Essays 181 - 210
departments (Courson, 2004). It isnt that nurses have not been serving in these roles, they have but today, nurses receive speci...
the importance of taking assessment from a number of different, relevant perspectives. For example, mentors who are conscious that...
also as a result of the environment in which they are cared for, where smoking is banned. Teaching patients may be seen as a funct...
in African American communities in though it has level off and is falling in other US populations (Dyer, 2003). Adolescents are am...
transformative perspective because Newman argues that rather than being diametrically opposed, disease and health are merely facto...
The concept of health also has undergone change over the years. It formerly referred to absence of disease, but now it generally ...
was perceived as merely the "handmaiden" of medicine, that is, a service that was there to facilitate the practice of the physicia...
have had ethical reservations about taking a patient off of life support, but she did not add to Lynns burden by interfering with ...
and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...
There are different studies that have made a partial examination of the developmental models of clinical mentorship and supervisio...
drugs and to administer those drugs in a manner that is beneficial to our patients as well as being put into a positions where we ...
care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...
Spence (1973) proposes that employers rationally offer higher compensation to those workers who have completed a higher level of e...
individuals personal integrity, which is defined as a "sense of worth which can be conserved through consideration of cultural, et...
what was said in the first sentence of this essay - nurse shortages results in nurses being given unrealistic workloads (DPE Resea...
showing that they graduated from a nursing education program approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing or from a nursing education ...
factors as culture and even spiritualism in patient care delivery. While at one time nursing was a discipline which concentrated ...
According to one research study, the top five reasons why nurses employ restraints are "disruption of therapies, confusion, fall p...
1999). Elderly patients who are alert, and not declared incompetent, have the right to refuse treatment, which includes turning or...
issue of regulatory interest when attached to direct patient care (Nursing, 2004). As few nurses with no patient responsibilities...
nurse, 2005). In addition to basic educational preparation at the RN level, oncology nursing practice also requires cancer-speci...
(rural communities were slower to put into place screening mechanisms for HIV in the blood supply used for transfusions). Final...
which a person demonstrates fundamental functioning in their life environment (Jones and Kilpatrick, 1996). In other words, the c...
with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to support a level of pro...
professionals has come into view as an element of this discourse. Nurse professionals, who once worked directly under the wing ...
The methodology utilized in the study by OBrien is quantitative and includes an assessment of a review of literature, the developm...
and religious background and beliefs, as well as how the health/illness continuum works within the framework of their life. "Env...
(Summers, 2004). This switch back to pursing a doctors role sent a horrendous message concerning nursing to the viewing public. ...
an integral part of the carative model, there is a definnitive need to recognize the specific characteristics and skills of effect...
for the same population. Pertinent Neighborhood Characteristics This is a sample of the information that should be included in...