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A nursing home is a facility for the residential care of older people, senior citizens, or disabled people. Nursing homes may also be referred to as care...

Respite may last a few hours up to several days (the latter being done by placing the primary person being cared for in a nursing home or inpatient hospice...

Critical care nursing is the field of nursing with a focus on the utmost care of the critically ill or unstable patients following extensive injury, surgery...

and other health care needs with their activities of daily living (ADLs). UAPs also provide bedside care—including basic nursing procedures—all under...

Ambulatory care nursing is the nursing care of patients who receive treatment on an outpatient basis, ie they do not require admission to a hospital for...

in oncology further than the typical baccalaureate nursing program provides. Oncology nursing care can be defined as meeting the various needs of oncology...

Team nursing is a system of integrated care that was developed in 1950s (under grant from W.K. Kellogg Foundation) directed by Eleanor Lambertson at Teachers...

Pediatric nursing is part of the nursing profession, specifically revolving around the care of neonates and children up to adolescence. The word, pediatrics...

Primary nursing is a system of nursing care delivery that emphasizes continuity of care and responsibility acceptance by having one registered nurse (RN)...

public health care institution (SPZOZ) - a state unit or subordinate to local government individual medical practice - private medical or nursing practice...

degrees in nursing, the other two being the research degree PhD and the Doctor of Nursing Science. The DNP program may include clinical/residency hours as well...

director of nursing (DON) is a registered nurse who supervises the care of all the patients at a health care facility. The director of nursing has special...

Emergency nursing is a specialty within the field of professional nursing focusing on the care of patients who require prompt medical attention to avoid...

Home health is a nursing specialty in which nurses provide multidimensional home care to patients of all ages. Home health care is a cost efficient way...

much of the United States and Canada, is a nurse who provides direct nursing care for people who are sick, injured, convalescent, or disabled. In the United...

with suitable care and treatments. People who want to become surgical nurses attend nursing school and specialize in surgical nursing. They are often...

increase to 21% and 36%. Gerontology nursing is a unique field in nursing which requires nurses to focus their care on older population. This population...

missed aspects of nursing care. An indicator of an excessive workload correlates with missed nursing care and activities. Missed care and activities may...

4 million Americans live in a nursing home, two-thirds of whom rely on Medicaid to pay for their care. Residential nursing facilities receive Medicaid federal...

pursuit of the care for one's own well-being also comprises self-knowledge (gnōthi seauton). Later on, the self-care deficit nursing theory was developed...