Academic papers on Medicine, Medical Issues, & Pharmacy

Residents
An 11 page paper discussing traditional and newer approaches to pain management among the elderly, specifically those confined to nursing homes. The paper includes discussion of Neuman
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Historiographical Review: The Woman Doctor
6 pages. A historiographical review explains not only the theme of certain books but also explains the inner meaning of the times in which it was written. The author also puts a personal aspect on the subject that should be taken into consideration...
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The Role of Nursing in Removing Patient Barriers to Pain Management
A 5 page paper which examines the problem of patient barriers to pain management, considers nurse
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Concept Development: Autonomy in Nursing Homes
A 10 page paper discussing the benefits of greater patient autonomy in the nursing home setting and methods of achieving it. Almost any measure that can improve nursing home residents
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Use of Physical Restraints in Nursing Practice
An 8 page research paper that investigates the issue of whether or not to use physical restraints on a patient. The writer offers a literature review on this topic and discusses professional guidelines that indicate when this is appropriate....
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Huntington's Disease
6 pages in length. Huntington's Disease, a genetically programmed degeneration of brain cells named after Dr. George Huntington's discovery, impacts only certain parts of the brain. Isolated in 1872, these neurons cause uncontrolled psychological...
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Entamoeba histolytica: Description, History, and Etiology of an Organism Associated with Infectious Diarrhea and Dysentery
A 5 page overview of this single-celled eukaryote, a common parasite among all classes of vertebrates, several invertebrates, and quite possibly a variety of unicellular organisms. This paper provides a morphological description of the organism, an...
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Palliative Care for the Terminally Ill: Ethical Considerations
A 10 page discussion of the ethics behind palliative care for the terminally ill. The author contends that palliative care for the terminally ill is a specialized field of medicine which is slowly emerging in step with certain changes in our...
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Nursing: Taking Research to Practice
A 5 page paper providing the results of interviews with three nursing home nurses and their perceptions on why research findings are not more frequently put into active practice. Nurses of varying experience have found that research based on the...
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Nursing Theory Questions
Five pages discussing two questions about the value of studying nursing theory, plus short descriptions of the theories of Orem, Roy, Neuman, Rogers, King, and Johnson. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Massage Therapy
A 10 page paper that offers a comprehensive overview of massage therapy beginning with an introduction and short history of this alternative treatment approach. Different massage techniques as well as models are described. Research studies,...
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Medical Sensors
8 pages in length. Inasmuch as technological diversification within the medical community has allowed humanity to pursue goals and dreams once thought to be an impossibility, there seem to be fewer and fewer limits placed upon what mankind can...
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Cervical Disk Disease
A 5 page paper discussing dysfunction of the disks of the C2
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Questions: Research Methods and Validity
A 6 page paper answering four questions centered on research considerations, particularly as they apply to nursing. Subjects include the value of qualitative as well as quantitative research; avoiding bias; and the purpose of the hypothesis. ...
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Pre-eclampsia/Pregnancy Induced Hypertension
A 5 page research paper that investigates pre-eclampsia and particularly how this disorder of pregnant women is typically diagnosed by pregnancy-induced hypertension. The writer reports on nursing management practice for this disorder. Bibliography...
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