Evidence-Based Practice Project A literature review conducted by Rabie and Curtis (2006) aimed at establishing the effects of washing hands in reducing respiratory infections. The literature was obtained by searching CAB Abstracts, PubMed, Embase, Continue Reading...
Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique Non-Infectious Disease Major Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique of the Research Literature Major Risk Factors for Obesity: A Critique of the Research Literature The World Health Organization (WHO, 2013) est Continue Reading...
COPD Scenario Jack Little is a 59-year-old panel beater with a past medical history of smoking two packs of cigarettes per day for approximately 40 years (80 pack years), chronic bronchitis, and corpulmonale. Jack was on holidays with his wife in t Continue Reading...
break out of war in Afghanistan and Iraq propelled alarming forecasts about its most likely psychiatric effects. The chief of recuperation or readjustment therapy services at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) asserted that as high as 30% of so Continue Reading...
This process primarily involves the provision of drugs in solid dose forms like tablets and capsules with high degree of drug stability. The main advantage of oral administration of medication is that doses are normally required to be taken once or Continue Reading...
Her wellness did not allow participation in the second that took place in 1977; however Isabel Myers took pleasure in the other 2 extensively, though sometimes she would be dismayed at the different ways that the analysts treated her information. Sh Continue Reading...
caregivers of individuals with AD Caregivers of Individuals with Alzheimer's Disease Alzheimer's disease is a terribly debilitating disease that strikes older adults and for which there is no known cure. According to the Institute on Aging, Alzheim Continue Reading...
Reproductive Counseling Studies have shown that the mean maternal age of motherhood has been increasing since 1980, which although may suit many modern careers and life styles, it puts women at a greater risk of declining fertility. The fundamental Continue Reading...
Christianity's Dangerous Idea: The Protestant Revolution -- a History Sixteenth Century Twenty-First With Christianity's Dangerous Idea -- The Protestant Revolution: A History from the Sixteenth Century to the Twenty-First, author Alister McGrath p Continue Reading...
Postpartum Depression Screening Postpartum Depression Evaluation Plan for Postpartum Depression Screening Initiative Evaluation Plan for Postpartum Depression Screening Initiative Although a number of screening and treatment programs for postpar Continue Reading...
Treatments of Bulimia Nervosa THE BEST OPTION Evaluation of Combined Therapy for Bulimia Nervosa Description and Significance Bulimia nervosa, simply bulimia or BN, refers to uncontrolled overeating or binging and then eliminating what has been e Continue Reading...
scientific method. The one most common in nursing circles, that is derived from a desire to understand all facets of the question is the PICO method. The first letter of the acronym asks the researcher to label the specific population or the patient Continue Reading...
This can lead to social isolation, disapproval and prejudice, and shame and feelings of immorality (2008). Arreola et al. (2009) state that LGBM are one of the groups that participate in some of the riskiest sexual behaviors among gay and bisexual Continue Reading...
When treatment for schizophrenia or other mental illness does not follow proper protocols, the results can be extreme deviant behaviors, often resulting in violent crimes. Because of the deinstutionlization of the mentally ill, the criminal justice Continue Reading...
The four possible points which could be the optimal solution are labeled from one to four. The solutions to these are then given in Table 1, along with the profits which would result from these combinations. The values of each of these points were c Continue Reading...
The second session had camera instruction. The third session had each participant given a camera and they were instructed to "(t)ake pictures of the challenges and solution in addressing HIV and AIDS" (Mitchell et al., 2005). The fourth session saw Continue Reading...
Blacks also have a 320% higher rate of hypertension-related end-stage renal disease than the general population (Diet-Related Chronic Diseases, 2001). According to a study of diet-related chronic diseases among black men in Florida, it was found th Continue Reading...
ETHNICAL DILEMMA I HAVE FOUND IN Business violation of professional ethics occurred when a colleague pretended to be me when she telephonically ordered narcotics. Even though my employer and the colleague in question both felt that the action was int Continue Reading...
Breastfeeding and IQ Infants who are breastfeed tend to have higher IQ as they mature. This paper examines that phenomenon, which presents a complex set of cause-and-effect questions, including how long infants must be breastfed to receive any benef Continue Reading...
Direct to Consumer Advertising HISTORY OF DRUG ADVERTISING THE DTC ADVERTISING PHENOMENON CREATING DEMAND DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING - A WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING CAUSE OF DEATH PROFIT UTILIZATION, PRICING, AND DEMOGRAPHICS LEGISLATION, POLITICS AN Continue Reading...
Healthcare Manual Documentation System to a New Electronic Record System Purpose of needs assessment in selecting a HER product for health care workplace The success of the desired organizational change will depend largely on the needs assessment Continue Reading...
communication and best practices or standards are very simple yet when not addressed may cause complex problems that require serious modification. Quality improvement within certain aspects of the medical professional landscape may be extremely bene Continue Reading...
Senior Citizens and the Growing Risk of HIV / AIDS HIV and AIDS are widely recognized as posing a serious challenge to the public health. Efforts at outreach, dispersal of information and prevention are extensive and have targeted high-risk groups Continue Reading...
For example, a nurse or physician may come across a patient that is near death due to pregnancy complications and the only way to save the mother is ostensibly to abort the fetus. That is the medical standard but many doctors and nurses would stay f Continue Reading...
This created problems in the care of patients that should have been admitted to other units, as well as for all patients receiving care in the emergency department on an inpatient or an outpatient basis. In addition, research was undertaken that ex Continue Reading...
As a caveat, it must be noted that the measures of turnover varied across centers. Representing 62% of the treatments centers, hospitals overwhelmingly constituted the largest group, with only 31% of centers classified as for-profit. Centers of both Continue Reading...
This is how politics works in the real world. Pushing one's agenda as forcefully, as craftily, as effectively as possible, no matter the bigger picture or the consequences of narrow-minded power plays. But at this point Clement should have reminded Continue Reading...
At which point, they talk about the effects that the different kinds of coverage are having on senior citizen, with many using a combination of Medicare and private insurance, while others have used a combination of Medicare / Medicaid. To rectify t Continue Reading...
It would be expected that increased consumption of healthier foods would have a positive overall impact. Anti-obesity drugs have been considered for some time, with some negative issues in the past. For example, the pill rimonabant introduced in 20 Continue Reading...
It notes that these nine new categories only apply to "MDS assessments that meet the criteria for the rehabilitation category and the Extensive Services category" (Field and Kazmer, 2006). These cases must also have an ADL rating of 7 or higher to Continue Reading...
Smoking Cessation -- Outline Addictive Behavior Smoking vs. illegal drugs Desire to return to smoking The business of smoking cessation Dangers and the Surgeon General's warning Smoking Cessation Programs Pills Patches Nicotine Gum "Cold Tu Continue Reading...
The emotional health of the patients is viewed to be important for their health. For nurses this is viewed to be part of the job. The emotional stress comes due to their attempt to benefit the patients. Yet there are differences in the quality of wo Continue Reading...
Stated to be barriers in the current environment and responsible for the reporting that is inadequate in relation to medical errors are: Lack of a common understanding about errors among health care professionals Physicians generally think of erro Continue Reading...
Strategic leadership influence culture organization eventually organization succeed fail. Show examples Air Asia, Apple Enron (Failure). I limit references subject matter Edgar Schein's theories culture organization business management authors. The Continue Reading...
There was response rate of over 70%. 716 subjects were able to actually participate in the study. The instruments in the study included a questionnaire utilizing demographic and background information used in old surveys. The questions included inq Continue Reading...
Professional Student Athletes The Raw Numbers Eligibility Advantages of Sport Research Questions or Research Hypotheses Selection of Subjects Assumptions or Limitations Data Processing and Analysis SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS Q Continue Reading...
EMR There are several criteria by which the company can establish acceptability for the eCube system of EMR that is available from Fresenius. The first stakeholder group consists of the patients, who will benefit from the enhanced functionality that Continue Reading...
The extreme power of this new cultural tool is the very nature -- it depends on nothing but an electronic connection. it, like many things in the modern world, is instantaneous, satisfying the 21st century need to have both dependence and independen Continue Reading...
Government Subsidized Student Loans Have Economic Costs but Political Benefits Higher education has become increasingly important in the contemporary world scenario today where globalization has led to a higher need for a skilled labor force that is Continue Reading...
Specifically, the researchers wanted to determine which explanations of academic performance actually gave Penn most additional predictive value, the most bang for the buck. The factors included class rank in high school, SAT II achievement scores o Continue Reading...
