Alzheimer’s disease does more than rob people of their memories; people with Alzheimer’s actually experience two different kinds of symptoms. The first, which are referred to as cognitive symptoms, disrupt memory, language and thinking. The second, known as behavioral and psychiatric symptoms, can cause personality changes and agitation.
Many people with Alzheimer’s and their families find [...]

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in the elderly. This condition is characterized by a progressive loss of memory, deterioration of virtually all intellectual functions, increased apathy, decreased speech function, disorientation, and gait irregularities. It is also one of the best known and important of all degenerative diseases. It is a condition [...]

Definition/Purpose:
Provide direct patient care to patients of the Wassaja Memorial Health Center.
Essential Functions:
Essential functions may include the following tasks, knowledge, skills, and other characteristics.
This list is ILLUSTRATIVE ONLY, and is not a comprehensive listing of all functions and tasks performed by positions in this class.
Tasks:
Assesses patients requesting medical service; determines nature of illness/need; provides information [...]

Waiting in your doctor’s office can make you feel nervous, impatient, or even scared. You might worry about what’s wrong with you. You might feel annoyed because you’re not getting other things done. Then when you see your doctor or nurse, the visit seems to be so short. You might have only a few minutes [...]

What is the Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Student Stipend?
The Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Student Stipend is financial assistance that is provided to students pursuing their MS degree or post-master’s certificate as a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP).
Stipend recipients agree to work as a PMHNP in publicly-funded community mental health services facility in California after graduation. [...]

Since the current nurse shortage began in the late 1990s, the number of private, for profit international recruiting companies specializing in bringing foreign-educated nurses (FENs) to the United States has grown by almost 10-fold. The expansion came after several decades characterized by what recruiters term “a cozy niche” of about 30 to 40 companies. Today, [...]

The Institute of Medicine, in 2001, declared that: “the American health care system is in need of a fundamental change.” Their report identified significant changes in health care requirements for our nation. For many decades, the focus of health care has been on the management of acute episodic illness. Now, the requirements of our population [...]

Description of the Service
Maternal Care Skilled Nurse Home Visits assess and treat pregnant women who have one or more of the high-risk medical conditions specified below.
Eligible Recipients
2.1 General Provisions Medicaid recipients may have service restrictions due to their eligibility category that would make them ineligible for this service.
2.2 Limitations
Pregnant women who receive Medicaid and have [...]

The Master of Science degree in Family Practice prepares nurses for an advanced practice role with families across the developmental stages of the life span This includes the childbearing and child rearing years, the mid life family and the older adult years.
This program prepares the advanced practice nurse to focus on the management of health [...]

In Health Care Financial Management for Nurse Managers, Dunham- Taylor and Pinczuk have developed a comprehensive reference for nurse managers and nursing administrators interested in connecting “caring” and “quality” patient-care delivery with efficient and effective financial strategies. According to the authors, “Every management decision has financial implications and every financial decision has management implications.”
The introduction [...]