995 Search Results for Planning for End of Life Care
Advanced Directive
The 1991 the Patient Self-Determination Act (PSDA) was designed to give patients and their families greater autonomy over making decisions in regards to end-of-life care and minimizing the extension life beyond what would be consi Continue Reading...
Dying with dignity is a controversy argued in two perspectives by death scholars. Some scholars argue that dying with dignity is expiring without unnecessary physical pain while others argue that it is dying in the socially accepted ways. Reaching th Continue Reading...
This is one of the most common forms of research and, for some research questions is clearly a strong design (Ethics in Critical Care Nursing Research, 2005).
The research that was done in this article would be considered a non-experimental type. T Continue Reading...
Nursing shortage is a problem in many countries. It is often difficult to get trained nurses. While nurses are an integral part of the health care system, a shortage of trained nurses leaves an impact on the health care system.
Due to the shortage o Continue Reading...
Nursing Informatics Career Viability Analysis
Nursing Informatics Career Analysis
As the concept of healthcare delivery systems continues a rapid evolutionary path in order to keep pace with technological advancement, the role of health information Continue Reading...
Rather than giving over control to medical experts to cure disease, the dying person is empowered by the interdisciplinary team of hospice practitioners to guide and direct the time that remains." Noted as a serious challenge that is faced by hospic Continue Reading...
Non-Profit Business Plan for Care on the Horizon
Imagine a community of elderly people of diverse backgrounds and ethnicities. Now imagine that each and every one of them must provide for themselves and their health care by leaving their homes and Continue Reading...
Ethical-Legal Nursing Discussions - Part II
Moral Distress and Moral Integrity Comment by Ileana: OverviewMoral Distress in Advanced Practice NursingThe meaning of moral distress has been changing in nursing. No definition fits all dilemmas. Moral d Continue Reading...
Nursing & Humanities, Alice Munro
SLIDES FOR A PRESENTATION OF HUMANTIES AND NURSING: CHRONIC AND TERMINAL CARE ISSUES PRESENTED IN ALICE MUNRO'S "THE DAY OF THE BUTTERFLY," BELLE & SEBASTIAN'S "IT COULD HAVE BEEN A BRILLIANT CAREER," AND TO Continue Reading...
Katherine Kolcaba Comfort Theory
Comfort is an obvious objective in providing a level of quality of care in a nursing environment. Yet, at the same time, most concepts of "comfort" are based off subjective or heuristic accounts and not holistically Continue Reading...
Policy, Politics and Global Trends in Health Sector
Why the Public Policy Issue Was Chosen?
According to the report released by National Priorities and Goals -- aligning efforts meant to transform America's Health care (NQF, 2009; Partnership, 2008 Continue Reading...
Hospice Leadership
The United Kingdom has recently experienced an increase in the number of children and young people with long-term health conditions. Actually, recent surveys have indicated a 30% increase in the number of these children and young Continue Reading...
Hospice Utilization: Survey Findings
Survey Data Analysis
Barriers to Hospice Care Utilization: Survey Findings
Barriers to Hospice Care Utilization: Survey Findings
Hospice care has been shown to improve patient quality of life, reduce depressi Continue Reading...
Resuscitate (DNR)
What is a Do Not Resuscitate (DNR) order?
First used about fifty years ago, the do not resuscitate (DNR) order continues to elicit questions and discussion among medical experts and patients. The do not resuscitate order is a dir Continue Reading...
Inductive and Deductive Analysis: Differences
Thick Description in Text Analysis
The concept of thick description, advanced by Gilbert Ryle and popularized in the fields of sociology and anthropology by Clifford Geertz, is used to characterize the Continue Reading...
Standards of Nursing Practice
Nursing Scope and Standards of Practice
Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice in Ohio
Scope and Standards of Nursing Practice in Ohio
As a pediatric hematology registered nurse (RN) practicing in the state of Ohio Continue Reading...
Viewing -- the "viewing" is not exclusively a Catholic rite, but is more traditional with Catholic services. It is also called a reviewal or funeral visitation. This is the time in which friends and the family come to see the deceased after the bod Continue Reading...
com). A certain amount of errors is to be expected, but there should not be so many that it demonstrates a certain level of skewedness about the model in its entirety. Thus, if the NHI model is the one which is selected, then it needs to be tested ag Continue Reading...
Health Care Delivery Systems
The structure and organization of the resources that make it possible to provide health care services to target populations is referred to as a health care system. The variety of health care systems is very wide with str Continue Reading...
"Studies of the relationship between managed care penetration in the health care market and expenditures for Medicare fee-for-service enrollees have demonstrated the existence of these types of spill over effects" (Bundorf et al., 2004).
Managed ca Continue Reading...
Director of Critical Care
Mr./Ms. X, Chief Nursing Officer
Adventist Midwest Health System
120 North Oak Street, Hinsdale, IL 60521
RE: DIRECTOR OF NURSING III, Critical Care, Full Time (Job Number: 118447)
Dear Mr. / Ms. X:
My annexed resume i Continue Reading...
EMR System Implementation
The healthcare industry is increasingly impacted by advanced in Information Technology (IT). As our abilities to coordinate, interconnect and streamline the transmission of data through IT solutions improve so too do our ab Continue Reading...
Therefore in the economic sense many institutions have been viewed to lay back.
Knowledge and Expertise in Telemedicine
Another challenge has to do with the limited knowledge and expertise in telemedicine as well as the need for enhanced and modif Continue Reading...
What this means is that the lifetime limits on most benefits are barred for all latest health insurance plans. Another interesting thing is the reviews premium increase (Wakefield, 2010). This is saying that insurance companies must now openly defen Continue Reading...
Healthcare System the purpose a health system support wellness prevent disease. What factors influence today's healthcare system? Describe U.S. Healthcare System context Patient Protection Affordable Healthcare Act.
Today's healthcare system is inf Continue Reading...
Healthcare System in South Africa
Healthcare policy
Influences on public health outcomes
Critical analysis of the pressures on the health care delivery
It is observed that there are numerous cultures, societies, political systems in the world. Th Continue Reading...
UsingtheAACNSynergyModel
AACN Synergy Model
for Patient Care
Case Study of a CHF Patient
Sonya Hardin, RN, PhD, CCRN, CS
Leslie Hussey, RN, PhD
role as a clinical nurse specialist (CNS)/adult nurse practitioner (ANP). The advanced practice nurs Continue Reading...
Transitional Care of Older Adults Hospitalized with Heart Failure Experiment
Naylor, M.D., Brooten, D., Campbell, R.L., Maislan, G.,, McCauley, K.M. Schuartz, J. Transitional Care of Older Adults Hospitalized with Heart Failure: A Randomized Trial. Continue Reading...
Marketing Brochure
Human Resources as a Competitive Advantage
(peachschools.org)
Five Keys to Developing Human Resources as a Source of Competitive Advantage
Re-envision Human Resources from a personnel dept to a strategic planning function
Use Continue Reading...
Provide sustained technical assistance (Expert Panel Meeting: Health Information Technology: Meeting Summary, 2003)
Evaluation of the process in rural and small communities includes: (1) scope of the project; (2) goals; (3) critical success factor Continue Reading...
Health Care Marketing
Marketing is the management and social process of identifying, anticipating and satisfying the needs of present and potential customers while making long-term profits. The choice of marketing techniques may vary in the marketin Continue Reading...
Specialist doctors will normally examine only those patients who have been referred to their clinic by a general practitioner. (U.S. Department of State, n. d.)
The Government of Netherlands is not responsible or the ongoing management of the healt Continue Reading...
Inadequate Staffing in Nursing
Explain the nursing/patient care concern, problems, issues observed at the senior level clinical practice
During the past decade, there certainly has been a rapid decline in quality patient care in the healthcare indu Continue Reading...
Medibank was a fund through which, the patients could get 85% of their medical bills back. This service was made optional but then the labors government converted it into Medicare, which is still an important component of the Australian healthcare s Continue Reading...
Business Management Plan for Primary Care Setting
Develop a business management plan for a primary care setting
Promote an APN practice to the public
Expertise of professionals specialized in the skills and knowledge are vital towards the achievem Continue Reading...