Academic papers on Medicine, Medical Issues, & Pharmacy

PATIENT DIGNITY AND NURSING
This 5 page paper discusses the issue of patient dignity and the nurse's role in providing that for the patient. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Cancer/Effect of Emotions
A 7 page research paper that examines the growing body of evidence that connects stress with the incidence of cancer. The writer argues that an examination of the emotional aspects of cancer --on both the patient and the patient's family --...
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Scandinavian Health Care
A 3 page research paper that examines health care systems in the countries of Sweden, Norway and Denmark. These publicly owned systems are evaluated as to their strengths and weaknesses. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
A 6 page paper which examines its causes, risk factors and prevention. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Nursing/Energy Conservation
A 12 page research paper that addresses the concept of energy conservation as it applies to nursing practice. Energy has been a topic of research and concern in nursing practice for quite some time. This examination of the concept explores how...
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Meningococcal Disease
A 9 page overview of this concerning disease. The author describes the various manifestations of this disease and the organisms and contaminants which can cause it. Concentrating on the bacteria Neisseria meningiditis, this paper discusses...
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BETADINE, ALCOHOL AND IV PREP
This 10-page paper compares the benefits of Betadine (povidone-iodine) and alcohol solutions for skin preparation prior to insertion of IV catheters. The paper includes a literature review, which summarizes the few studies that have been performed...
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Social Anxiety Disorder in Children and Adolescents
This 5 page report discusses the background, causes, effects, and treatments of Social Anxiety Disorder or SAD (also known as "social phobia") during childhood through adolescence. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Ethics in Vision and Mission Statements
A 3 page paper examining how hospitals can develop vision and mission statements simultaneously attractive to hospital management while having the effect of making health care mosr accessible to those who need it right away. As health care costs...
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Health Care Legalities and Ethics
A 12 page paper discussing a case in which an emergency room nurse turned away a patient delivered by ambulance. The receiving hospital is a private, for-profit organization, and the patient had no job, no funds and no insurance. The patient was...
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The Mayo Clinic
3 pages in length. The Mayo Clinic virtually revolutionized the manner by which people were administered medical care. Started in the late 1800s by a father and his two sons with an approach that "two heads are better than one and five are even...
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Nursing/The 12-Hour Shift
A 14 page research paper that examines the topic of 12-hour nursing shifts. This report focuses on how this change to shift scheduling can be accomplished. Specifically, the writer looks at how nursing management and leadership strategy that can...
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Communication/ICU Patients
A 10 page research paper that examines the literature on communicating with critical ill patients. This literature demonstrates that communication with the critically ill is a complex area. Some of the literature pertains to the issues surrounding...
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Pheochromocytoma
A 4 page preview of the medical condition known as Pheochromocytoma. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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