... to patients, and a growing number also realize the benefits of technological advances in administration and record-keeping. In the recent past, most health care providers maintained patient records in paper files, eventually transferring the completed records to microfilm for safekeeping. Many providers now, however, use computers and computer networks, microwave technology, facsimile machines, and optical scanning and storage ... information in the health care industry. As new advances in technology occur and the value of large databases of clinical data continues to grow, the conversion...

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... contemporary community-based nursing entails the collaboration of nurses with various agencies, non-governmental organizations and the members of the community in health care promotion activities (Reed & Shearer, 2011). This paper, therefore, explores community-based nursing; what it entails, its importance and its different types. Importance of Community-Based Nursing Community-based nursing developed as a distinctive nursing specialty as a result of ... ...

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... pressure on tissue surfaces when patients are placed in certain positions and that repositioning schedules should be based on individual client assessments rather than generalized recommendations (Krapfl & Gray, 2008). Their paper also concurred with the argument of many wound experts that some pressure ulcers are simply unavoidable, particularly in high risk patients, the elderly and patients in palliative care as these ... ...

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