Essays 1141 - 1170
and the directives of the medical environment. For over two decades, for example, the health care industry has recognized a decli...
patient care" (p. 438). Prior to 1970, nursing training in the UK could be described as rigid and highly structured. After...
Primary Care Act, a feature of both practices is that the patients have the option of seeing a GP or a NP as their first point of ...
their wishes for the patients care. Every nursing home resident has a right to such a plan by law (Stern), and it does not only p...
call for compliance with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to su...
deal of pain likely will occur during the first 24 hours after surgery (Drakeford, Pettine, Brookshire and Ebert, 1991). Preventi...
be in agreement with a working definition of autonomy. Thus, the following attributes should be seen: self-determination, in...
that time. What might be needed, then, would be some plan of action that the staff could follow, or possibly some type of polite s...
the associates course of study to address the very things that can make the greatest difference in patient outcomes and satisfacti...
already has been diagnosed as having some form of heart disease. In that sense, primary prevention is not possible. The goals of...
undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Gale...
(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...
Bell (2000) reports that when an Australian hospital instituted shared governance, nurse managers responded "by developing a teamw...
within the academic curriculum (Thomson, 2003). Therefore, this one are of research demonstrates how nursing research impacts many...
the same sort of indirect methods that they have advocated will aid the economy. For example, the Republicans are pursuing putting...
The funding agency chosen for this program is the Childrens Aid Society, a nonprofit organization that has been dedicated to impro...
of the patient (beneficence); * does not perform functions that can do harm to the patient (non-malficence); * practice fairness...
interactions with their patients and with each other have. Kurt Lewins change theory holds that change is incremental. It occurs...
In twelve pages this paper presents the argument that nursing should be regarded not as a science but as an art. Ten sources are ...
body. Though "the VG site has long been established as an optimal site, not all nurses use it" (Scott and Marfell-Jones, 2004; p....
particular certified nurse-midwives-- continues to increase, these impediments linger to a certain extent, and may continue to aff...
the medical profession as a whole. Nurses themselves face a number of concerns in the performance of their jobs in organ transpla...
using similar tests and with mixed variables such as aromatherapy and hypnosis. All of the studies mentioned concluded that massag...
creates a document that addresses the extent to which the program is in compliance with the standards for accreditation published ...
between states and federal regulation. The purpose here is to determine whether the USAF advanced nurse practitioners are "functi...
been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...
is understandable given that MRSA is one of the primary threats in terms of diseases encountered in ICUs in the US. Over fifty pe...
viral disease that attacks the human immune system making it ineffective in fighting disease or sickness caused by microbial organ...
nursing shortage has meant for SNFs that they have fewer RNs available to them and that recruiting and retention has become more c...
are often called upon to provide comfort where there seems to be none, patience in the face of adversity, and grace under fire. Th...