456 Search Results for Pain Management in the Emergency
The average felony sentence imposed upon federal and state offenders in 1996 was 62 months, or just over 5 years. On average these prisoners actually serve 45% of a state sentence for a mean prison stint of 2 years and 4 months, and 85% of a federal Continue Reading...
One's heart may appear enlarged in heart failure. The X-ray also may reveal whether ther e is any fluid buildup in the person's lungs. X-rays also sometimes show conditions other than heart failure that possibly cause the patient's signs and symptom Continue Reading...
dysfunctional behavior that strikes 1 out of 40 or 50 adults and 1 out of 100 children or 2-3% of any population. It can begin at any age, although most commonly in adolescence or early adulthood - from ages 6 to 15 in boys and between 20 and 30 in Continue Reading...
Hypocholesterolemic Agents: Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) Citrate Lyase (ACL) InhibitorsBy limiting cholesterol synthesis in the liver, ATP-citrate lyase (ACL) inhibitors reduce LDLc. The enzyme ACL is upstream of HMG-CoA reductase in the cholesterol Continue Reading...
Teaching Plan
Patient Name: Mr. M
Age: 52 years old
Brief: Patient suffers from uncontrolled hypertension and hypercholesterolemia. Patient has no other medical history. Patient also has no allergies, and has not been taking any medications previousl Continue Reading...
Health Care Needs and Interaction with Health Care System
Introduction
Aboriginal persons from the rural and secluded expanses of South Australia together with the Northern Territory are usually forced to travel to hospitals situated in the city in o Continue Reading...
PICOT Analysis on Chronic Heart Failure
One may describe heart failure (HF) as a complicated medical condition which may arise due to functional or structural cardiac disorders capable of hindering ventricular capability of ejecting or filling blood Continue Reading...
ICU and Delirium
Evidence-Based Project Proposal
Patients that are sixty-five years or older account for an average of more than fifty percent of the visitors to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and there are a host of known risk factors that are asso Continue Reading...
Disaster and Trauma
Nature of the disaster and include any historical and relevant information.
Towards the end of August 2005, Hurricane Katrina, an overwhelming category 4 hurricane hit the Mexican Gulf as well a certain Southern regions of the U Continue Reading...
Reducing Length of Stays on Critical Care Wards in a Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
Today, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) operates the nation's largest healthcare system and provides training for more than half of all of the Continue Reading...
Tuberculosis
Communicable disease: Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis is a widespread, lethal, and infectious/transmittable disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This bacterial infection usually begins in the form of innumerable strains of mycobacte Continue Reading...
Mandatory Drug Testing
In certain professional occupations, mandatory drug testing is not only a good idea, it is very important to public safety. There are good arguments on both sides as to whether all professional athletes should be tested for dr Continue Reading...
Justice, Crime and Ethics
Prepping the President: Ethical Analysis and Future Policy Initiatives
Suggesting the Use of Rehabilitation in Corrections
The President of the United States has just scheduled a town hall meeting entitled, "Criminal Just Continue Reading...
Inuktitut in Modern Inuit Communities in Northern Canada
The role of language in identity construction of the Inuit in Nunavik (Quebec, Canada), which nourishes the evolution of their ethno-territorial movement in the eastern Canadian Arctic, had be Continue Reading...
tort law, including the pros and cons of tort law and the importance of tort law in business environments. In addition the paper will investigate the potential effects of tort reform, and review cases related to tort law, and how it may affect Ameri Continue Reading...
Bell, Carolyn Shaw. (1995). What is Poverty? The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, 54(2) 161-173.
Shaw takes the position that the very definition of "poverty level" -- defined in 1965 by Mollie Orshanksy, an economist with the Social Se Continue Reading...
Bridge/Prehospice Program: Do Hospice Bridge Programs Increase Quality of Life for Terminal Patients by Encouraging Earlier Access to Palliative Resources?
The work of Levy, Bemski, and Kutner (2008) entitled "Are Hospices Establishing Pre-Hospice/P Continue Reading...
This is mostly experienced in case where the trauma caused psychological disorders, phobias, and depression, and this may go as far as inhibiting the maturation process of the child and even interacting with the emerging personality. According to Ne Continue Reading...
But there will also be situations where clinicians are asked to discuss with a patient whether they want to or should have resuscitation if they have had a cardiac arrest or life-threatening arrhythmia. The potential likelihood for clinical benefit Continue Reading...
Although there is a broad range of treatment options for heroin addiction, including medications and behavioral therapies, research indicates that when medication treatment is integrated with other supportive services, the addict is more often able Continue Reading...
Amy Tan and the Joy Luck Club
Biography
The Joy Luck Club
Generation Gaps in the Joy Luck Club
Cultural Differences
Chinese-American Life
Amy Tan and the Joy Luck Club
On February 19, 1952, Amy Tan was born in Oakland, California, to John Yueh Continue Reading...
The Foundation called specific attention to the prospect of institutional and policy-level strategies to increase the participation of under-represented minorities in the health professions. In response, the Institute Committee on Institutional and Continue Reading...
Ayers (2000, p. 4) describes a supply chain as "Life cycle processes supporting physical, information, financial, and knowledge flows for moving products and services from suppliers to end-users." A supply chain can be short, as in the case of a co Continue Reading...
Case Study: JasonIntroductionThis case study is of a 28-year-old male who has been transferred from the psychiatric unit to the acute hospital after three episodes of tonic-clonic seizure with subsequent altered conscious state. The purpose of the st Continue Reading...
Anesthesia Record Keeping Needs to Change
Healthcare Informatics is a growing field (Ben-assuli, 2015). Because electronic record keeping has been shown to improve quality, decrease medical errors, improve documentation and decrease cost, there has Continue Reading...
Nursing Administration-Staffing
A strategy for recruiting nurses for the acute care units
The effect of the nursing shortage crisis combined with higher patient acuity has become a crucial concern for the nursing management team. This relates large Continue Reading...
Compliance Manager
THE COMPANY OVERSEER
Compliance Manager in the Healthcare Industry
Job Description
The Compliance Manager oversees compliance throughout the healthcare company as an objective and independent function (ACHE, 2012). He makes sur Continue Reading...
Nursing Theory Analysis
Theory-based nursing is the phenomenon that has been researched much during the past two decades. Nursing theory has become the foundation for nursing practice with its own knowledge base. The current paper is an analysis of Continue Reading...
Low Cost Airline in Thailand
The Study on Improvement of Low Cost Airline in Thailand
Geography of Thailand
Nature of Airlines
Variables under Study
The Profitability of Low Cost Airlines in Thailand
Thai Economy
Operating Results, Selected A Continue Reading...
NAFTA
Historical Beginning of NAFTA (with specific bibliography)
NAFTA Objectives
What is NAFTA
The Promise of NAFTA
NAFTA Provisions
Structure of NAFTA
Years of NAFTA (NAFTA not enough, other plus and minuses)..
Environmental Issues
Compar Continue Reading...
UK Healthcare
Within this section of Chapter One, a historical perspective of NHS will be provided. This discussion will identify problem areas that have emerged in relation to NHS with an attempt made to address the manner in which such problems ha Continue Reading...
Case Summary
Client Y is a 33-year-old African-American female with two children aged 3 and 5, and married to a 39-year-old Hispanic male. Client Y presents following a referral by her sister, who thinks that she is under severe emotional distress. S Continue Reading...
Interdisciplinary Care Providers
CABG or coronary artery bypass graft surgery is advised for individuals suffering from CHD (coronary heart disease), for alleviating symptoms, prolonging lifespan, and improving QOL (quality of life) (Bayoum Continue Reading...
Workplace violence can be prevented by creating a workplace environment and organizational culture that prevents the problem, protects employees, and pursues strategies for change. The presence of official policies or codes of ethics in the workplace Continue Reading...
COPD Case Study
The author of this report has been prepare a brief report about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, or COPD for short. There will be two main foci when it comes to the subject. The first part will speak to the facts and details th Continue Reading...
Nursing Leadership Theories
NURSING LEADERSHIP: COMPARISON AND ANALYSIS OF CONCEPTS & THEORIES
The work of Cherie and Gebrekida (2005) report that there is both formal and informal leadership in that managers are formally "delegated authority, Continue Reading...
This essay provides a brief overview of several of the key factors in conflict of laws, including the areas where choice of law is likely to be at issue.
Domicile
Domicile is one of the key factors in choice of law. Domicile is not the same as loc Continue Reading...
This time employees' compensation was to be decided by: the base salary, individual incentives centered on performance, and finally the team based incentive program. However, this system could not provide good results for the company, as money becam Continue Reading...