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Papers On Health
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Breast Cancer Examination
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This 3 page paper provides an overview of a case study of an indivdiual with the potential diagnosis of breast cancer. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHBreastCCSt.rtf
Breast Cancer in African American Women:
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This 10 page paper discusses the problem of breast cancer in terms of the African American population. A thorough analysis of the problem, clinical management, evaluation of outcomes and a brief teaching plan are included. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: GSAfrcan.rtf
Breast Cancer Risk
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A 3 page research paper that offers an summary and analysis of a study that addressed breast cancer risk. Vainshtein (2008) conducted an informative study that summarized and evaluated previous research on breast cancer risk, with a focus on the role of socioeconomic status (SES). This study begins by clearly stating the problem, which is that the high incidence of breast cancer among American women. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khbcris.rtf
Breast Cancer, Australia Focus
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An 8 page paper discussing this growing threat to women’s health. The incidence of breast cancer is increasing worldwide, particularly in developed nations. The purpose here is to provide an overview of the disease and to comment on what the changes in incidence and research mean for nursing and patient care. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: KSnursBreastCa.rtf
Breast Cancer: Article Reviews
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Written as a tutorial, this 5 page paper reviews three journal articles regarding breast cancer treatment. One article addresses the effects of adjuvant therapy; one addresses uncertainty experiences of women living with breast cancer after they have had treatment; and the last one looked at the ways women cope after being diagnosed and having had treatment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PGcanc.wps
Breast Feeding / Benefits, Misconceptions & Challenges To Public Health
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A 10 page paper that provides an overview of the findings in the current health literature related to the issue of breast feeding, reflects the benefits over bottle feeding, and then considers the implications of misconceptions and health issues for public health. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: Brfeed.doc
Breast Feeding and Infant Development
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A 4 page discussion of the advantages of breastfeeding. The author asserts breast feeding is superior to
bottle feeding. Breast feeding provides an infant advantages in immunological immunity, and respiratory and gastroentological health. Breast
feeding provides for optimal physical and mental development in infants. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPbrstF2.rtf
Breast Feeding: Why Some Women Stop Early and How Nurses Can Encourage
Continuation
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A 5 page paper which examines why some women stop breast feeding
earlier than others. The paper also examines how nurses can help women nurse longer.
Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAbrstfd.rtf
Breast Implants
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10 pages discussing and comparing the dangers between saline and silicone breast implants. Bibliography lists 10+ sources.
Filename: Breastim.wps
Breastfeeding
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A 2.5 page paper which examines the benefits of breastfeeding. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGbreast1.rtf
BREASTFEEDING VS. BOTTLE FEEDING: ATTITUDES AMONG WOMEN IN KUWAIT
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This 4-page paper presents a proposal to initiate a study about attitudes toward breastfeeding among women in Kuwait. Included in this paper are a proposed study mechanism and methodology as well as a literature review. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTbrebot.rtf
Breastfeeding: Nutrition for the First Year of Life
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An 8 page paper which discusses
various aspects of nutrition for the first year of an infant's life, focusing on breastfeeding.
The paper examines breastfeeding for the first year of life, and focuses on breastfeeding of
the premature infant. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: RAbreast.doc
British Policy And The NHS
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5 pages in length. The political problem facing British government is to contain costs while at the same time improving quality and ensuring access to care. Analyzing this objective brings to bear three primary issues that directly pertain to the National Health Service (NHS) policy: cost, quality and access. Has the labor government fulfilled its promises for NHS since 1997? Clearly, one can readily surmise from various reports on the subject that the policies implemented as a means by which to target cost, quality and access have not been completely beneficial based upon the allocated time and money dedicated to this particular section of government policy. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLC_NHS.wps
Brushing Teeth without the Use of a Dominant Hand
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This 3 page paper examines the process of brushing teeth in a step by step process looking at the difficulties and challenges that may be present when an individual may not have use of their dominant hand.
Filename: TEbrushte.rtf
Buchanan County
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10 pages in length. This is a paper specific to the student's specifications and will not benefit anyone else. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLCbuchancoun.rtf
Budget Concerns and Nurse Managers
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A 5 page paper which discusses the effects of
dealing with budget cuts and restructuring while still managing day to day operations as a
nurse manager. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RArnbdgt.wps
BUDGET CUTS AND MEDICAID ANALYSIS
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This 3-page paper focuses on a fictitious situation in which the manager of a rural medical clinic must decide what services to add/cut in the face of a departmental budget cut. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTmedicana.rtf
Budget Proposal and Justification for the Department of Health, Inspection, and Licensing in the Fictional town of Summitville, MA
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In 8 pages, the author explains how to propose and justify a budget for a fictional urban community. No sources cited.
Filename: PCcb.wps
Building Competence Through Training, Experience and Reflection
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A 6 page paper discussing the need to link experience and reflection in achieving practical competence. Formal training provides the technical knowledge needed to provide competent care in the psychiatric setting, but formal training also can be seen as only the beginning point of building competence. Experience and reflection on that experience are critical factors. Training allows the new nurse to provide technically competent care, but full competence and greatest effectiveness emerges only when the nurse is able to combine experience and reflection on that experience with basic and ongoing training. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KSnursMedMenHlth.rtf
Building Competence Through Training, Experience and Reflection: Administering Medication in the Hospital Setting
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A 7 page paper discussing the origins and prevention of medication error in the clinical setting. The paper concludes that experience and reflection can and do teach much, but experience’s accumulation of knowledge should not be at the expense of practice of “the basics.” The competent practitioner needs to ensure that s/he remains grounded in the basics while yet increasing and expanding on knowledge of new approaches and technologies. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: KSnursMedAdmRef.rtf
Bulimia
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This 12 page paper considers the impact of bulimia. Bulimia is one of the two most prominent eating disorders and includes both problematic binge eating and purging, in which a person utilizes vomiting or the use of laxatives to eliminate the excess food. This problem has resulted in an increase in the number of inpatient services for eating disorders. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: MHBulim2.rtf
Bulimia and Body Image
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This 5 page paper looks at the concept of body image as it pertains to Bulimia. The concept of body image is explored in depth in general, and related to the disorder as well. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: SA124bul.rtf
Burn Victims
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A 4 pages research paper on properly treating and caring for burn victims -- suffering from varying degrees of burn. Bibliography lists three sources.
Filename: Burnvict.wps
Burnout
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A 6 page research paper that defines and summarize research pertaining to burnout in general and not just within the nursing field. The writer argues that examination of the research and theory pertaining to stress and burnout, leads to a more comprehensive understanding of this topic, and can aid in formulation of strategies that can help prevent burnout in nurses. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khbrnou2.rtf
Burnout In Nursing
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This 5 page paper discusses what burnout is, the causes of burnout and some strategies for reducing one's vulnerability to burnout. Research studies are also reported. Burnout is a national epidemic and even more prevalent in helping professions such as nursing. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Nursburn.wps
CA Prison Health Care/Article Analysis
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A 5 page article critique that examines a research study performed by Murphy (2005), which examines the quality level of healthcare in 4 federal prisons. The researcher finds healthcare to be sorely lacking in this qualitative study. The writer critiques the study and compares the data to several outside sources. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khfmc.rtf
California Nurse-Patient Ratios
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A 5 page paper including a 2-page brochure, discussing the effects of California's nurse-patient ratio law that became fully effective in January 2008. Whatever hospitals eventually do to cope with the changes mandated by the nurse-patient ratio law likely will serve to slow rates of cost increases. In the meantime, the law enables nurses to be nurses, and promotes better patient outcomes. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSnursCAratioBro.rtf
Calling an Ambulance/Article Critique
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A 4 page article critique that first summarizes the study sample, method and findings and then offers evaluation of the research method and the study's applicability to further research. This critique examines the study conducted by Ahl, Nystrom and Jansson (2006) who investigated ambulance use in southern Sweden. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khambcri.rtf
CalorieKingTM Diet Plan
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A 5 page paper describing and assessing the value of the CalorieKing Diet Plan. This is a plan developed by a dietician and one that has been in existence for a generation. It focuses on behavior change and sound nutrition throughout the 13-week guided instruction to weight loss and encourages exercise. Its only shortcoming is that the dieter may not consume all of the nutrients required on a daily basis. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KShlthNutCalKing.rtf
Can Euthanasia Help the Terminally Ill?
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This 5 page paper considers how euthanasia may aid terminally ill patients both by its’ availability and its’ use. The writer considers the arguments for and against euthanasia and how this may impact on those suffering. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEhelpte.rtf
Can Markets Give Us The Healthcare We Want?
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5 pages in length.
This paper considers the fact that today, especially in health
care, the status quo is changing dramatically. People in the
healthcare profession realize that while above-and-beyond
performance might help them hold onto their current jobs, they
are skeptical that opportunities for advancement exist along the
well-defined pathways of the past as this paper explains.
Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: JGAtrice.wps
Can Markets Give Us The Healthcare We Want?
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6 pages in length.
This paper considers the fact that today, especially in health
care, the status quo is changing dramatically. People in the
healthcare profession realize that while above-and-beyond
performance might help them hold onto their current jobs, they
are skeptical that opportunities for advancement exist along the
well-defined pathways of the past as this paper explains.
Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: JGAtrice2.wps
Can The Effects Of Lifestyle Stresses And Its Link To GI Cancer Be Reversed?
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4 pages in length. The importance of the phenomenon of interest is the manner by which it establishes a path upon which a truer, more accurate appraisal can be acquired from the research process. The extent to which the phenomenon of interest positively impacts healthcare is both grand and far-reaching; that the very essence of phenomenography is to uncover greater clarity speaks to the advantageous components it inherently possesses where healthcare is concerned. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCGICancer.rtf
Canadian Healthcare: Factors Adding Up to Failure and Attempts at Resolution
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A 10 page discussion of the many challenges facing the Canadian health care system, challenges which are translating into a deleterious impact to patient welfare. Contends that although the system is characterized by a rapidly changing technology and more complex nursing needs little is being accomplished toward addressing those needs. Indeed, the present climate of fiscal restraint which exists across Canada has resulted in an increased use of unregulated health care workers in a variety of health care settings. These unregulated workers have been employed as cost saving measures but are perceived by many as having contributed to degraded health care environment. Suggests that a better approach might be to encompass these workers under the oversight of the professionals who have served as the backbone of Canada's health care system for generations. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPcanHlt.wps
Canadian Nursing Shortage
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A 4 page research paper that explores the nursing shortage, focusing on Canada. There is a worldwide nursing shortage that is seriously affecting healthcare and healthcare in Canada is deeply affected. The nursing shortage in Canada is expected to worsen over the course of the next decade. Already the number of registered nurses (RNs) working in rural areas of the country has decreased from 65.2 per 10,000 in population in 1994 to 62.3 in 2000 (Belkus and MacLeod, 2004). This examination of the nursing shortage focuses on Canada and the key contextual factors that influence this crisis, as well as barriers and potential strategies to resolution. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khcanrns.rtf
Canadian Nursing Shortage
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A 6 page research paper that discusses the shortage of nurses in Canada and the factors that affect this situation. This literature review examines the Canadian nursing shortage from various analytical perspectives and then offers strategies for possible solutions to this major health care problem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khcanush.rtf
Canadian Nursing Values/Code of Ethics
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A 6 page research paper that discusses ethical dilemmas, the Canadian Nurses' Association Ethics Code, and various scenarios of ethical dilemmas. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khcnaeth.rtf
Cancer and Diet
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the role of nutrition in the treatment of cancer. Both liver and colon cancer are the focus of this paper which provides information of recent studies on prevention as well. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA14Cncr.wps
Cancer and Treatment
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A 6 page paper that provides an overview of cancer and cancer treatments. This paper looks at two specific types of cancer, lung sarcoma and leukemia and determines the effectiveness of treatment processes for both. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Cancer2.wps
Cancer Cachexia and the Nutritional needs of Acutely Ill Cancer
Patients
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This 6 page report discusses a horrific condition with
virtually no positive outcomes known as cachexia. Cachexia is
characterized by a dramatic loss of triglycerides from adipose
tissue and proteins from skeletal muscle. Although it
superficially resembles starvation, it is virtually immune to
nutritional intervention. It is a complex syndrome and accounts
for nearly a third of cancer deaths. Cachexia is characterized by
weight loss, anorexia, weakness, anemia, and asthenia.
Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWcachex.rtf