Essays 151 - 180
p. 144). Each has value, but each exists with a paradox. The more abstract theories are more easily generalized, but more diffic...
an advanced practice nurse. The benefits that a nurse midwife can bring to a first-time mother include information that the mothe...
These theories emphasize the fact that the concept of holism is integrally linked with the goals and objectives of nursing. Holis...
patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...
are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...
every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...
For different reasons, each profession believes that the morning routine of washing and dressing is essential. Both the nurse and...
help. Many of these people have the same basic preparatory training for their work, thus, there is a great deal of duplication, i....
the same holds true about the theories with which these people are treated. In the United Kingdom, nurses specializing in forensi...
many contemporary societies still reflect incredible amounts of poverty, disease and homelessness in spite of the fact that their ...
from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...
both for nurses and their patients, meaning that nurses experience and deal with stress in a variety of directions and settings. ...
In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...
new heart patient may need to learn to radically alter its diet, or the family of a new cancer patient may have to learn to cope w...
or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...
so often work today. The first issue which will be discussed for the purposes of this paper is that of environment. This...
(Snyder and Lindquist, 2001). Under this philosophy the social factors and even the spiritual factors of an individuals existen...
nursing practice and nurses are formally authorized from the society to touch their clients in the course of nursing activities. ...
being the most complete. Education in triage generally has not been complete at all, however (Crafter, Little and Ritchie, 2000)....
individual, regardless of that individuals station in or stage of life. Todays nurse has many duties and answers to people and ad...
does know is what is involved in the job, and many of the permutations that one simple standard can take. There is protocol, then...
(Political Power, 2002). The profession of nursing is no different from any other in this regard (Political Power, 2002). Qualit...
that "People choose nursing for love, not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and...
for the infant for the first six months" (Moore et al., 1998; p. 36). Bearing this in mind we address those women who are perhaps ...
other people. Whereas simulation is rehearsed, however, role playing is not. It requests that the learners take on the character...
to the bill as did many nursing executives, arguing that there was sufficient legislation already on the books that dealt with sta...
have more opportunity to encounter difficulties involved in nursing the critically ill. "How frequently a given stressor occurs d...
is on a morphine drip to which there is attached only one instruction: decrease the drip when respirations reach four per minute....
as the "Angel of Mercy" during the late 19th century; the "Gal Friday" during the 1920s and the "Heroine" during World War II (Bro...
a deleterious impact to patient welfare. With appropriate conflict resolution skills, however, most conflict can be either avoide...