Essays Tagged: "Clinical trial"
Legal Issues in Nursing for BSN. Case study
1991). Conceptual foundations of professional nursing practice. St. Louis: MosbyEarnest, V. (1993). Clinical skills in nursing practice. (2nd ed.). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott
Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases
Living Drugs: application of genetically modified viruses in cancer treatment.
attacks" and "designed to kill only the cancer and not to harm healthy cells." (Daniel Y. Sze, 2002)Clinical trials of using genetically altered live virus that target cancer cell directly have alread ... ive p53 genes. This phase I trial was originally designed to check the safety of the new treatment, clinical evidence suggests that the tumours were shrinking in size and cell death occurred. Such a b ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology
Information system case study essay - logistics at Biocard GMH.
rder to look into ways of switching from manual to a more technology based system when dealing with clinical supply distribution.The current situation.I have chosen to conduct my research at 'Biocard ... yees; it is divided into two different departments. The main part of its activities is based around clinical trials for major pharmaceutical companies and the second one deal's with clinical supply di ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Computer Science
QUESTION:Is nicotine replacement therapy effective in helping people quit tobacco smoking?
, bupropion and a nicotine patch, and placebo for smoking cessation. They excluded smokers with any clinical depression. Treatment consisted of nine weeks of bupropion (150 mg a day for the first thre ... uccess rate, hence linking affect or mood to probability of success.) The portion of the Structured Clinical Interview for the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition (DS ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry
Tradtion to Evidence Based Practice This essay illistrates historical developments in nursing research
e, 2003). These women set the path for the knowledge and theoretical base of the nursing profession.Clinical ResearchThe National Center for Nursing Research, established in 1986, and later renamed th ... archers. During this period, theoretical research began to dwindle and research was directed toward clinical studies (D'Antonio, 1994). The poor application of theory to nursing practice, cost and pol ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
The pharaceutical industry
er to niche markets, we are witnessing mergers and acquisitions and alliances for drug development, clinical trials and marketing specific products. Application of wireless technologies; moving toward ... manufacturing environment; both for operational convenience and regulatory compliance, outsourcing clinical trials; and contract manufacturing are some of the other emerging trends that are considere ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Angiomax
ser..Biogen, the company that created Angiomax, studied a number of angioplasty patients during its clinical trials. It found little improvement over the widely used drug Heparin with low-risk patient ... wing discussion, we assume that The Medicines Company (MDCO) will earn FDA approval for the current clinical trials of Angiomax for use in other conditions (segments) such as heart attack, HIT, unstab ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Drugs
Goals Paper
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
The Medicines Company Case Analysis
eptable based on two key factors: increased indirect product value and low price sensitivity.First, clinical trials have shown an increase in performance. An additional 49,000 treatments per year coul ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Persuasive analysis: An interpretation of an article on the HPV vaccine 'gardasil'
be one hundred percent effective against developing the majority of cervical cancers, during recent clinical trials. The following commentary aims to critically evaluate the above article in reference ... authority of this source.The article serves to promote the scale and success of the latest Gardasil clinical trial undertaken, which involved '12000 women from 13 countries'. It emphasised the study d ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biotechnology
"Alternatives To Animail Experiments
o ethical and safety issues, studies in humans can in certain cases replace the use of animals. Pre-clinical and clinical studies in humans have long been required for the purposes of drug registratio ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers
Sample size Calculations
Ahn, Chul and Sin-Ho Jung.Sample size calculation is an important component at the design stage of clinical trials. What is being investigated by these two scholars are the implications of dropouts f ...
Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics
Decisions in Paradise II
and; for example, humanitarian aid, temporary housing, disaster prevention, education, training and clinical study trial.Because of the U.S. government not being prepare for the Hurricane Katrina in 2 ... uture of Kava.Furthermore, Nihon, Inc. is a pharmaceutical company; it would be a good idea to do a clinical study trial on HIV/AIDS and avian flu. The company can start with a Phase I of the study to ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making
Connetics and Relaxin
n year to have four product candidates in product formulation, two product candidates in late-stage clinical trials, and one product or new indication launched commercially.OverviewIn 1993, when Genen ... Company's existing cash which will result in fewer resources available to its current products and clinical programs.•Their commercial business should be focused on the dermatology marketplace, ...
Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies
Nursing
carers and patients in coming to a decision regarding specific type of health care for a particular clinical circumstances. (McKinley, Parmer, Saint-Amand & Darbin, 2006, 57) Qualities of effectiv ... ; Darbin, 2006, 57) Qualities of effective practice guidelines areValidityReliabilityReproducibilityclinical applicabilityclinical flexibilityclaritymultidisciplinary processreview of evidencedocument ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology > Human Biology
Establishing a therapeutic relationship: A structured reflection
will examine the relational abilities in establishing a therapeutic relationship within a pre-taped clinical scenario. Through structured reflection, the nurse's image of nursing as portrayed within h ... r, Almuth, Zimmermann, Wuste, & Behrens, 2009)Personal knowledge and previous experience in the clinical setting may have informed the nurse in this scenario. She may have had prior negative exper ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine