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was well educated (Le Vasseur, 1998), from a family of wealth and yet held an unusual compassion for those less fortunate. She wa...
that "People choose nursing for love, not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and...
for the infant for the first six months" (Moore et al., 1998; p. 36). Bearing this in mind we address those women who are perhaps ...
other people. Whereas simulation is rehearsed, however, role playing is not. It requests that the learners take on the character...
to the bill as did many nursing executives, arguing that there was sufficient legislation already on the books that dealt with sta...
importance in the immediate nature of the patients problems, however. In critical care, theory can wait. Nurses need to be focus...
does not receive (or seek) health care outside of prison. The literal captive audience allows health care professionals to offer ...
several problems with recent immigrants, however. These include language barriers, not having completed a GED, limited healthcare...
a lingering distrust of the qualitative approach, one that often has not been done well and has resulted in works that cannot be c...
is on a morphine drip to which there is attached only one instruction: decrease the drip when respirations reach four per minute....
as the "Angel of Mercy" during the late 19th century; the "Gal Friday" during the 1920s and the "Heroine" during World War II (Bro...
a deleterious impact to patient welfare. With appropriate conflict resolution skills, however, most conflict can be either avoide...
out the parameters of the problem and review previous the results of research in this area. She discusses how patients older than ...
in education and work experience. 2. Boyfriends work sporadically. 3. Neither appears to consider the possibility of breaking the ...
nurse (Cosgrove, 1996). Even at this level, however, the nursing field is one which demands a continued commitment to education. ...
of stem cell research far outweigh the negativities. Because of these benefits stem cell research can be ethically defended utili...
services. It was a clear presumption that womens contributions -- no matter how physically or mentally trying -- did not carry an...
process variation, foster awareness of the impact of different clinical decisions, and encourage reduction in undesirable practice...
does know is what is involved in the job, and many of the permutations that one simple standard can take. There is protocol, then...
nursing practice and nurses are formally authorized from the society to touch their clients in the course of nursing activities. ...
being the most complete. Education in triage generally has not been complete at all, however (Crafter, Little and Ritchie, 2000)....
had even been stalked by patients (Global Forum for Health Research, 2000). A major study in Australia found that there is a sign...
decisions. It is through our status as health care professionals that such a role is not only valued but critical. Nursing...
with a study sample of six female diabetes nurse specialists, who worked with a multidisciplinary team offering comprehensive diab...
indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...
therefore more attractive to those very human individuals filling its nursing positions. A mentoring program can help support tho...
become stressed and this lowers morale. A nurse manager writes that at her hospital, her job has become overwhelming, but when dis...
the patient prior to his death. The nurse clearly felt the need to encourage the family to stay and spend as much time as possibl...
roles of nursing is direct patient care, and one of the seven essential AACN values is that of human dignity. In years past, dire...
Peplau addressed the inherent relationship between nursing and counseling, contending that nurses uphold the important responsibil...