Essays 751 - 780
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...
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...
resulted in harvesting being accomplished at a greater rate. There came a point, however, at which the addition of extra workers ...
That freedom and responsibility can improve the nursing home experience for all involved. Definition and Clarification...
the restrained person and others. This implies that the force used in restraining the person is less injurious to all concerned th...
effective leader was his ability to build bridges between communities, between upper and lower caste Hindus and among Hindus, Musl...
eventually revert to many of the methods formerly used in patient care. She makes clear distinction between research in nursing t...
to health care. Many of the same questions that can apply to assessing the validity of qualitative research can be used to ...
practitioners that do not hold an MSN degree, and the resulting population would be too homogeneous to be of any real benefit. ...
and other health care workers cope with musculoskeletal problems even in the primary care setting. A Wausau Insurance Company rep...
present-day nurse, he notes, this can be construed to mean a caring about the well-being of those the nurse serves which, in this ...
term. The rationale is that the experienced nurse will guide the new graduate into the active and applied portion of the pr...
incremental. It occurs in small steps, each of which are interspersed with a period of adjustment. This can be useful in staffin...
general systems model serves as an example. Nursing research formerly was purely quantitative in design, and any qualitativ...
role has changed in nursing home facilities. Long gone are the days when a modern amount of nursing care and dietary supervision w...
as HMO, PPO, POS, EPO, PHO, IDS and AHP (IHA, 2002). This is creating a service that can be seen as dividing...
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...