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Healthcare and Continuous Quality Improvement

to produce better outcomes for patients and improve the conduct and performance of nurses and other health care employees on a dai...

Learning Theories-Nursing Education: Annotated Bibliography

Based on their results, the authors suggested nurse educators add more critical thinking exercises to their classroom curriculum. ...

Theory Analysis/Peplau

indicate the patients readiness for growth and movement" (Marchese, 2006, p. 364). Phase 1, orientation, describes the patient and...

Mental Models of a Finance Officer in a Healthcare Setting

This 3 page paper looks at the type of mental models which may be used by a chief finance officer in a healthcare organization whe...

Adverse Drug Reactions and Metabolic Changes Associated with Antipsychotic Medications

as typical or traditional (first generation) and atypical (second generation) (Blake, 2006). Typical antipsychotic medications ar...

Sweden and Germany

A 7 page research paper that compares these two countries. Germany and Sweden share many similarities. They are both democracies, ...

Changing a Dangerous Situation

accomplish beneficial behavioral change. As Kurt Lewins pioneering work with change theory points out, any change initiative ent...

The Crimean War and Florence Nightingale

that by instituting improved sanitation and nutrition, there was a corresponding decrease in morality (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003...

Nursing Program Mgmt. Case Scenario Questions

fact that Ross, who is associated with an established clinic, recommends this procedure and offers her an example of how this can ...

ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses

owes the same duties of care to herself or himself as is owed to patients. A nurse cannot adequately attend to patients if that nu...

Nursing Theory: Hildegard Peplau

of her theory is the "improvement of nurses relationships with patients," which is a goal that she proposed can be accomplished by...

Fourteen Forces Of Magnetism - Case Study

the others (Trofino, 2007). Those 14 Forces of Magnetism provide the conceptual foundation and basis for what became the Magnet a...

Carper's Four Patterns and Knowledge in Nursing

and administering medical attention. Their role is not just one which is concerned with medicine, but rather one that takes in all...

Quitting Smoking and Current Studies in Nursing Research

Many of these research findings have been conducted by and directed to the nursing community, because it is the nurse who, in conj...

Nurses and Opiate Addiction

In this paper consisting of ten pages the addiction to opiates as it applies to managed care nurses is discussed in detail. There...

Nursing Homes and Safety Programs

In twenty eight pages this paper discusses nursing homes and the importance of safety programs with OSHA's role, health considerat...

Life and Contributions of Clara Barton

by three things (501). They were phrenology, discrimination, and psychohygienic therapy. Through phrenology, Barton was given ce...

World War I and the Roles Played by Women

living American veterans of World War I (Smith 5C). When the war broke out, Frost signed up for the adventure (5C). In those days...

Alcoholism and Social Worker and Nursing Attitudes

In twenty pages this literature review considers social workers and nurses who work with alcoholic clients and families in an anal...

Community Health Care Nursing and Improvement Offered by Focus Groups

data because it is quick, can be administered cheaply and results are instantaneous in some instances. Before delving into the app...

'Test Run' Perioperative Nursing Recruitment

In 5 pages this perioperative nursing care recruitment program designed to assist students in deciding if this should be their spe...

Nurses and Workplace Situations

In eight pages this paper discusses workplace situations nurses contend with in a discussion of various relevant variables. Eight...

Turnover Rates of Nursing Staff

In twelve pages this paper discusses the nursing field in a consideration of problematic rates of turnover and reasons behind diff...

Caring Defined

In five pages caring is examined through nursing field theories and new organizational areas in order to determine a relevant defi...

Nursing and Managed Care

In fourteen pages this paper examines systems of managed care from a current and future nursing perspective. Eight sources are ci...

New Millennium Nursing

In five pages this paper discusses the conditions that will shape twenty first century nursing in North America, particularly Cana...

RN v. BSN and Nursing Trends in Education

In five pages the field of nursing is examined within the context of the growing significance of higher education and advocates th...

Comparing Healthcare Delivery with Systems in Norway and the United States

on the benefits and the drawbacks of a nationalized health plan, and most of this debate has been held within the boundaries of th...

Elderly Abuse in Nursing Homes and Detection

In five pages detecting and preventing elderly abuse in nursing homes are considered in a top down healthcare model examination. ...

Asthma Medication/Xolair

events (Owen, 2007). This action includes "presentation of antigen by dendritic cells" as well as the "degranulation of mast cells...