization and its Human Impact

out doctor-assisted suicide. "We rarely go gentle into that good night" (Nuland, 1995, p. PG), because the body typically goes th...

Diabetes: Alternative Health Care

of which includes diabetes (Samuels et al 55). Auricle pressure points - comprise over half of the more than 400 acupuncture poin...

Family Values/ICU Environment

and the church" and encompasses "spirituality, social support, and traditional, non-biomedical health and healing practices," whic...

Assessing the Success of an IT Implementation in a Healthcare Setting

The writer presents a paper which looks at the implementation of electronic patient records for a company providing medical care f...

Assessment of a Bundle of Healthcare Services for Patients with Dementia

why this population may be seen as particularly vulnerable. The paper will then look in detail at the service offered, and then co...

A Case History of Angina

of angina, but no indication of muscle damage or clotting (as would be the case in coronary thrombosis). It should also be...

Adverse Drug Reaction Among Elderly Patients: Impact Upon Costs And Length Of Hospital Stay

population want to be able to take care of themselves, yet they are rarely given the tools with which to accomplish this objective...

Senior Citizens, Hemodialysis, and End Stage Renal Failure

In fifteen pages the hemodialysis procedure is described and then the sociological and biological effects that the elderly can exp...

Fictional Account of a Family Member's Struggles While Undergoing Chronic Hemodialysis

In five pages this paper discusses the psychological and financial struggles a family member experiences while undergoing chronic ...

Comparative Analysis of Stars and the Sun

In five pages this paper compares various stars to the most well known star, the sun of the Earth in a discussion of its proximity...

Praetorian Guard, Their Role in Ancient Rome

This research paper examines the function of the Praetorian Guard within the political atmoshere of the Roman Empire. The members ...

Computer System Project

This 10 page paper looks at the way a project to install a computer system in a shop may be planned. The paper focuses ion the pla...

Scheduling

place concurrently at the same time) rather than consecutively (one at a time after each other). Possible paths Total number of ...

Afghanistan Development - Review And Recommendations

nations employ many Afghans. On April 29-30, 2007, Afghanistan held the Fourth Afghanistan Development Forum (ADF) in Kabul (Afg...

Afghanistan National Development Strategy (ANDS)

Security; Governance Rule of Law & Human Rights; Infrastructure & Natural Resources; Education; Health; Agriculture & Rural Develo...

Have Aesthetics Become More Important Than Conservation in the Environmental Balancing Act?

Cumberland News, 2005). Additional concerns surround the impact of the wind turbine proposal, a proposal that includes turbines u...

Foreign Policy Impact of Cuba's Geography

it has had to deal with embargoes and many people trying to escape. The escapes are due to the islands close proximity to Florida....

Influences on International Relations between the European Union and China

internally reduce in terms of the distance this places an increased emphasis on the proximity of external actors. Increased common...