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In two pages this paper discusses how nurses can deal with the stress of their jobs with a 'hardy' personality as described in thi...
In five pages this paper examines the images of nursing and nurses within the context of the Carative model with individualized, d...
that have affected my choice of working as a nurse. Of course many people have these factors in common within their personal valu...
advocates, providing medical treatments prescribed by physicians, and keeping accurate records of changes in patient status (Nurse...
the central problem is often the inappropriate use of unlicensed personnel in the workplace setting. Though nurse mangers are ins...
formulation with others, testing new behaviors, integrating this learning into "new, more satisfying behavior, and then using thes...
considered one of a number of high stress jobs, and stress is problematic, causing inefficiencies, high staffing turnover rates an...
of a unified health care organization that included both Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH...
recognition of cultural and social influences on health care outcomes. As a result, advanced practice nurses have also become int...
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...
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...
These authors conducted a large study of 3,830 individuals consisting of 17.8 percent nurses, 21.8 percent physicians, 29.6 percen...
nursing. Forchuk and Dorsay (1995) and Barker, Reynolds and Stevenson (1997) identify Hildegard Peplau as the first to apply nurs...
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...
affect the level of health care available to individuals in sub-Saharan nations, the exodus of qualified health care providers and...
of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...
several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...
are, meaning that their immediate physical conditions affect the likelihood of success of the procedures they are about to undergo...
Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those ...
well. This study also appears to be sound scientifically. Its primary means of data analysis is statistical; the methods b...
to changes which in turn can result in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Primary nursing is not a new con...
synopsis will be provided for each of these articles and one article will selected for a more detailed discussion of how its findi...
of the nurses and the nurse population ratio is considered higher than most in the region (MoH, 2002). Recent advances in nursing ...
as how the profession has been viewed for at least a century. It was an honorable and respected position for a woman and one that ...
as a therapeutic relationship between patient and nurse (Frisch and Kelley, 2002). Other theorists since that time have examined t...
in young people (age 15-24) and 40% include women ? Newborns comprise 600,000 of the newly infected people ? More than 500,000...
course of action is often jumbled. Is the patient cognizant enough to make the correct choices? Many issues come into play when a...