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Papers On Health Care
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Community Assessment Based on the Self Care Deficit Nursing Theory: Implications for Atlantic County, New Jersey
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A 7 page overview of the concerns of a community assessment for health care concerns. Uses Atlantic County New Jersey as an example of a community with a number of health care concerns which are important in the self-care deficit theory. Provides statistical tables of the demographic, mortality, and disease factors impacting this area. Notes that sexually transmitted diseases and infant mortality are of particular concern. Emphasizes the importance of a hand in hand approach between health care provider and individual in overcoming these factors. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPnrsNJ.wps
Comparison and Contrast of Two Articles Discussing the “Medicare + Choice” Program
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This is an 8 page paper comparing two articles which discuss the “Medicare + Choice” program. Two articles pertaining to the “Medicare + Choice” program which was introduced in the Balance Budget Act (BBA) of 1997 assess the intentions, effectiveness and future prospects of the controversial program originally considered as risk-contracting. “As Good as it Gets? The Future of Medicare + Choice” (2002) by Nancy-Ann DeParle discusses the program from its original creation through to its current assessment in 2002. DeParle’s article is the most interesting because of the insider information DeParle can provide in regards to the political process as she was the Head of the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA) which was involved administratively from the onset. DeParle offers reasons for the initial intentions of the program, some of the major causes as to why the program has not lived up to expectation and lastly, what hopes and options there are for the program in the future. The second article “Medicare + Choice: Current Role and Near-Term Prospects” (2002) by Kenneth E. Thorpe and Adam Atherly, almost takes over where the DeParle article leaves off. Thorpe and Atherly do not necessarily cover the details as to the background of the program but more so the current state of the program and possible solutions for the future or maintenance of the program. The Thorpe and Atherly article provides a much more comprehensive statistical review of the current program and enrollment in addition to the expected results of any options in regards to the future of the program.
Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TJcompa1.rtf
Comparison Three Aging Theories
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This 6 page paper explains and compares three aging theories: Wear and Tear Theory, Free Radical Theory and Cross-Link Theory. The writer begins by explaining what the aging is and how it is defined by gerontologists. Each theory is then explained – the theory's founder, the major tenets, and criticisms of the theory. The writer then points to the commonalties of the theories and the basic difference between them. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGagth.rtf
Competent Care for a Patient: Enteral Feeding
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A 3 page paper which presents an
overview of adequate care for a patient who is receiving enteral feeding. Bibliography lists
2 sources.
Filename: RAcrcare1.wps
Competently Care for a Patient: Post Bypass Surgery
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A 3 page paper which presents
a critical analysis of competently caring for a patient who is deteriorating and whose blood
pressure is dropping following bypass surgery. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: RAcrcare3.wps
Competently Supporting Relatives of Patient in Critical Care
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A 3 page paper which
presents a critical care set-up for relatives of patient's in critical care. Bibliography lists 2
sources.
Filename: RAcrcare2.wps
Compliance of Care in Adolescent Diabetic Patients
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A five page paper which looks at the issues surrounding compliance of care in the treatment regimes of adolescent diabetics and ways in which they can be encouraged to manage their own medication programs.
Bibliography lists 16 sources
Filename: JLdiab.wps
Computerized Tomography Scans (CT) and the Diagnosis of Appendicitis
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A 10 page discussion of the diagnostic procedures which are preferred for acute appendicitis. The author compares the value of collecting a detailed clinical history and symptoms with that of more elaborate tests such as computerized Tomography. The contention is presented that although CT offers some advantages in some cases, it all too often results in a time sink which compromises patient welfare. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PPappend.rtf
Concern for the Present and Future: Healthcare
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A 5 page paper discussing uneasy changes in access to healthcare. An old saying holds that “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” That old saying appears to be operational in the health care industry, as increasing numbers of people are left without insurance but do not qualify for government programs or assistance. Health care formerly was only for those who could afford it; unless we make changes in the existing health care infrastructure, we could be headed there again. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KShlthCareFut.rtf
Conflict Resolution -- the Nurse and the Assistant
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This 4 page essay discusses a
hypothetical situation in which a nurse and a health care assistant have a conflict while
working in a hospital ICU. Issues related to conflict resolution, communication, and
cooperation are discussed. No reference sources are used.
Filename: BWhcaicu
Continuing Medical Education
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A 16 page paper providing an overview of the current state of continuing education for physicians. Not only medicine has changed in today’s world, however, so has all of education. Continuing medical education (CME) holds promise today that never existed in the past. The paper discusses characteristics of adult learners; new approaches to interactive learning; patient outcome; changes in physician behavior resulting from CME; and implications of commercial (i.e., pharmaceutical company) involvement. The paper also includes proposed changes in accreditation of commercially-supported programs current in 2003. Bibliography lists 19 sources.
Filename: KSmedContEdu.rtf
