Providing Quality End-of-Life Care to Critically Ill Clients Critical care nurses provide care to seriously ill clients who often have multiple concurring illnesses. Some of the clients they care for lose their battle with their illnesses and pass away. It is important that nurses continue ...

There are many types of nurses and they undertake different functionsin the treatment of their patients. Of the lot, the type of nurses who arein regular touch with the families are the medicine nurse. They providecare to the patients, educate the families about health and promote ...

The medical field is possibly one of the hardest areas to work in. It can rip them up and shred them to pieces if they let it. Dealing with people all day that are angry, upset, scared, and confused with everything that\'s going on around them. Expecting everyone to know exactly what\'s wrong with ...

John P. Kotter (1998) suggests several strategies in order to facilitate change within an organization. The most notable section of his article relates to eight steps that can be taken to implement change and transform an organization. These range from the beginning stages of identifying and estab...

Latex comes from the rubber tree and a host of chemicals are used in curing it so that it may be made into many products that are used everyday. It has recently been discovered that a lot of people are allergic to latex. "It is estimated by the CDC that 1 - 6 percent of Americans will have some typ...

As a Healthcare Organization The United States healthcare system includes health plans, physicians, hospitals, clinics, consumers, and public health programs as well as hospice organizations. This report will present insights into how the insured and uninsured aff...

Abstract This is a brief overview of the issues that surround the compliance versus non-compliance of child safety seats. It is at best intended to strike a cord of interest in the undergraduate nursing student to participate in a deeper inquiry as to why that even with the laws that are on the bo...

When I woke up I had my family next to me. My memories were faded but I started recollecting all that had happened up to the accident. Soon after my gaining consciousness the doctors told me that I had not sustained any major injuries during the accident and that I was very lucky. They also told me ...

For more than two decades, health care cost containment has been at the forefront of the health policy agenda. However, the approaches used to achieve cost containment have changed. One of the first policies adopted by states (and that for a time was required by federal statute) was certificate-of-...

The movie "Awakenings" released in 1990 and starring Robert DeNiro, Robin Williams and Julie Kavner, is the true story about a child unable to speak and move for thirty years. "Awakenings" is about a physician who just starts his medical career as a neurologist. The main character, Dr. Sayer, begins...

Ladies and gentlemen, I stand here before you at a time in which the health care of older Americans has become a critical issue. Or should I say issues' We have more people needing more and more specialized care - this is critical. We have fewer and fewer people being asked to do more and ...

Alzheimer's Disorder (AD) is a progressive brain disease which primarily affects older people. The parts of the brain that control memory, language, and even thought gradually decline (ADEAR, date). While AD develops most commonly after the age of sixty, there is a rarer form that can deve...

"Pharmacists are the most accessible healthcare professional and know more about medications, prescription and over-the-counter, than any other member of the healthcare team." (Health on the Net Foundation). In addition, they have many duties that must be completed on time and correctly b...

How safe is the health care system in United States? Shockingly, a flight on a domestic airline is safer than a stay in the hospital (Webster). In the United States, a patient has a 36 in 100,000 chance of dying in the hospital from a medical mistake. According to the Institute of Medicine, in N...

Euthanasia A considerable size of society is in favor of Euthanasia mostly because they feel that as a democratic country, we as free individuals, have the right to decide for ourselves whether or not it is our right to determine when to terminate someone's life. The stronger and more widely held...

In the world today there are arguments for everything, ranging from matters of great importance to things that may seem ridiculously trivial. However, there are always different sides to every case and right and wrong is in the eyes of the person involved in the dispute.This argumentative essay is b...

' 'CONSIDER THE FACTORS THAT MAY CONTRIBUTE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ACHIEVMENT OF CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS WITHIN AN IDENTIFIED AREA OF PRACTICE'' In this essay I will be looking at the adult with Learning Disabilities. I will identify the factors that may contribute to c...

The field I wish to pursue is that of respiratory therapy. When I was a child was when my first interest in respiratory therapy was aroused. As a child I was sick a great deal with various lung ailments that required frequent hospitalizations. I would always revel in the fact that how intelligent a...

Page 2I. IntroductionThe rising cost of medical care in the United States has been a concern for quite some time. Beginning in the 1960s 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 ...

Introduction: Some time ago, I read an authoritative WHO publication with a guide to the "Five-Star Doctor" '...improves quality of care by responding to the patient's total health needs with integrated preventive, curative and rehabilitative services while considering the pa...

IntroductionThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne Fadiman follows the journey of Lia Lee and her parents as they attempt to engage in Western medicine and find help for Lia's epilepsy. Although the tale ends in tragedy for Lia, the story clearly elucidates stark contrasts between Western ...

A quarter of the population of the United States is in or has a job related to the armed services. These uniformed service people number over 9 million in active and reserve duties. They are made up of military families, service members, retirees, the families of soldiers, veterans and survivors of ...

Health Care Costs for Senior CitizensPeople ages sixty-five and older paid more than three-quarters of their dental expenses out of pocket (Elderly). This unreasonable amount barely compares with the rest of Americans under the age of sixty-five; while they paid approximately one-half of all dental...

A chronic illness is an illness that lasts for a long time or that last longer than acute illnesses, which are brief and do not linger. Chronic illnesses can be treated but usually not cured entirely. One author writes, \"The term \'chronic illness\' refers to those disease categories for which th...

Euthanasia Euthanasia, also known as mercy killing, is enveloped as deeply in medical and ethical controversy as abortion. Both issues involve the termination of a life, and both conjure strong arguments for advocacy and opposition. Pro-euthanasia arguments emphasize the right of patients to ...