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Disease of Schizophrenia

known to manifest various peculiarities or disorders of thinking and behavior. Correctly speaking, however, these are diseases of ...

General Informational Overview of Schizophrenia

varies greatly in individuals, most people diagnosed with schizophrenia will usually suffer from one or more of its symptoms. The...

Schizophrenia in Adults

factors still were largely obscure. "One suggestion is that brain damage occurring at or around the time of birth in some way con...

Schizophrenia and Genetics

Study to Hunt for Genetic Causes, 2003). However, while there are medications to treat these conditions and reduce sympt...

Elderly Citizens and Considerations for Community Health Care

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

Causative Factors of Schizophrenia

and a set of DNA markers in the gene DTNBP1 (dystrobrevin-binding protein" Diagnosis of mental...

Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind Cinematic Analysis

harrowing to watch, with Nash suffering several climactic breakdowns and brief moments of lucidity and temporary remission. The u...

Ethical Analysis of Wrong Extremity Amputation

consent must be made through a signed legal document (Retsas and Forrester, 1995). In all cases consent must be freely and volunt...

Patient Education That Are Both Successful and Unsuccessful

of her post-polio syndrome left her unable to completely void her urine, which in turn led to the development of further UTIs. Da...

Pain Management for the Elderly

has been estimated that between 49 and 83 percent of all elderly adults experience pain on a regular basis (Briggs, 2003). Desbi...

Gary Pisano's 'Partners Health Care System, Inc.,(B): Cardiac Care Improvement

All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...

Nonadherence to Medical Instructions: Walker and Avant

issue via conceptual analysis, inasmuch as Walker and Avant provide specific steps that allow one to wholly define the ambiguous a...

Hospital Innovation Program Education Proposal

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

Heart Failure Readmissions

The incidence of heart failure is so great, it has become a public health concern. The readmission rates are very high for heart f...

A Case Study, Bariatric Surgery

This research paper described a case study and whether or not the patient's health can be beneficially addressed by bariatric surg...

A Case Study in Anorexia

This paper introduces the new diagnostic criteria found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual V and utilizes those criteria in ...

Case STudy Hospital Readmissions

Hospital readmissions of patients is upsetting to patients and families, especially when that readmission occurs within 30 days of...

Protecting the Public

Case study: a man was diagnosed with untreatable TB. The CDC enforced the law to isolate him, thereby taking away his freedom. Sho...

Postsurgical Patient Care

indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...

Treatment to Sustain Life and Patient's Refusal

best way to appease both the law and the public; its dynamic decision about whether to include doctor-assisted suicide and volunta...

Living a Normal Life with Schizophrenia

stress and/or have substance and alcohol abuse. Some people are able to recover completely from schizophrenia while other may have...

The History and Mission of Tripler Army Medical Center

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 ...

Training, Teamwork and Benefits in Patient Care

with physicians to "Yes, doctor," the still-proceeding transitions in healthcare continue to elevate the position of nurse while n...

Families and the Effects of Prolonged Illness

for the family. Finances have been destroyed with assets being wiped out, the stress such illness creates in the other family memb...

Wait Time for Patients For Receiving Copies of Records

some studies that address waiting times that patients invest in seeing physicians, however. McCarthy, McGee and OBoyle (2000) pro...

Legal and Medical Issues Associated with a Patient's 'Right to Die'

providers and also provide a well-balanced outline about the issues involved in a patients "right to die" (Hendin, Foley and White...

DSM IV Criteria for Schizophrenia

descriptions for various mental and psychological disorders and breaks them down into diagnostic classes. Utilizing the DSM IV al...

Ratio of Patients to Nurses

to the bill as did many nursing executives, arguing that there was sufficient legislation already on the books that dealt with sta...

Patient Dignity and Concept Analysis

need for theory in accomplishing the tasks of direct patient care. There are routines and required protocols to follow, but the p...

Patient Autonomy and Nursing Concept Analysis

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