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Open Visitation, 2005.
This paper discusses open visitation policies in the critical care units and the factors that affect these policies.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 10 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper offers a literature review of ten documents regarding the open visitation in the critical care/intensive care unit. The paper discusses the concepts of open visitation in various areas of care and explores nursing concerns about the practice. The paper also includes research studies that have measured the practice, the present day situation regarding the topic and the future of open visitation.
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"Open visitation in critical care units is a topic that is consistently debated within the medical community. Since the inception of hospital visitation practices in the 1960s medical professionals have been struggling to implement policies that benefit both the critically ill patient and the medical teams that provide their health care needs. Multiple factors are taken into consideration when studying open visitation in the health care arena. Factors affecting open visitation policies may include the lack of nursing training to handle psychological effects on the family unit; the benefits of open visitation for the patient; the benefits of open visitation for the family members; and the effects on the hospital and nursing staff of allowing open visitation. (Cullen, Titler, & Drahozal, 2003)."
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Family Visitation for Prisoners, 2006.
Argues that the present system in the U.S. does not make it easier for prisoners to maintain normal ties with their families.
830 words (approx. 3.3 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 29.95
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This paper suggests that the U.S. prisoner family visitation system come under review by authorities. The paper maintains that it is just one more tool in the country's correctional system that will keep its prisoners grounded in the fact that they are human, and keep the families grounded in the fact that the incarcerated member is still very much a part of their lives.
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"Family visitation can also give the family who has lost a member to prison a measure of validation , especially when family visits can be tied in with "check-ins" with family support services who can make sure the family on the outside is surviving socially and economically. There may be little external support for a father or mother who is raising children on their own while a spouse is in jail. There is tendency for society to see the removal of the parent as a "comeuppance" not noticing what the effect may be on the blameless ones left behind, which did nothing to bring the grief and loss upon themselves. "
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Visiting Hours in the Intensive Care Unit, 2007.
This paper describes the pros and cons of open versus closed visiting hours in the intensive care unit.
2,736 words (approx. 10.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 81.95
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This paper, written from the perspective of a nursing practitioner, examines the issue of open versus closed visiting hours in the intensive care unit. The author explores these questions from the perspective of a quality care issue as well as a culturally competent care issue. The author summizes that open visiting hours in the intensive care unit can cause more strain on the patient and the staff than is good for either to experience.
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"Confounding and complicating factors in the study include the relative selectivity of the patients, and the fact it was a single center trial, which reduces the degree of generalization of the results. What should be noted in the authors favor however is that the study was indeed a pilot and used more scientific methods than had previously been done to examine the true effect on the patient. What cannot be judged from this survey is what the effect of the rotating sequences had on the staff. It is noted that the staff were not allowed to know which sequence was being used until the new period began. It is also interesting to note that the ICU did not accept any new patients in the last week of the two month period in order to prevent overlap of patients in different visiting cycles, and that the ICU was closed for 4 days between each cycle to allow a cleaning and disinfecting. This unusual procedure may have had a confounding effect on the rate of infection as well."
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Nursing Home Visits, 2008.
A research analysis of the most beneficial way for home visits to be carried out by nurses for patients with colorectal cancer.
1,960 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 5 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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This research study examines the problem of how home visits should be carried out among patients with colorectal cancer in order to be beneficial to the patient being treated. The problem not only addresses whether home visits in themselves are of benefit to colorectal patients, but how such visits should be administered to affect the greatest benefit to these patients.
Table of Contents:
Problem
Research Question
Study Design
Subjects and Setting
Data Collection Methods
Data Analysis Procedures
Strengths/Limitation
Implications of Study Findings
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"The study findings could certainly be used in nursing practice to emphasize the importance of utilization of more personalized care in treating of colorectal cancer patients, and any cancer patients for that matter. The fact that most patients perceived home health care by professionals such as nurses as positively affecting their recovery and health is critical to note. Perhaps it may influence nurses to administer more personalized service in a hospital care setting, thereby increasing the recovery rates and health benefit for inpatient services. The findings could also be used in educational settings, for both nursing and physician settings. Nursing education and physician education would likely benefit from knowing the perceptions of patients receiving various kinds of care, including home health care in their expected outcome and recovery time. Likely such insights will have an impact on the manner in which students and interns approach treating similar patients in the future."
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Conjugal Prison Visits, 2005.
This paper investigates the value and costs of conjugal prison visits if they were to be instituted in a state.
1,075 words (approx. 4.3 pages), 2 sources, APA, $ 37.95
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This paper explains that proponents argue that providing prisoners with normal family relations including conjugal rights will (1) somewhat counteract the pain of imprisonment, (2) ease frustration among prisoners, (3) strengthen family ties and (4) encourage normal sexual patterns for married inmates. The author points out that opposition to conjugal visits argue that (1) only a minority of prisoners are married, (2) the state prisons don't have facilities to use for such a program, (3) this privilege would create jealousy among those prisoners unable or not allowed to participate and (4) spouses might be embarrassed by the openly sexual nature of the program. The paper concludes that creating a conjugal visitation program is not appropriate for this state's prison population because implementing this program would be costly and the research does not demonstrate solid benefits either in a more sexually normalized prison population or by showing that the prisoners would return to a stable family, which might reduce recidivism.
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"The state with the longest history of allowing conjugal visits for prisoners exists in the state of Mississippi. Gray-Ray (2000) looked at Mississippi's history of allowing conjugal visits for selected prisoners and found that its roots are based upon tradition rather than science, as it appears that Mississippi has allowed conjugal rights for selected Mississippi prisoners for more than a century. Perhaps because of this history, Mississippi went to the expense of actually building apartments for prisoner use during family visits. While an expensive approach, the apartments provide a way for inmates to have normalized interactions with all family members including any children rather than with the spouse alone."
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Death in ?The Visit? and ?The Man with the Flower in His Mouth?, 2002.
Examines and compares the theme of death in Friedrich Duerrenmatt's "The Visit" and Luigi Pirandello's "The Man with the Flower in His Mouth".
1,615 words (approx. 6.5 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 52.95
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Friedrich Duerrenmatt's "The Visit" and Luigi Pirandello's "The Man with the Flower in His Mouth" are allegorical plays in which certain characters confront death. The paper shows that the human - an allegorical figure of death - is, in both plays, a female character. In Pirandello's short piece she is the wife of a terminally ill man who follows him everywhere, but does not speak. In "The Visit", death comes in the form of Claire Zachanassian, the multimillionaire who returns to her hometown looking for revenge--or justice--for the sufferings she went through as a girl.
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"In this idea of waiting for death at home, with time "measured by the ticking of the big clock in the dining room," is the notion that death should become part of life, which is symbolized by the clock and the passing of time (6). His wife, or death, is attempting to get him to integrate death with the rest of his experience. But he sees them as two completely separate things. Death is not the culmination of life but a terrible interruption that has nothing to do with living."
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Visiting Korea, 2004.
An overview of tourist attractions in Korea and reasons why Korea is a good place to visit.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper is about visiting Korea. The paper discusses Korean food and culture, tourism in the country, Seoul, the DMZ and reasons to visit Korea as a tourist. Tourist-friendly developments in the country are also discussed.
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"David Peterkofsky, writing in "Travel Age West", comments that the opening of a major international airport, the thawing of relations between North and South Korea and the ongoing commemoration of the Korean War are boosting Korea's visibility on the tourism landscape. Noting this convergence of tourism-friendly developments and preparing itself for the World Cup soccer tournament, the Korea National Tourism Organization launched its "Visit Korea" marketing program. Peterkofsky adds that judging from recently tallied visitor totals the year was not too shabby for Korea's tourism industry."
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A Visit to the Statue of Liberty, 2007.
A personal account of a visit to the Statue of Liberty.
1,209 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 0 sources, $ 41.95
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The writer describes the significance of visiting the Statue of Liberty. The writer portrays the panoramic view of the city and the depth this experience had for him/her. The writer shares his/her thoughts about how this copper statue is a constant reminder of the enduring edifice of the American democracy.
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"The bustling rhythm of everyday life tends to distract us from actually paying attention to images we see on a regular basis. For instance, few New Yorkers really take into consideration anymore the existence of one of the most beautiful buildings in the world, the Empire State Building. They see it as a mere and constant presence on the city's urban landscape. Although it is hard to admit it, the Statue of Liberty unfortunately seems to enjoy the same treatment. There are New Yorkers who have never been to Ellis Island to enjoy the close up view of Lady Liberty or, on the contrary, to experience the far away image of Manhattan. Last summer I was determined not to be one of those people that would settle for less than the entire experience of freedom the Statue of Liberty enshrines."
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Nurse Home Visits to High-Risk Newborns, 2002.
Analyzes the article "A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Nurse Home Visiting to Vulnerable Families with Newborns" (Armstrong, Fraser, Dadds and Morris).
967 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper summarizes the theoretical framework, hypotheses, methodology, findings and conclusions of an article authored by K.I. Armstrong, J.A. Fraser, M.R. Dadds and J. Morris (1999), entitled "A Randomized, Controlled Trial of Nurse Home Visiting to Vulnerable Families with Newborns". The article speaks about mother-child attachment during the postpartum period in families where children are substantially at risk for poor health and development outcomes. Following the presented summary, an analysis is presented of both the positive features and the limitations of the conducted research. The findings and conclusions of the article are also related to the practice of midwifery.
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"Dependent variables in the study consisted of measures of: degree of parenting stress; degree of maternal depression; degree to which mother engaged in preventive health behavior, customer satisfaction with the program, and mother-child interactions plus other selected home environment outcomes. Parenting stress and maternal depression were measured at enrollment and again at 6 weeks. Preventive health behavior, service satisfaction and home environment outcomes were assessed six weeks following birth as were child health outcomes."
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Visiting Chinatown, 2002.
This paper describes visiting Chinatown in Los Angeles, California.
1,555 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 51.95
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This paper explains that there is a region called Chinatown in many major American cities, a region where Chinese immigrants have gathered together and opened businesses in such numbers that they have created a small version of their home in China. The author states that the Los Angeles's version of Chinatown is not very large, not as large as the Chinatowns in San Francisco and New York. The author believes that visitors who come to the Chinatown region often will get more of the flavor of Chinese culture than casual visitors because there are many celebrations scheduled during the year.
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"One can approach Chinatown from the Sunset Boulevard (recently changed along here to West Cesar E. Chavez Avenue) side, more or less across from Olvera Street and not far from the downtown railroad station and the main Post Office. The visitor enters a different world, with shops that have different goods than are found in other parts of the city, buildings with a different kind of design, and many more Chinese people than are usually found in other parts of the city. The shops contain many Chinese-designed goods, including colorful fans, scarves, holders for incense, products made from bamboo and teakwood, finely painted silks, and carved figures of people and animals. The food shops contain packages with Chinese lettering and containing foods with which most people may not be familiar, or may not have seen outside of a Chinese restaurant."
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"The Visit" by Friedrich Duerrenmatt and "The Man With The Flower In His Mouth" by Luigi Pirandello, 2000.
An examination of the two plays' allegorical treatment of death.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, $ 39.95
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"Friedrich Duerrenmatt's The Visit and Luigi Pirandello's The Man with the Flower in His Mouth are allegorical plays in which certain characters confront death. The human, allegorical figure of death is, in both plays, a female character. In Pirandello's short piece she is the wife of a terminally ill man who follows him everywhere, but does not speak. In The Visit death comes in the form of Claire Zachanassian, the multimillionaire who returns to her hometown looking for revenge--or justice--for the sufferings she went through as a girl. In this play death takes a very active role. Zachanassian identifies her victim and seduces the town into killing him by corrupting them with promises of badly needed money. She even manages to persuade her victim to accept his death rather than fleeing it. In Pirandello's play, however, the victim is suffering from..."
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Nutrition, 2006.
Reports on a visit to a McDonald's fast food restaurant and the nutritional information gathered from the visit about the food items served.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, $ 26.95
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This paper reports on a visit to McDonald's to gain nutritional information about the products sold, noting how written information is provided on request but that those working in the store are not able to answer any questions beyond what is written and have only the slightest understanding of the data provided, with even the manager in the dark on most such questions.
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"McDonald's is probably the largest fast-food operation in the world, and the company has been much criticized for the nutritional make-up of many of its offerings and has responded at various times with information about nutrition and its food. However, the company does not make this aspect a major part of its operation and leaves it to the consumer to find the information needed to a great extent. The company makes its nutritional information available online and also has a print-out that can be given to the consumer in the store, but based on a recent visit, the store personnel are not that familiar with the data available and cannot answer many questions about the nutritional make-up of the products sold. They can refer to the printed material in the store when asked, but they have not been trained to understand the data or to explain it to the customer."
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Child Custody, 2000.
A definition, establishing paternity, gender biases of courts, non-custodial fathers, visitation rights and child support.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 12 sources, $ 55.95
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"Child custody is the right and duty to care for a child on a day to day basis. It involves making major decisions concerning the life and well being of the child. From the early history of our country until the mid 1800s, fathers were generally favored for custody in the event of divorce because children were basically considered property, all of which belonged to the man (ABA, p. 82, 1994). However, by the mid 1800s, this sentiment changed and the mother received custody of the children so long as she was minimally fit (ABA, p. 82, 1994). This preference continued until the 1970s and 1980s, at which time both parents..."
were theoretically to have equal status in the battle for
custody. Currently, both the mother and the father have an equal
burden of proving to the court that it is in "the best interests
of the child" for the child to be in his or her custody (ABA, p.
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Analysis of a Qualitative Research Report, 2002.
A research proposal for nursing students on the problem of how home visits should be carried out among patients with colorectal cancer in order to be beneficial to the patient being treated.
1,960 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 62.95
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This paper outlines a research proposal for a study to analyze the efficacy of home visits for colorectal cancer patients, as well as determine the best method for approaching home health visits for such patients. Together with supporting literature, it states the objectives of the study, describes the study design, in this case a qualitative interview study and looks at subjects and setting as well as data collection methods. It discusses the data analysis procedures, evaluates its strengths and limitations and debates the implications of the study's findings.
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"The majority of subjects were interviewed in their home, which seems appropriate because the study revolves around patient care in the home, and the benefits and comforts attributed to being in the home as a personal place as opposed to being in a hospital or other formal and unfamiliar territory. It might be said that the subjects were influenced by the comfortable setting of their home to overly associate good benefits with home health care, but it might also be argued that home health care would be perceived with the same general good attitude and positive thought and emotional process. "
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Mosque Experience, 2007.
This paper discusses a visit to a mosque and looks at the effects of this experience on the writer.
1,249 words (approx. 5.0 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 42.95
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In this article, the writer describes that the visit to the Islamic Center of Baton Rouge was a fascinating and enlightening experience. The writer explains that, while there, it was possible to learn about some of the practices and history of Islam, and to experience how a mosque can be such a haven for worship and the Islamic community. The writer points out that this visit to the Mosque was an eye-opening experience, during which many new things were learned. The writer concludes that if more people took an interest in exploring the diverse cultures that make up the country, there would be more understanding and possibly less struggles with race, religious differences and gender friction.
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"Literally translated the word Qur'an means "recital." It is written in 114 chapters, or sutras, and contains exactly 6,000 verses. Unlike the Bible, which has been translated into multiple languages for the purpose of worship, the Qur'an is felt to be genuine and hold any authority only in the original language with which the Angel Gabriel recited to Muhammed and Muhammed penned the book, and that is Arabic. Even Muslims who are not Arabic learn, memorize and recite the Qur'an in Arabic.
The Qur'an explicitly states that there are Five Obligations of Islam. These are often referred to as the Five "Pillars" because these are the five elements upon which the whole of Islam is founded."
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