Essays 121 - 150
homes. Rather, it is a high-quality facility dedicated to providing the best of care to its residents. Staff members are employe...
This essay includes three sections. The fist section reflects on tempered change strategies as described in a journal article. The...
(Cunningham, 2008). Observed Results Cortez (2008) states that in the past, patients had been known to call 911 from their ...
results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...
reality of the profession. It needs a makeover much as it had in the 19th century in Brittan when nursing reformers struggled to h...
therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...
practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...
an advanced practice nurse. The benefits that a nurse midwife can bring to a first-time mother include information that the mothe...
to nursing practice in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as the welfare of each high-needs baby is intrinsically tied to fami...
whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...
that they are often asked to take care of more patients with higher acuity levels than they have in the past (Hassmiller and Cozin...
based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...
between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...
to five-times the risk for CHD, which contrasts sharply with the double risk encountered in African American men. There is also a ...
This involves intensive, one-on-one teaching, which enables autistic children to learn the intricacies of behaviors or skills via ...
report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...
the ability of an institution to deliver quality, error-free care. At the Six Sigma level, there are roughly "3.4 errors per one m...
(Allmark, 2003, p. 4). Poststructuralism: This perspective takes a deconstructive view of structuralism and "sees inquiry as ine...
serve to mentor teens and provide socially positive guidance and support. Diagnostic and screening exams will also be available, b...
and * Student presentations (50.6 percent" (Burkemper, et al, 2007, p. 14). Less than one third of the courses surveyed indicat...
York found that, in the past, ambulance diversions were a seasonal event. However, more recent research finds that diversional sta...
with their illness decreases and their partners ability to help them with the process is impeded as well. Decreased communication...
many of the findings of nursing research have little or no relevance to their daily practice. Im and Meleis (1999) cite several re...
information. These guidelines are also based on this researchers finding that self-care promotes the pediatric patients spiritual ...
secretary, should leave the ward when there were fewer than three children on the unit and work a second adult unit as well. He wa...
the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...
or other special attention to the wounds caused by burns. Each day s/he spends in the hospital is creating another reason for the...
interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...
is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...
much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...