Essays 961 - 990
Continuing education as it relates to the nursing profession is considered in this paper containing five pages and discusses nursi...
and can be applied in a variety of clinical settings, as well as in educational programs and research. Orems theory is bas...
body. Though "the VG site has long been established as an optimal site, not all nurses use it" (Scott and Marfell-Jones, 2004; p....
effectiveness has been studied extensively, and that studies consistently conclude that NP-based care is comparable to that origin...
to take insulin only when his blood glucose level was above the value established by his physician. The nurse laid out all ...
must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...
The link between nurse caring and patient satisfaction has been reported numerous times. For instance, the AORN journal reported a...
the mountains in California, ride a horse in the Grand Canyon, volunteer in a cancer center, finish painting his house, attend his...
This left Mee with little opportunity to connect with these patients as human beings and she started "to feel like a machine," whi...
viewpoints that articulate their own unvoiced feelings toward their profession. For example, in a discussion in an online nursin...
lawyers, uncaring nurses and pedophile clergy is to cut back on scientific research--a tenuous conclusion at best. Where the art...
ethics are a part of the concern. The hospital should not accept a patient load that it cannot handle. Another example of an issue...
In the meantime, I plan to study teaching strategies and rationale, and also expand my personal travel experiences. Today as neve...
profession is very rewarding, if at times very difficult and even heartbreaking. This paper describes the Good Samaritan College o...
and Begun, 1996). The American Nurses Association has embraced an ambitious platform consisting of issuing formal policy statem...
In five pages this paper examines the model for holistic nursing in a consideration of its need for nursing approaches that are tr...
Rural Nurses, represented by registered nurse and practicing attorney Jacqulyn Hall, filed an amici curiae (friends of the court) ...
nursing care over the past decade and how do they support the argument for a continuum of educational practices for nursing profes...
a long period, have the opportunity to build relationships with them and are able to come to know the individual patients response...
to proper interaction with culturally diverse patients: "These standards provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence,...
evolved through various versions of the ANA Code. In addition to describing the duties and obligations that provision 1 entails, T...
Advances in technology have changed everything from how patients are diagnosed to acute care to managing chronic illnesses. Techno...
Alcohol poses a direct risk as a result of the physical impact it has on the body. The use of alcohol is often seen as a social ...
evaluated stated that they are predominantly "hands-on learners." Eight of the 10 nurses evaluated stated they were hands-on lear...
agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...
a statement made early-on in the post, which is that nursing has the potential to make a huge contribution to the transformation o...
relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...
patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...
from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...
In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...