Virginia Henderson argued that, “the nurse’s goal is to assist the patient to become complete, whole, or independent” [30]. While nurses follow a physician’s therapeutic plan, individualized care is seen and realized through the nurse’s creativity in planning for care. In good, person-...
Drones have been used to deliver medical supplies to a small clinic in rural Virginia and transport blood products in rural Rwanda (Manohari Balasingam FRCP, 2017). Amazon is starting to use drone delivery service, known as Prime Air (Oswald, 2017). Such examples would greatly increase ...
APublicationforChildNutritionProfessionalsfromtheNationalFoodServiceManagementInstitute—Summer2000No.15TheChildandAdultCareFoodProgram(CACFP)isafederallyfundednutritionassistanceprogramdesignedtoprovidehealthfulmealsandsnackstochildrenandadultsreceivingdaycare.TrainingstaffinvolvedintheCACFPisviewedasonewayofaccomplishingthe...
Adult day care services significantly reduce the stress levels of family caregivers of older adults with dementia, according to a team of Penn State and Virginia Tech researchers. "Family members who care fordementia patientsare susceptible to experiencing high levels of stress," said Steven Zarit, ...