Essays 1681 - 1710
background and knowledge to evaluate when there is a need to consult a transcultural nurse specialist, as these specially trained ...
leaders should facilitate their development of trans-cultural nursing skills such as being able to assess patterns that are eviden...
Budget Office forecasts that gross domestic product will grow by 3.6 percent after inflation (in "real" terms) this year and by 3....
the inherent differences between models. Ultimately, an individual chooses a nursing model that is based upon and compatible with...
include not only the emotional impact of being experienced by the patient and the relatives involved, but research has also relate...
hold a great deal of authority when it comes to changing the attitudes and perspectives of young girls who may believe living off ...
There is a new method of assessment for the performance of hospitals. It is national and standardized which will allow consumers a...
the "5 As," the steps are: 1) ask the patient if he or she smokes, 2) advise him or her to quit, 3) assess the willingness to...
care service has been the focus of greater scrutiny. Willging (2004) asks: "Just what is assisted living? There are still too ma...
(in English) between the years 1989 and 2004. The extent of the literature review appears to be sufficient to support the research...
"become a universal law" (Kant, 1993, p. 30). In other words, Kants main criteria for action is that the individual should conside...
hospital stays (Cole and Soucy, 2003). While all ICU patients have serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, those ov...
stress, which causes fluctuating levels of neuro-endocrine responses (Taylor, Repetti and Seeman, 1997). To understand this concep...
nurses facilitate the "recognition and communication" of these concepts, permitting "thoughts to be shared through language" (Davi...
HIV-positive nurses being a threat to patients and other health care workers. Research clearly supports the reality of the situat...
actions. It has been over a decade since the passage of the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), which means that the 5 and 10 ye...
stressor pileup. Therefore, in their model, they double the concepts labels, using a capital letter behind each of the original la...
how to achieve restorative health within an environment of compassion, benevolence and intuitiveness. Indeed, the fundamental bas...
of abilities that serve to engage, relieve, understand and respect the patient. The extent to which reaching for their feelings i...
2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...
that the legal struggle took on her family was immense. Her father never recovered emotionally and committed suicide (Colby, 2002)...
feel as if they are not being given proper treatment if a CNA is assigned to their case instead of an RN (Sullivan, 1998). Thus, t...
the insertion of a central line, threaded through a vein, and it was once believed that it would aid cancer patients, restoring ap...
First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...
p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...
nature have cropped up. Is a 60 year old woman too old to raise children? Is it ethical for a woman to carry her own grandchildren...
of use) of sunscreen at the beach are important considerations. Other factors that should be assessed relative to subjective data...
and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...
Programs and Addiction Treatment Centers, 2007). Breaking addiction to these and other abused drugs often requires medical interv...
this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...