Introduction Around the globe, the advent of large-scale technology implementation in health care has begun. ... Telemedicine is broadly defined as the provision of health care services across some distance (Greenberg, 2000). ... Inmates now receive health care services through telemedicine (Strode, Gutske & Allen, 1999). ... The Internet may represent the next great frontier for health care (Coile, 2000). ... Telemedicine has begun to impact many aspects of health care in developing countries. ...

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According to Watson (1998), human caring involves a will and a commitment to care. It also involves knowledge, caring actions and consequences. Caring is the essence of holistic nursing (nursing the whole person). ... This is because holistic nursing moves beyond disease management and requires that the nurse and patient collaborate towards health. Forsythe (1998), explains that all of human caring is related to inter-subjective human response to health and illness, environmental, personal interaction, a knowledge of the nursing caring process, self knowledge, knowledge of one's power...

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Introduction Living in a new generation and advanced technology is where we are focusing in combating diseases and other health problems that people encounter in everyday life. ... In assessing lifestyle of a patient, health care providers have also the responsibility to care for the patient's lifestyles. As nurses, we are the primary health care providers to patients, we need to guide the patients in their unhealthy lifestyle because in the latter years of life will be the product of being unhealthy in the early stages of life. ... Together, I will render a true quality health care and f...

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First and foremost, the quality of care being provided to patients is declining due to the fact that there are not as many nurses to care for the patient appropriately. ... This program teaches individuals in the workforce how to properly handle difficult situations, and educate them on how to avoid the sources of stress, the health effects of stress, and how to alleviate stress from their lives through ways of time management & relaxation skills. ... Enduring stress once in a while is not as harmful to one's health as compared to enduring stress daily. ... Enduring all of these physical ...

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The scopes of practice help us as professional nurses to safely work with and delegate to other health professionals such as licensed practical nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel. ... State of Michigan Public Health Code (Excerpt) Act 368 of 1978 I was able to find three excerpts in the nursing section of the Michigan Public Health Code that pertain to registered nurses. ... Section one of this excerpt talks about the fact that one may not practice as a registered nurse unless they are licensed or otherwise authorized ("Public Health Code (Excerpt) Act 368 of 1978", 1978). ... S...

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THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND INTRODUCTION The profession of nursing is a combination of art and science dominated by the idea of service in which certain principles are applied in the skillful care of the sick or health education of the healthy with an appropriate relationship with the patient, the physician, and the whole health team. It also has equal concerns regarding prevention of illness, care of the dying, and conservation of health. Skillful care is required to maintain the indivisibility of the human being, which is the basis of holistic health - an approach that considers the ...

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At first she was taught by the family's governesses, but later on her father took on the role of taking care of his daughters' education. ... In hopes of regaining her health and her spiritual life back, Florence traveled to Rome, Italy. ... Then, in 1853, Liz Herbert, Florence's friend from Rome, recommended Florence as the new superintendent at the Institution for the Care of Sick Gentlewomen in London. ... Finally, the doctors noticed how amazing Florence and the nurses' work truly was and allowed them to care for the patients and assist the doctors. ...

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Elderly people enter nursing homes when they need extra care. ... When the nurse in charge of taking care of her didn't provide the care and treatment Ms. ... Disgustingly enough, the case doesn't even mention then name of the nurse taking care of Ms. ... Nevertheless, some might claim that each company should be in charge of all their employees that should not be the case when it's a company that is dealing with the health of other human beings. ... That is why people are hired with the background and internal tools to care for the elderly people who enter the facility. ...

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