Essays 211 - 240
roles of nursing is direct patient care, and one of the seven essential AACN values is that of human dignity. In years past, dire...
Peplau addressed the inherent relationship between nursing and counseling, contending that nurses uphold the important responsibil...
2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...
ethics and value of this research. Ethically and scientifically responsible nurses must realize that from a deontologic perspecti...
gives the appearance of increased attention to theory and evidenced-based nursing in an atmosphere of caring for the individual. ...
over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...
or render physical care - she ministers to the whole person. The existence of suffering, whether physical, mental or spiritual is ...
therefore, not only an extensive history but it can be contended to be just as applicable in todays nursing practice as it was whe...
from pain that began after radiation therapy that caused nerve damage (Fischman, 2000). After receiving therapy at a pain clinic, ...
health of the individual and to their success in recuperation. The Association for Spirit at Work is comprised of medical profess...
that make use of color, but even these efforts have not typically met with good response by patients or hospital administrators (S...
and case management. Maras shares the leadership of the nursing department with another individual at the VP level, L. McChesney....
disappear and remain at bay for a long while. The symptoms that the patient exhibits as well as physical examination are consiste...
The result is that "Suddenly there is great interest in how men and women talk to each other" (Woodard and House, 1997; p. 39), no...
absolute separation of duties and artificial formality intended to preserve hierarchy in attitude as well as fact. Physicians pro...
Washington Medical Center, Seattle, and a clinical instructor, bio behavioral nursing and health systems, at the University of Was...
positive effect in preventing future incidence of violence (Willson, McFarlane, Lemmey and Malecha, 2001), even when other referra...
even through government agencies (Visiting Nurse Association-Omaha/Southeast Nebraska, 2002). Various programs and services are sp...
in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Hypotheses The purpose of the proposed study is to determine the eff...
authors have explored the importance of the holistic approach in positively impacting patient outcome. As early as the 1970s rese...
or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...
of spirituality is not uniform and that "spirituality" as a term is frequently used as a synonym for religion, which is not necess...
18 to 89 years old. All of the members of the aggregate have been referred to the alternative program by a physician, ensuring th...
The non-technical interpretation of the results of a study is presented and assessed in the Discussion section. The Introduction ...
of burnout for nurses appears to be equivalent to the stress level associated with their particular assignment, as well as the ind...
four-year Bachelor of Science degree to become a registered nurse. But to a fourteen-year-old, college still seems like a distant...
on Nursing" in 1860 which not only documented basic concepts of nursing care but also included basic research strategies such as o...
is why research design is such an important issue and why it is intimately linked to the idea of internal validity" (Trochim, 2002...
abuse despite interpersonal problems or social caused brought about by drinking (Dawson, 2000). Repeated drinking of alcohol on da...
In seven pages this report examines the importance of workplace communication between nurses in a hospital environment. Six sourc...