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quality of the provided care (ANA, 2008). Empirical research studies have confirmed that the risk for medical error increase subst...

relations. Nurses must assess person and environment in relation to their impact on health. Both person and environment can vary...

Social Services they have complained that that funding is insufficient to provide for even their most basic dietary needs. Part o...

Background/Review of Literature The eight articles/studies that constitute this literature review encompasses several key concept...

the environment" (Reynolds and Cormack, 1991, p. 1123). Within this main system are eight subsystems: the "ingestive, eliminative,...

avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...

in any other state must, as of January 1, 2008, have a masters or another advanced graduate degree in nursing (Phillips, 2005). Wi...

may leave and go to another area, therefore, wages also need to be set with other areas wages to be taken into consideration. In...

Based on their results, the authors suggested nurse educators add more critical thinking exercises to their classroom curriculum. ...

showing substantial improvement over these early versions. Recognizing that the task of designing a CDSS is formidable, the Deci...

which are factors that are likely to have a beneficial affect on the chronic nursing shortage that is currently affecting the heal...

are in the ICU and on IABP therapy. The literature on this subject indicates that monitoring should include the "patients left ra...

frees him from this indignity and travesty of life by smothering him with a pillow and then escapes from the asylum (One Flew, 199...

fact that Ross, who is associated with an established clinic, recommends this procedure and offers her an example of how this can ...

upholding the human dignity of the people involved, as well as their "unique biopsychosocial, cultural, (and) spiritual being" (LM...

owes the same duties of care to herself or himself as is owed to patients. A nurse cannot adequately attend to patients if that nu...

of her theory is the "improvement of nurses relationships with patients," which is a goal that she proposed can be accomplished by...

for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...

and consumable supplies. Capital expense and information technology (IT) items are included, but the nurse manager has no direct ...

or reject MEDITECHs suggestions as they see fit. Whether users accept or reject the suggestions made by MEDITECH, care prov...

specifically state that their objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with pr...

process that requires "interpretation, sensitivity, imagination and active participation" (Jenner, 1997). Scientific knowledge, o...

for all persons in Medicaid certified facilities within the US. This instrument entails over 350 different data elements ranging f...

addressing specific phenomena or concepts and reflecting practice (Liehr and Smith, 1999). The grand theories of nursing, that is,...

a specific number or percentage of Australian citizens who have or may be suffering from unstable angina. Part of the reason for ...

and can be applied in a variety of clinical settings, as well as in educational programs and research. Orems theory is bas...

differences between Orems theories and those of others. The intention of this paper is to work through each of these steps and to...

practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...

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...