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the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...
learned long ago the value of yet another Deming (1986) exhortation, that of continuous improvement. By definition, the concept i...
Working for the well-staffed working environment in itself is no small task, given the fact of the ongoing nursing shortage. The ...
reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...
the basic paradigms of nursing professional theory are considered within a social context. For example, health is defined as a "dy...
considering this economic downturn, the numbers of undergraduates pursuing nursing careers began to also decline. In 1991, Canada ...
The ANCI Competency Unit 4 demands that nurses accept accountability and responsibility for their actions in nursing. To do so we...
greater demand on health care services as more of them cross that line from employed to retired. Projections are just that,...
on an evidenced based evidence based practice and the development of increased individual accountability in the area of clinical g...
and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...
to physicians. Increasingly, "evidence-based guidelines are becoming codes of medical practice" (Healy, 2005; p. 54). Superficia...
over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...
train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - an...
balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...
a nurses role as a change agent in data base management. Fonville, Killian, and Tranbarger (1998) note that successful nurses of ...
the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...
2000). Though one might think that nursing professionals with higher education degrees might be able to address their own stress,...
that all women, regardless of their socioeconomic status, greatly benefit from annual screening. Diagnosis if the first s...
fighting the more personal types of cancer in particular necessitates careful attention to ethical conduct. Informed consent, for ...
differences between these two classifications are then described and three factors that are believe to influence the formation of ...
change, understand the reasons for this change and hare a vision of the future" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). The catch is that these g...
take to the streets rather than cope with abuse, violence or parental drug addiction. Also, as indicated above in regards to alcoh...
Kolatkar, 2005). For instance, a lack of exercise and obesity are believed to contribute to diabetes (American Diabetes Associatio...
records how she inquired about one young man who was brought into the ward crying, "I cant die. I cant die" (Livermore 174). She w...
and individuality as young children, they begin to assimilate their role in Japanese culture via such conventions as school unifor...
In light of all the possibilities coping styles as it relates to the nature and scope of the issue are quite diverse....
characteristics of metal disorders may include abnormalities in cognition, mood or emotions; it may include abnormalities in integ...
which means that the homeless population in Vancouver encompasses roughly 1800 people (The Americas, 2004). They are virtually all...
much closer look at the unwise choice to allow HIV-positive nurses to continue their practice. Britain provides statistics that i...
p. 1). Multi-infarct dementia (MID) is caused by a series of strokes, which are frequently small (MID, n.d.). Patients with MID ...