Gerentology / Loneliness & Other Factors Associated With Aging
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An 8 page paper exploring growing old and why some cope better than others in dealing with factors such as lonliness and poor health. Includes information obtained from discussions with a seventy-one year old woman about her experiences. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: Ageinter.wps

Geriatric Health Care Administration
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A 5 page paper discussing a career in geriatric health care administration. The subjects addressed include a general discussion of the career possibilities, the levels of positions, whether they be a head administrator or an assistant, the job environment, and the level of education required for such a position. Also included is a description of the possible earnings, and an illustration of the outlook for such a profession. Overall this is a job industry that appears to be incredibly stable and necessary in our society that is seeing, and will continue to see, a rise in the elderly population. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAgeriat.wps

Gerontological Evaluation
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A 10 page discussion of the many factors which impact the health and welfare of our nation’s elderly citizens. When an elderly patient enters the nursing home environment, in particular, it is up to the staff in that environment to take care of their every need. By the time they have made this transition they have typically endured many hardships. The author contends that thorough gerontological evaluation requires a consideration of psychological as well as biological and social issues confronting the elderly client. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPeldEvl.rtf

Global Health Issues and Local Policies; Evaluating a Local Project
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This 30 page paper, including a 6 page annotated bibliography is an outline for a project of care for the elderly. The looks at a project in Canada for geriatric care and consider the project evaluating and examining the underlying theories of the way that the care is delivered. This includes the aim to increase quality of life and self determination. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
Filename: TEhealtm.wps

H.R. 5 - Malpractice Reform Legislation:
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of this legislation as well as an annotated bibliography of 12 sources relating to this topic. Furthermore, this paper provides an overview of the findings in the literature. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: GSMalleg.rtf

Haddon's Matrix
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7 pages in length. According to Haddon's Matrix, injuries are caused by a combination circumstances and pre-existing conditions, also termed a chain of events. By employing the matrix as a means by which to identify causative factors for a local injury problem, the student will readily understand how this particular method is quite effective as a conceptual framework by way of Haddon's three phases: pre-event, event and post-event in conjunction with the three factors of human, vehicle (product) and environmental. The writer applies Haddon's Matrix to nursing injuries. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: TLCHadon.rtf

Health Care Finance
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of some central questions regarding health care finance and the development of accounting practices in health care organizations. This paper integrates a view of variations in accounting practices and the impacts of for-profit and non-profit status. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MHHMONur.rtf

Health Promotion Plans for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs): The Role of Nurses and Health Care Practitioners
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This is a 5 page paper discussing health promotion plan for STDs in small and large communities. Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are a global as well as local concern for health care providers. In addition to guidelines and fact sheets about the prevalence, treatment and symptoms of STDs provided by the World Health Organization, national and local organizations are developing plans for the prevention of STDs through the education of the public provided mainly through health care facilities, centers and providers. Nurses play a dominant role in regards to health promotion in communities as many are involved not only in the larger centers such as hospital settings in which they will come in contact with patients with STDs but nurses also promote education in smaller communities through awareness programs for the schools, local centers and physician practices. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TJnrole1.rtf

Health Promotion: Community Obesity
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A 10 page discussion of intervention for obesity on an individual, family and community level. Advances in medical knowledge and healthcare technology have resulted in ever-increasing life expectancies in developed nations. Paradoxically, increase in rates of obesity threatens continuation of that trend. Obesity is a direct risk factor for diabetes and coronary heart disease, and it continues to increase despite efforts to educate the public against it. The paper uses Gorin and Arnold’s (1998) Health Promotion Matrix for the community plan. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSnursHlthPromObe.rtf

Healthcare by Nurses in a Forensic Mental Health Setting
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6 pages. Within the field of forensic mental health there are many different approaches used to educate the nursing staff. These approaches focus on developing awareness, skill and competence in intercultural care. This paper describes programs used in the education of nurses that are involved in patient care in the field of forensic mental health as regards to different ethnic groups. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: JGAfnrsg.rtf

Heart Disease:
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This 5 page paper discusses the symptoms, risk factors, and treatments of heart disease. Furthermore, prevention is detailed in this paper in regards to exercise, diet, tests, etc. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: GSHeartd.rtf

Helping the Carers of Stroke Patients
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This 4 page paper considers how a nurse may use a participatory action research (PAR) framework to design the first cycle of a program to help spouses of stroke patients adapt to their new role as carers and meet the needs of the stroke patient. The bibliography cites 3 sources.
Filename: TEstrokc.rtf