Essays 1921 - 1950
assisting registered nurses (RNs) in order to meet legislated requirements (Schaefer 9). This means that while RNs have fewer pati...
"infertility, cardiovascular health, oncology, geriatrics, endocrinology, uro-gynecology, bone health and high-risk pregnancy" (Ke...
completing the ranges of study required to attain the licensing level each holds. Aides are not licensed individuals and may or m...
change and its rationale (which was based on the results of empirical research), implemented the change and then "supported the c...
(2005), in which samples of patients or patients families were enrolled. In a study in which the sample participants had lost a lo...
classifies the stroke patients needs in four domains: 1) medical/surgical issues; 2) mental status/emotion/coping behaviors; 3) ph...
certification program (Policy statement, 1999). On the other hand, the additional education required to become a licensed NP may t...
The act of faxing patient information to another care-providing organization or third-party payer comes under privacy regulations ...
in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...
Critically-Care nurses, 1989 in Nursing Management, 1999, p. 38). This abbreviated version of AACN nursing standards was located...
Although the nursing professions is just now beginning to become more aware of the need for this type of approach it was first int...
moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...
They are: 1. "activity level 2. "diet 3. "discharge medications 4. "follow-up appointment 5. "weight monitoring 6. "what to do if ...
caring as the very definition of what constitutes personal values from a nursing perspective (2003). Koerner (1996), likewise, e...
in decision making (Thomas Group, 2004). The leadership team appointed a steering committee to develop a plan for empowering nur...
McKenna (1997) points out that mid-range nursing theories tend to focus on concepts of interest to nurses. This can encompass pati...
nonverbal and behavioural signals and information relating to the clients support system. Objective data could include observation...
activities" (Orems Self-Care Model Concepts) that patients need to undertake to meet their own health care needs on a routine basi...
declined as "educators, employers and others recognize the need for educational changes in nursing" (Bednash, 2000, p. 2985). Asso...
An effective and valuable nurse is one who has sound technical knowledge and experience in applying it, but who also is a superlat...
includes strategies that are designed to make the individual feel better, such as "exercise, spirituality, support groups and humo...
many people have these factors in common within their personal value sets, but I believe that the nurse possesses them in specific...
which both of those impacts are important. The question of what statistics should be collected in a medical facility, however, is...
with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of ...
in acute care is sensitive about the use of drugs in recovering patients. Exposure of abuses of past years has raised awareness o...
deaths each year are related to medications" (Meadows, 2003). The actual number is estimated to be much higher because these kinds...
as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...
today, but health care delivery appears to be more of a team project than the responsibility of one doctor. In earlier days, a nu...
staff them (Ocala, Fla., Hospitals Tackle Nursing Shortage, 2002). The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizati...
a partnership approach where the discipline work together can be increased cost effectiveness in the overall treatment of a patien...