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Practicum Example for a Nursing Course

of falls in elderly chronic patients at that home. 1c. Discuss findings with supervisor/mentor. 1a. The creation of a detailed...

Research on Polypharmacy and Elderly

with chronic conditions to live longer, despite the presence of these conditions. However, the pharmaceutical innovations that mak...

UTI's Planning Health Program

rates per 100,000 by ethnicity in San Francisco are reported as: African-American, 1,302; Asian/Pacific Islander, 446; Latino, 535...

Nursing Research on Fall Prevention

viewed demonstrated variables in relation to the methods for disseminating information and best-practice approaches to reducing fa...

Fall Prevention in the Elderly in Home Care

percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...

Problems with Abuse and Neglect of the Elderly

paper properly! While two million older adults are abused in America each year, only 2% of these cases are reported by phy...

The Impact of Age on the Reliability of the Psychiatric Interview

advances in research or clinical practice, the interview method has been one of the most fruitful, producing the majority of the b...

Senior Citizens in Miami, Florida

to the area (via migration or birth) than those that are dying. The bulk of the increase in Florida is due to people migrating dur...

Older and Homeless in the U.S.

worst for the population aged 50 and above. People of middle age and older are likely to be experiencing the physical problems tha...

Stereotypes of the Elderly, Tattooed Persons, Feminists and Politicians

the observation of one or two members of that group. For instance, one young African-American mother cheats to get welfare, and su...

Nursing-Sensitive Outcome Indicators

nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...

Research and Intervention for the Elderly

As our world continues to evolve we are faced with a greater and greater percentage of...

A Look at Two Frivolous Legal Cases in the Media

but the true facts reveal McDonalds true colors and why this elderly woman received such a large award. The facts of the case are ...

Toni Morrison and Edward P. Jones

white. The reader is offered clues, but then are clues that could be perceived from either direction. For example, in the beginn...

Medical Law

In order to determine whether or not the consent form signed is valid we need to consider the concept of informed consent. The con...

APN Role in Protecting Elderly Abuse Victims

"an older person with adequate food, clothing, shelter, medical care or assistance with activities of daily living" (Gray-Vickrey,...

Neuman Systems Theory of Nursing

is three times the average for all other age groups (AOA, 2010). Average doctor visits in a year were 6.5 for ages 65 to 74 and 7....

Developing a Care Plan

prior to being admitted to the care facility, it is possible that these needs are not being met. There is also the religious need ...

Proposal for Therapeutic Touch Study

treatment over plates of types of cells resulted in greater proliferation of those cells than in control groups. TT require...

Los Angeles Air Pollution and Healthy People 2010

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

Analysis: Two Articles on Aging

conclusions are interesting, particularly as they take what is often seen as a negative (aging) and turn it into a positive experi...

Nurses Knowledge of Prevention Strategies for Constipation in Elderly Patients who are Bed Bound: A Health Promotion Study

of different causative factors (Clinician Reviews, 2007; Hunter et al, 2002). Extrapolated prevalence rates for constipation in t...

Interview with an Elderly Individual

ask, "What are your memories of your childhood without electricity, phones and plumbing (knowing the individual lived very rurally...

Pet Therapy for the Elderly

topic has been anecdotal in nature, therefore, Banks and Banks (2002) designed a study utilizing pet therapy, or as they term it, ...

Financial Crimes against the Elderly

abuse victims in the United States each year, but officials only hear of about perhaps 1 in 25 cases" (Hurme, 2006). When people t...

Depression in Elderly Women

This longitudinal study examined gender differences in depression between a cohort of 754 men and women over age 70, beginning in ...

Gibbs Cycle Analysis of Constipation in the Elderly

First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...

Role of Public Health Nurse/Diabetes Care

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

Pain Management Literature Review

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

Assessment of Independent Living

she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...