Sampling method -117 patients with primary breast cancer; all who had same-day surgery as part of their treatment. Appropriateness of sample -- Appropriate for circumstances under consideration. Results (when applicable: credibility, transferabil Continue Reading...
Adult Day Care Industry Analysis Adult day care centers are non-residential facilities that provide and support the health, nutrition and social needs of adults. They are usually staffed with professionals and the adults are kept in groups to provid Continue Reading...
medical professionals, nurses as a group come closest to the ideal of treating the whole patient, addressing physical, emotional, psychological and even social concerns. This is especially true of psychiatric nurses who work to help patients address Continue Reading...
Nursing Case Study and Theoretical Knowledge of Healthcare System Significant evidence shows that the responsibilities of the primary and acute care nurses vary significantly. The variation creates differences in the scope of work for the nurses, as Continue Reading...
, 2007). The nurses at the medical-surgical, trauma, neurological, cardiovascular, cardiology and transplant sections directly and personally confront the various needs of families of the death of a loved one. One nursing author, Jane Felgen, set for Continue Reading...
Moral Meanings of Caring for the Dying When it comes to taking care of the dying, there is so much to consider. Nurses who care for dying patients are often forced to start seeing the world differently, mostly because they become very close to the p Continue Reading...
How Doctors of Nursing Practice Can Influence the Quality of HealthcareToday, doctors of nursing practice (DNPs) serve as nurse educators, researchers, and administrators as well as serving in vital healthcare leadership roles in their local communit Continue Reading...
The variability in problems faced by the King Edward Hospital NHS Trust during the period in question, instigated a multi-level response in knowledge sharing and inclusion on practice. Kotter's theory relies upon such a method, where strategies are Continue Reading...
Nursing care models serve as important foundations for decision making within the care environment. They influence the scope of tasks nurses engage in as well as how nurses relate to other healthcare professionals and patients in the course of care d Continue Reading...
Nursing Research What is the key point or concept that emerged from the activity? Why is that important to you and why is it important to nursing? One key point in this paper is that while much has been accomplished in the field of nursing research Continue Reading...
The Affordable Care Act means that health coverage will be required for almost every American and will be partially subsidized. However, it will not change the employer-centric, private-insurer-based system of financing and coverage. Demand for care Continue Reading...
Life Care End-of-life care may be one of the most difficult aspects of healthcare services. After all, the goal of most healthcare providers is to heal, and providing end-of-life requires a shift in perspective. One of the challenges in planning en Continue Reading...
Client Autonomy in Community Health & Nurse Safety in Community Practice Nurses involved in community nursing often face ethical and practical dilemmas, particularly with regard to the issue of patient autonomy. Community practice differs for nu Continue Reading...
ICU Delirium -- Evidence Review and Synthesis Evidence Review Luetz et al. (2014) conducted a study in which they examined how delirium management is an important aspect of intensive care treatment alongside analgesia and sedation management. The m Continue Reading...
Communications Effective communications between doctors and nurses has always been a high priority in the medical field, especially in an arena such as a hospital, health clinic or hospice. Communicating effectively between the nurses and the doctor Continue Reading...
Q1. Given the two pieces of evidence, what are the key clinical questions to consider when caring for this patient?First, given the patients fragile health, age, and that the care given to the patient is primarily palliative, there is the need to eas Continue Reading...
Field, Marilyn Jane & Cassel, Christine K. (1997). Approaching Death: Improving Care at the End of the Life. National Academic Press. This work emphasizes the necessity to improve end of life care as a way to help ease fears about death and re Continue Reading...
Medical care at Home Vs. Medical Care at the HospitalAround 4.5 million people in the United States require end-of-life or long-term care annually. Also, the United States has, in a pretty big way, changed healthcare delivery perspectives within the Continue Reading...
A Model Healthcare Delivery System Introduction The healthcare delivery system also referred to in short as the HCDS is the most effective system that works for most healthcare organizations in all countries with fair, effective and efficient distrib Continue Reading...
Using Technology in Diabetes Management HealthCare in Long-term Healthcare Facilities The long-term care facilities most often deal with the aging population in the society. This group of people has a low immune system that predisposes them to variou Continue Reading...
environmental analysis helps any organization to recognize factors that impact its performance. The factors impacting an organization's performance may be internal to the organization and they can also be external. Environmental analysis is therefor Continue Reading...
Tucker-Culturally Sensitive Health Care Provider Inventory -- Patient Form (T-CSHCPI-PF) is simply an inventory for the culturally diverse patients to assess provider cultural sensitivity in the health care procedure. The T-CSHCPI-PF is like a narra Continue Reading...
led by Venkatesan Prem conducted a research on nurses' knowledge regarding palliative care. This research was influenced by the fact that inadequate knowledge of a palliative care among these professionals is well-documented across various studies o Continue Reading...
Team Communication An interdisciplinary team is formed from a group of health care providers belonging to different fields of health sciences; they work together as a team to bring the best possible outcome for patient. The efficiency of this team i Continue Reading...
This literature review supports the premise that opinions regarding euthanasia differ among various groups of professional. This literature review demonstrates that the nurse plays an important role in the perceived quality of the death experience. Continue Reading...
The one question I have about my behavior was the fact that, as her advocate, I called and spoke to the patient's father with her permission. I stressed the fact that she was dying and if he wanted to see his daughter alive, he should come shortly. Continue Reading...
In the case of the former of these groups, there is a demand for proper training and experience in helping family members face the practical realities imposed by the death of a loved one. Further, research demonstrates that many acute care settings Continue Reading...
Cultural Diversity Healthcare providers deal with people and family during stressful and difficult situations. Professionals delivering palliative care must understand how culture and religious background affect this interaction. The provision of a Continue Reading...
Elephant in the Room Project is a research that was conducted for the purpose of improving the efficiency of care through effective and compassionate communication with palliative care patients. The research recognized that nursing is not only a scie Continue Reading...
journal articles (one of each of the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of health promotion) in nursing practice. Health promotion as a whole is defined as the best way to promote health of the patient, be that by preventing disease from occur Continue Reading...
Nightingale met a friend Richard Monckton Miles in 1842. Then in 1844, Nightingale asked Dr. Howe if she could do a charitable job in a hospital like the catholic nuns, and refused her marriage to her cousin, Henry Nicholson. By 1845, Nightingale st Continue Reading...
Denial in the Death and Dying Process Identification of the Problem: Denial and Subsequent Lack of Communication of the Impending Death Death is a natural phenomenon and has been there since the existence of mankind. In the past, people used to ac Continue Reading...
These included guidelines from the Australian National Breast Cancer Center and the Australian National Cancer Control Initiative; an updated systematic review of the research evidence, and a consensus by the Clinician -- Patient Communica-tions Wor Continue Reading...
Who provides the care is dependent upon the patient and the type of care their illness requires. Also, some families are more active in taking care of end of life patients than other families. Indeed, hospice care providers have a significant numbe Continue Reading...
Ethical Dilemma in Nursing Practice: End-of-Life Decision-MakingAn ethical dilemma I encountered involved a terminally ill patient diagnosed with advanced-stage cancer. The patient, a 68-year-old man, was on life support, and his prognosis was poor. Continue Reading...
Transitioning From Closed to Open Systems: How Effective Nurse Leaders Approach Problem Solving and Decision Making in Organizations The objective of this study is to examine transitioning from closed to open systems and how effective nurse leaders Continue Reading...
