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Care Financing Health Care
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Medication Compliance In Elderly
1,324 wordsResearch Utilization Paper An Intervention Study to Enhance Medication Compliance in Community-Dwelling Elderly Individuals Chris Elmer HSCI 401 Fall 2001 My research study was to determine whether daily video telephone or regular telephone reminders would increase the quantity of prescribed cardiac medication taken in a sample of elderly individuals who have congestive heart failure (CHF) (Peteva, 2001). Within this research I would disseminate the new scientific knowledge with the help of the ...
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University Of Pennsylvania Science Degree
287 wordsDuring the past few years, nursing leadership skills have changed dramatically. Covering the schedule and ensuring orientation for new employees are not adequate skills for nursing leaders to measure up in today's health care industry. Today's nursing leaders are faced with such problems as justifying staff member and equipment expenditures, predicting staffing levels and hours per patient day, calculating the number of full-time equivalents (FTEs) needed, and predicting cost savings. Complex bu...
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695 wordsCredentialing Assignment ANCC, the American Nurses Credentialing Center, is the leading nursing credential organization. ANCC proposes a certification that opens to you a world of opportunities. ANCC certifications are available for advanced practice nurse practitioners (acute care, adult, adult psych / mental health, adv. Diabetes Mgmt, family, family psych / mental health, gerontological, pediatric), Clinical Nurse Specialists (adv. Diabetes Mgmt, Adult health (medical-surgical), adult psych /...
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715 wordsThe paper analyzes the benefits of ANCC and NCC certification for nurses. The aim of the paper is to obtain knowledge about each certification. Comparing two certification programs will help me to decide which certification program I should pursue. Outline Introduction Discussion Certification and recertification process Advantages and disadvantages for the individual nurse to be certified Advantages for the organization where the nurse works Web Site Critique Magnet Status Process by which an o...
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American Red Cross Clara Barton
1,893 wordsMedical Care and Nursing in the US Civil War Introduction -The Civil War was horrific and bloodiest warfare. During the Civil War, medicinal knowledge was tremendously primordial. Doctors were not aware of seriousness of infection, and did not put much effort to prevent it. These issues created interest to know about cure of soldiers in battlefield. Thus the main objective of this paper is to focus on the treatment of wounded soldiers, their nursing and medicines used during civil war. Medical c...
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Serial Killers Socio Political
2,560 wordsMasculinity and Nursing Western civilization, as we know it, has been traditionally based upon the principle of separation of social roles between men and women. The beginning of womens emancipation process did not change this situation by much; however, it laid ground for the reevaluating of employment practices, which even today are affected by socio-political stereotyping. In this paper, we will make an attempt to look at such stereotyping as something that comes absolutely natural, rather th...
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Euthanasia Ethical Concepts And Nursing Challenges
1,934 wordsEuthanasia: Ethical Concepts and Nursing Challenges The arguments in support of or against assisted death, such as euthanasia, have traditionally been focused on almost the same concepts and ideas of bioethics, such as beneficence, autonomy, professional integrity of people involved, non-maleficence as well as societal consequences for that decision. Similar to any other complicated ethical problem, the argument can be developed on both sides. The attitude of nurses towards euthanasia is quite a...
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Touch With Reality Mental Illness
1,460 wordsIt is my intention in this paper to build on the idea put forward by Thomas Seas that mental illness is, in fact, a myth. Labelling theorists such as Goffman believe that the label "insane" to a person may represent an important stage in the process if becoming mentally ill. It is my opinion that as labels of madness are so much a part of our everyday language, their use has a big effect not only on the individuals perception of themselves, but on the cultural perception of mental illness. These...
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1,188 wordsFamily Health Nursing Family is one of the smallest but most important parts of the society. It is a primary unit which is the basis for all the other units and institutes of the society. In this respect the existence and development of the family can be compared with the building of a house. If not enough effort is made to build a descent basis the whole house can fall apart. That is why it is necessary that families were healthy to provide a healthy future to the society as a whole. Family is ...
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Theory And Practice Hospital Setting
1,564 wordsComputer based learning versus traditional classroom training for newly employed nurses in a hospital setting. Education in nursing has been changing so much in the last few years with the introduction to the computers both in the classroom and at home with the students. Students are no longer expected to write papers but type them up; Papers are no longer expected to be just writing but integrated with pictures and graphs; Projects have also changed from who can learn the most to who can make i...
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1,591 words... opportunity for a District Nurse in the Pennines to join a seminar or virtual lecture with an intensive care nurse in Leeds and a School Nurse in London (Donahue, 75). computer based education and role-play. computer based education has an interesting feature in the use of role-play. Students can enter the environment in any character and participate by anticipating the way in which their given character would interact. In nursing this has particular application. The application of role-play...
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502 wordsThe Nursing Home: A Nice Place for the Elderly A. ) Security 1. ) Curfews 2. ) Lost faculties (No need to drive) 3. ) Away from con-artists B. ) Activities 1. ) Entertainment/Songs (Brownies example) 2. ) Activities/Crafts (Beta Club example) 3. ) People of similar age C. ) Health Care 1. ) Takes stress off of the family 2. ) Help with prescriptions and medicine 3. ) In case of emergency The Nursing Home: A Haven for the Elderly Todays nursing homes are excellent environments for our elderly. Th...
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2,269 wordsPage 2 I. Introduction The rising cost of medical care in the United States has been a concern for quite some time. Beginning in the 1960 s with the advent of Medicare, a system has been needed that will balance cost with services provided within acceptable parameters. In 1982, the US Congress placed a cap on operating expenses for each Medicare case treated in a hospital, as a protective measure to insure adequate payment within reasonable limits. A prospective payment system (PPS) was initiate...
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Florence Nightingale Queen Victoria
2,157 wordsFlorence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy in Villa Columbia on May 12, 1820. Florence was named after her birth place just like her older sister Parthenope, who has the Greek name of Naples. Florence was the daughter of the wealthy landowner William Nightingale of Embley Park Hampshire, and his wife Francis Nightingale born 1788 who was a sibling of ten children. William was part of the antislavery movement and both William and Francis Fanny were Unitarians. In England the Nightingales ha...
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Low Self Esteem People With Cf
2,274 wordsFor Paediatric Nursing Child Health For the purpose of confidentiality the name of the case study, has been changed (UKCC 1996) The aim of this essay was to select a client, the client in this case being a ten-year-old boy with cystic fibrosis, in a hospital setting. To assess the holistic needs of that client, using Beck, Williams and Rawlings? The five dimensions of self? , (Beck 1993) Josh has lived with cystic fibrosis for 7 years? People with CF suffer from chronic lung problems and digesti...
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Professional Development Continuing Education
2,524 wordsIntroduction Change which has been well planned can in effect be the most important contributory factor to any projects eventual success. Upton and Brooks [ 1995 ] say: dissatisfaction alone is not sufficient to bring about change: people have to believe that the proposed change would lead to an improvement All staff within the NHS in recent years have experienced change[ref], particularly change that has been politically led and therefore experienced a process which has in effect changed the co...
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820 wordsThe nursing field extends many opportunities to be a very important part of the health care team. Nursing involves direct patient contact and varied skills and abilities. A nurse has a unique opportunity to ensure that they care for a patients comforts and needs, and can make a difference in every patients life. Various challenging opportunities are available under the broad category of nursing. A wide range of career opportunities is open to registered nurses. Many nurses choose to specialize o...
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