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In two pages this paper discusses how nurses can deal with the stress of their jobs with a 'hardy' personality as described in thi...
In five pages this paper examines the images of nursing and nurses within the context of the Carative model with individualized, d...
that have affected my choice of working as a nurse. Of course many people have these factors in common within their personal valu...
advocates, providing medical treatments prescribed by physicians, and keeping accurate records of changes in patient status (Nurse...
the central problem is often the inappropriate use of unlicensed personnel in the workplace setting. Though nurse mangers are ins...
images represent some aspect of nursing? Examination of this question shows that two of these images are particularly helpful in d...
with clear results provided. Quantitative and Discussion articles needed to present information that directly addresses the purpos...
out care. Though there is a need for health care providers as a whole to have a greater awareness of the diagnostic process for b...
These authors conducted a large study of 3,830 individuals consisting of 17.8 percent nurses, 21.8 percent physicians, 29.6 percen...
formulation with others, testing new behaviors, integrating this learning into "new, more satisfying behavior, and then using thes...
considered one of a number of high stress jobs, and stress is problematic, causing inefficiencies, high staffing turnover rates an...
of a unified health care organization that included both Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH...
recognition of cultural and social influences on health care outcomes. As a result, advanced practice nurses have also become int...
2003). Most international nurses coming to the US come from the Philippines, but many also come from Canada and India with addit...
Replicatability is one hallmark of valid quantitative research. In past years, qualitative research in nursing has been ass...
results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...
of nursing and by lobbying" both Congress and regulatory agencies in regards to healthcare issues that affect nursing (ANA, 2008)....
indicates that 51 percent of patients who are older than 65 received no medication information at the time of hospital discharge H...
Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...
(Walsh, 2003; p. 22). The intended role is that of partner with an MD in providing direct patient care in terms of serving in rol...
are RNs who are "prepared, through advanced education and clinical training, to provide preventive and acute health-care services"...
issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...
nursing. Forchuk and Dorsay (1995) and Barker, Reynolds and Stevenson (1997) identify Hildegard Peplau as the first to apply nurs...
follow-up full medical treatment and counseling. 5. Bargain for violence-prevention provisions. 6. Make violence-prevention progra...
on the following (Nursingworld.org, 2004). * Human dignity * Commitment to the patient * Protection of the patients privacy and co...
Although the nursing professions is just now beginning to become more aware of the need for this type of approach it was first int...
doctoral degree in Psychology and Education in 1969" (Pender, n.d.a). She found psychological research to be rigorous and methodo...
their web site with which this nursing organization is involved. For instance, the AACN promotes a specific cardiovascular health ...
the changes that have occurred since she founded modern nursing. "Florence Nightingale provided us with a framework, relevant tod...
of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...