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Using Learning Contracts Within Patient Education

only the teaching of adult learners, but also the teaching of those who will be teaching them. Learning Theory It has been ...

Profession of Nursing

not unusual given that there is a common perception that the higher a persons educational attainment the greater level of employme...

Nursing Home Admissions' Perception versus Reality

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

Jean Watson's Human Caring Theory

is they do, when they change their actions, then the image of nursing will change" (Watson, 1996, p. 142). Watson has recognized ...

Long Term Healthcare Evolution

and their insurers by operating under two distinct fee schedules. Medicare requires that care providers fees be "normal and custo...

Shannondale Nursing Home and Its Historical Development

been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...

Depression, Pain, and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

with "depression, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and decreased overall physical and mental functioning" (Hearn, 2001). Problem Stat...

Single Mother's Economic Struggles

my divorce are better understood in relation the traditional concept of a nuclear family. The term "nuclear family" brings to min...

Nursing and the Caring Phenomena

on nurses increase (Cullen, 2003). Nevertheless, nurse educators and scholars stress that it is through recognition of caring as a...

Assessment of HIV Prison Population Plan for Nursing Management

in terms of the diagnosis and the aggregate. Discussion of Nursing Diagnosis The nursing diagnosis for this study, kno...

An Overview of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

etiology of the disease is not well understood, but substantive research suggests that individuals who suffer from ALS have mutati...

Antibiotic Resistance and Nursing Implications

is understandable given that MRSA is one of the primary threats in terms of diseases encountered in ICUs in the US. Over fifty pe...

Academic Planning and Nursing Assessment

should all be considered (OConnor and Walker, 2003). Traditionally, societys influence on educational planning has meant that the...

Becoming a Nurse

improve it, then nursing can truly be an invaluable profession to choose. This leads us to the reality of helping people. Perha...

Registered Nurse First Assistant Programs and RNs During the Korean War

military personnel and other non-combatants. While McConnell was seeing her charges safely to Japan, General Douglas MacArthur was...

Current Nursing Shortage and its Impact

a little less than a third of them were under the age of 40 (Meadows, 2002, p. 46). This offered conclusive proof that number of ...

A Nursing Student's Plan for Personal Development

are often called upon to provide comfort where there seems to be none, patience in the face of adversity, and grace under fire. Th...

Behavior Impropriety and Nursing Ethics

states, "The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient" (Code of Ethics f...

Qualitative versus Quantitative Approaches to Nursing Research

and statistics. This approach works well for in physics and math, but less well when applied to people. Moloney (2002) offers thre...

Nursing and Family's Role

caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...

Medical Doctors and Nurse Practitioners Conflict Management

the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...

Nurse Practitioner Interview

This essay presents a hypothetical example of an interview with a nurse practitioner, which presents the NP's beliefs and values....

Active Listening in Nursing

In a paper of seven pages, the writer looks at active listening. Exercises for improving active listening in the field of nursing ...

Nursing Leadership and Hospital Strategic Planning

This research paper presents a discussion of the nursing leadership role in regards to hospital strategic process planning. Five p...

Davenport, Iowa, Diabetes

This research paper discusses the incidence of diabetes mellitus specifically in regards to Davenport, Iowa and Iowa as a whole, f...

Teaching Philosophy

This is a specific types of teaching philosophy, it is about nursing education. The writer's philosophy is discussed and explaine...

Technology Implementation at SJMCH, A Case Study

This research paper presents a case study of the implementation of electronic technology at St. Joseph Medical Center at Houston, ...

The Role of Health Professionals in Healthcare IT

IT systems have the potential to add value to the way healthcare is provided as well as increase quality when applied in a patien...

Nursing Recruitment, A Plan

This research paper offers a review of relevant literature that will be used in a plan that addresses recruitment and retention of...

Reflective Journal Entries, FNP Program Admission

This paper presents students with examples of how to phrase reflective journal entries. Each of these two entries focuses on what ...