Jean Watson & Holistic Nursing
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Jean Watson has played a major role in determining the link between nursing identity and holistic healing, and has supported the integration of a new vision of nursing process within the profession. This 5 page paper considers the role of Jean Watson in asserting a holistic model for nursing and then relates this vision to a philosophy on holistic care. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Paper Title: Jean Watson & Holistic Nursing

Physical Therapy: Health Trends
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8 pages in length. Within the world of physical wellness, there are two very different approaches to the same goal: holistic and allopathic. The two vastly diverse programs offered around the world provide similar benefits; however, it is the road taken to achieve these benefits that greatly differ. Allopathic medicine is geared more toward the traditional, pharmaceutical therapy that has sustained throughout the centuries. Holistic medicine, on the other hand, utilizes a whole body, noninvasive approach to aid in the body's recuperation. Granted, both entities have their specific place within the innerworkings of overall wellness, yet their diversity maintains them as separate practices. The writer discusses that current trends, however, are showing a voluntary merging of the two applications to work toward a comprehensive approach to physical therapy. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCphys.wps
Paper Title: Physical Therapy: Health Trends

Review of 'Awakening the Nurse Healer Within'
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A 4 page paper discussing the article by Carol Wells-Federman. The author presents solid reasons that the mainstream nurse need not view the holistic approach as something totally foreign or irreconcilable to the training received in order to gain the privilege of practicing nursing. In fact, she maintains that the standard approach to nursing always has been that of encouraging patient responsibility and offering suggestions that incorporate mind and spirit. She shows nurses how, though terminology differs, the approach is the same. She also encourages them to care for themselves in the same way. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSnurse2.wps
Paper Title: Review of 'Awakening the Nurse Healer Within'

Managed Health Care and Patient Freedom of Choice
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A 7 page overview of the impacts of managed health care to patient freedom of choice. Proposes that while managed health care is an apparent necessity, it should not completely overweigh patient freedom of choice. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Freechh.wps
Paper Title: Managed Health Care and Patient Freedom of Choice

GOVERNMENT, HEALTH CARE AND THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY
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This 5-page paper outlines the U.S. government's goals in a universal health care system, and also points out why the Hispanic population has a definite need for access to affordable health care. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MThisphc.rtf
Paper Title: GOVERNMENT, HEALTH CARE AND THE HISPANIC COMMUNITY

Hepatitus B Virus:
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This 6 page paper examines Hepatitis B as a serious disease that affects more than 1 million Americans, with about 140,000 more becoming infected each year. Liver function, viral transmission, and prevention are discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BBhepB.doc.
Paper Title: Hepatitus B Virus:

Cost-Effective Measures in the Clinical Health Care Practice
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This 11 page report discusses issues surround cost-effectiveness in the independent health care clinical practice. This writer asserts that a key component of cost-effective delivery of clinical health care is the implementation of a greater level of information coordination and that the ideals of cost effectiveness and excellent clinical care – are not mutually exclusive. In order for a clinical practice to provide cost-effective and quality health care, it must implement the tools and practices of the most successful businesses. Such efforts can be made in harmony with the unique qualities, general strategic planning efforts, and goals of the practice itself. Patient care and clinician integrity will not suffer because the practice is also an efficient business. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWcost.rtf
Paper Title: Cost-Effective Measures in the Clinical Health Care Practice

Gulf War Syndrome - What Is the U.S. Going To Do About It?
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A 6 page paper examining the Persian Gulf Syndrome and how it has affected thousands of American families. An overview of the Gulf war is presented and details of the syndrome itself - symptoms, epidemiology, treatment - are discussed as is the issues surrounding a possible return to the Gulf by U.S. troops. Bibliography lists five sources.
Filename: Gulfsynd.wps
Paper Title: Gulf War Syndrome - What Is the U.S. Going To Do About It?

Stress & Sufferers Of Gulf War Syndrome
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A 5 page paper discussing the role of stress in the cause and treatment of veterans suffering with Gulf War Syndrome. Stress is as much of a disease for humans as any other pathogen. Bibliography lists seven sources.
Filename: Saddhuss.wps
Paper Title: Stress & Sufferers Of Gulf War Syndrome

Fire Fighting Personal Equipment
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A 5 page paper that presents the equipment commonly utilized by fire fighters and demonstrates the regulation of this equipment to provide the greatest safety for the user. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Firef.wps
Paper Title: Fire Fighting Personal Equipment