CULTURAL COMPETENCY CASE STUDY: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND MENINGITIS
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This 7 page paper discusses meningitis and how to implement a health education and immunization program on a college campus by the nursing professional. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Cultural Concerns for EMS Workers
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A 6 page paper which discusses cultural concerns and differences that EMS workers may encounter. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Customer Service in a Medical Practice
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5 pages. This paper explains how to improve customer service in a medical practice. By defining the opportunity statement and the steps needed to initiate action, a medical practice can give quality customer satisfaction. Anticipated obstacles and how to overcome them are also considered as well as a projected success rate of the plan. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Defining the Nursing Contribution to Patient Outcome
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An 11 page exploration of the relationship which exists between nursing contribution and patient outcome. The author of this paper asserts a more and more predominant theme in nursing is the nurse’s one-on-one interaction with the patient and the consideration of such factors as culture and even spiritualism in patient care delivery. While at one time nursing was a discipline which concentrated primarily on the science of human anatomy and physiology, nursing has evolved to a discipline which recognizes not only the hard scientific facts of physiology but also the importance of psychological and sociological factors. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Dental Phobias: Reasons to Seek Therapy
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A 7 page discussion of the reasons behind dental phobias and the methodologies for treatment of those phobias. Outlines the sometimes gruesome history of dentistry and the reputation which it has incurred as a result of that history. Discusses early experiences at the dentist office which result in phobias of future visits. Emphasizes that phobias are not a reason to ignore needed dental procedure. Concludes that ignoring the problem is not a guarantee that it will disappear nor is it a guarantee that a relatively easy-to-treat condition will not progress into a potentially life threatening condition, or at the least a very serious condition, if left untreated. Dental phobias are not an excuse for avoiding the dentist office. Instead, they are a reason to seek out appropriate counseling. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
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Development of a Patient and Relationship to the Coping and Treatment of Illness
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This 6 page paper looks at the stages of identity development as identified by Erik Erikson, and then applies them to a case stud looking at the influencing factors on a patient who is suffering from cancer at a young age. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Diabetic Eye Disease: Psychosocial Impact
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10 pages in length. Diabetes is perhaps one of the most debilitating and dangerous diseases known to mankind; however, it is just as silent and invisible as a burglar in the dead of night. This chronic disease can affect anyone at any time of his or her life, significantly damaging kidney function, eyesight and having the very real potential of causing limb amputation. Indeed, one can readily surmise that adjusting to such vast dietary and energy modifications is enough to address; however, when one loses one's eyesight to the ravages of diabetes, the psychosocial ramifications can become overwhelming. Coming to terms with potentially blindness is not an easy task, no matter if one is in adulthood or at the onset of old age. For the elderly, the aspect of diabetic eye disease presents a dual meaning, in that on the one hand it means life without vision, while on the other it indicates yet another indication of the body's desire to shut down for good. Indeed, coming to terms with this dichotomy can play havoc upon the elderly individual's already-fragile state of mind. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Disease Control in the Summer Camp/Day Care Situation: Escherichia coli
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A 6 page discussion of the potential impacts of Escherichia coli in the summer camp/day care situation. Describes the epidemiology of the disease, emphasizing the 1994 outbreak at a Virginia summer camp which affected a total of twenty children and counselors. Outlines the importance of preventative measures in food storage, preparation, and serving as well as personal hygiene and such organizational concerns as clean drinking water and swimming areas. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Disease Management Proposal For National Health System
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This 12 page paper presents a proposal for a study focused on disease management programs with the purpose of inclusion within the National Health System strategy. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Distance Learning in Continuing Medical Education
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A 10 page discussion of the need for, and benefits of continued education in the medical arena. Promotes the usefulness of distance learning in completing continued education programs, comparing the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning to more traditional classroom-based approaches. Notes the trend toward distance learning is one which has been promoted by advancements in communication technology as well as by changes in our personal and business time commitments. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Diversity in Nursing
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This 5 page report discusses the fact that even though all professions benefit from expanded diversity within the realms of its practice but this is especially true in one of the “helping professions” such as nursing in which a remarkably diverse group of people serve as the focus for the skills of that particular profession. Nursing serves as an excellent example of the important ways in which the “diversity” of caregivers relates to the diversity of those for whom they care. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Dorothy E. Johnson's Theories on Nursing
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This 3 page report briefly discusses the basic precepts of Dorothy E. Johnson (1919-99) in terms of nursing theory. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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