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which resulted in 47 practices taking part and two of these having two patients. The sample : 98 (75 male) consecutive patients w...

reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...

many had very definite opinions on the matter as a whole, "none of the participants articulated what the process consisted of or h...

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...

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...

only one group, no control group. Group exposed to treatment and then measure (Creswell, 2003). Measured participants blood gluco...

and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...

an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...

particular condition because he at least is aware of his condition. About one-half of those with this disease are not as fortunat...

explained the process further and made it clear that he would perform the catheterization, the man approved. As this indicates, fr...

Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...

the American healthcare system, the debate concerning whether or not states should implement mandated nurse-to-patient ratios rema...

literature and also "analysis of ICD-9-CM codes," which were reviewed by a "clinician panel," offering specific IQs that address i...

nursing skill levels and patient mix" (Minimum staff levels, 2004, p. 33). However, the researchers found that a "greater total nu...

regarded as creating obligations on others to help her exercise her rights. An inherent theme that is implied in all of the questi...

as a central tenet to professional practice (Hanks, 2010). Both the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics and the Code ...

from those of education- focused institutions, when the institution in question is a nursing school, there are similarities, as we...

food, clean water and - most important for some people who did not survive - electricity to keep their life-sustaining equipment r...

in a general form that not only is not useful, but also can lend the appearance of the issue being of less importance than it trul...

In ten pages this paper examines the increased visibility of a nurse's role and also considers the enhancement of nursing document...

In ten pages this paper discusses patient stress in an application of the Orlando and Newman stress models and the development of ...

2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...

only injuries in 53% of the falls recorded. It should be noted that for other types of injury there were some cross overs, for exa...

such as tragedies, deaths, serious injuries or threatening situations, require the human being to respond in a way that intensifie...

"study and report to Congress on standards for the maximum number of hours that a nurse may work without compromising the safety o...

there is no cure either for Alzheimers disease or the various forms of dementia on the horizon, healthcare practitioners should "i...

a specific number or percentage of Australian citizens who have or may be suffering from unstable angina. Part of the reason for ...

is simply to require that their nursing staff make up for understaffing by working mandatory overtime on a more or less permanent ...