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are RNs who are "prepared, through advanced education and clinical training, to provide preventive and acute health-care services"...
of nursing and by lobbying" both Congress and regulatory agencies in regards to healthcare issues that affect nursing (ANA, 2008)....
indicates that 51 percent of patients who are older than 65 received no medication information at the time of hospital discharge H...
Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...
(Walsh, 2003; p. 22). The intended role is that of partner with an MD in providing direct patient care in terms of serving in rol...
issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...
nursing. Forchuk and Dorsay (1995) and Barker, Reynolds and Stevenson (1997) identify Hildegard Peplau as the first to apply nurs...
follow-up full medical treatment and counseling. 5. Bargain for violence-prevention provisions. 6. Make violence-prevention progra...
on the following (Nursingworld.org, 2004). * Human dignity * Commitment to the patient * Protection of the patients privacy and co...
Although the nursing professions is just now beginning to become more aware of the need for this type of approach it was first int...
doctoral degree in Psychology and Education in 1969" (Pender, n.d.a). She found psychological research to be rigorous and methodo...
their web site with which this nursing organization is involved. For instance, the AACN promotes a specific cardiovascular health ...
the changes that have occurred since she founded modern nursing. "Florence Nightingale provided us with a framework, relevant tod...
formulation with others, testing new behaviors, integrating this learning into "new, more satisfying behavior, and then using thes...
These authors conducted a large study of 3,830 individuals consisting of 17.8 percent nurses, 21.8 percent physicians, 29.6 percen...
it is useful to follow certain well-established frameworks for critique of qualitative research. For the purposes of this report, ...
and settings. Individuals reactions to the same stressors can be quite different, with one stressor creating significant stress r...
nurses considering returning to school for a Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN), the perceived barriers include issues directly r...
"spirituality and perceived social support may also be corollaries to nurses willingness to care for AIDS patients (205)"...
to learn in regards to any nursing topic, I am particularly inspired to learn more about this topic so that I can use this inform...
the profession of nursing has developed some basic ideas that serve as the foundation that guides all subsequent professional prac...
management dilemma" and is written by Orly Toren and Nurith Wagner. The authors discuss different ethical dilemmas nurse face dail...
Advances in technology have changed everything from how patients are diagnosed to acute care to managing chronic illnesses. Techno...
example charge nurses may make assignments in terms of patients to different style for the shift, there will not necessarily be in...
PhysicianSalary.net, MDs can earn $140,000 in base salary - and thats a starting salary for family medicine physicians. Specialtie...
from those of education- focused institutions, when the institution in question is a nursing school, there are similarities, as we...
neighbor who incurred a head injury and did not want to go to a hospital because she lacked the funds to pay for treatment. Wardan...
nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...
ward manager is responsible for the "24-hour delivery of care to patients within a designated care setting" (Peate, 2010, p. 7). T...
typically covered by the Nursing Practice Act of the particular state in which a nurse is practicing, as this piece of legislation...