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his dissertation (Shin, 2013). The topic or purpose of the article concerns the correlation between the nursing staff at nursing homes and the quality of life patients acquire by living there. The author of the article investigates the relationship and gathers information to locate results that can provide intervention and improve the quality of life for nursing home patients. The author stated, “As health care providers, it is necessary to determine all potential and culturally sensitive…

In order to know what nursing home to admit your love one to, you should also know the problems that exist. Let me first define what elder abuse it because it may range from person to person. Today the definition I will use is that elder abuse is an “intentional actions that cause…

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is transferred to a skilled nursing facility (SNF) for rehabilitation. After a 30-day stay at the SNF, she is still unable to return home due to the severity of her disability. She transitions to a nursing home for custodial care, where she remains for the next 3-months. After this time passes, she becomes well enough to go home,…

Nurse-Patient Communication, Interdisciplinary Communication and Patient Safety Tenia Madison Ohio University Communication is a vital aspect in nursing practice that influences patient outcomes. Communication is dependent upon the patient-clinician relationship that allows for open communication to consider all aspects to provide the best care (Paget et al., 2011). Nurses utilize different techniques and methods to achieve effective communication. The purpose of this paper is to…

Smart home system refers to the use of computer and information technology to control home appliances and features (such as windows or lighting). Systems can range from simple remote control of lighting through to complex computer/micro-controller based networks with varying degrees of intelligence and automation. Smart home system is adopted for reasons of ease, security and energy efficiency. In modern construction in industrialized nations, most homes have been wired for electrical power,…

It's game day. I was as nervous as a mouse surrounded by a cat. My 13-year-old baseball team was playing the team that won the championship two years in a row. I kind of thought we all were nervous because if we lost that meant we go home and nobody wanted to go home. Since I was awake early in the morning I thought I should do my daily routine of stretching and eating my oatmeal and salad. Since our game was later that day like a night game I just did a few sit ups and push ups to keep myself…

I played sophomore baseball for Senior over the summer. It was the best season I've ever had as a Dubuque Senior High School baseball player. I was the pitcher on the team, also known as the "Ace". Before the last couple of games we had an anonymous team vote on which award people should get. At the end of the season we had a potluck with the varsity team and the sophomore team. Everyone showed up with haircuts and their parents. When I got there I just saw everyone in a circle talking to each…

An elderly woman looks across the room to her spouse, finding him smiling back. His soft skin is now creased by age, one for every smile, one for every laugh, and one for every tear through the years of their marriage. His frail frame is covered by a hospital gown that is barely visible underneath the blankets covering his body. There is silence except for the hissing of a machine filling his lungs with oxygen. Suddenly a soft knock resonates on the wood of the door before a shorter woman walks…

I slipped my feet into my dirt filled cleats and tied the old crusty laces. I heard the thud of a baseball hitting someone’s mitt as my teammates began to play catch and start our warm up routine. I could feel the crunching of dirt from my cleats as I trotted out to my usual position of second base. I fielded the ground balls thrown by our first basemen and heard the classic yelling of, “Coming down!” from our catcher as he threw the ball down to me covering second base. We threw the ball around…