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in decision making (Thomas Group, 2004). The leadership team appointed a steering committee to develop a plan for empowering nur...
transformative perspective because Newman argues that rather than being diametrically opposed, disease and health are merely facto...
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...
in African American communities in though it has level off and is falling in other US populations (Dyer, 2003). Adolescents are am...
only one group, no control group. Group exposed to treatment and then measure (Creswell, 2003). Measured participants blood gluco...
proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...
includes strategies that are designed to make the individual feel better, such as "exercise, spirituality, support groups and humo...
many people have these factors in common within their personal value sets, but I believe that the nurse possesses them in specific...
draw on the fundamental concepts espoused by the metaparadigms. Nevertheless, each branch of nursing theory approaches the subjec...
evaluate nursing care and use research findings in clinical practice" (Barnsteiner, Wyatt and Richardson 165). This survey reveal...
in acute care is sensitive about the use of drugs in recovering patients. Exposure of abuses of past years has raised awareness o...
with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of ...
adaptation has a process in which individuals respond positively to environmental changes and described three types of stimuli: fo...
life needs to change in response to the patients health care needs, then the nurse needs to be sensitive to that factor as well. ...
clinical nurse specialist and the advanced nurse practitioner is decidedly hazy. However, Wickham (2003) states that a nurse worki...
staff them (Ocala, Fla., Hospitals Tackle Nursing Shortage, 2002). The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizati...
also point out that "developed countries may not be well served by international nurse recruitment if it prevents them from addres...
just need a positive touch from another human being. The student investigating the relationship of nursing contribution to patien...
within these models. Definition of nursing model Semantic confusion abounds in the relevant literature as to what--precisely--is...
deaths each year are related to medications" (Meadows, 2003). The actual number is estimated to be much higher because these kinds...
* "HF-2 LVF assessment * "HF-3 ACEI for LVSD * "HF-4 Adult smoking cessation advice/counseling" (Overview, 2002). JCAHO e...
a partnership approach where the discipline work together can be increased cost effectiveness in the overall treatment of a patien...
many had very definite opinions on the matter as a whole, "none of the participants articulated what the process consisted of or h...
certification program (Policy statement, 1999). On the other hand, the additional education required to become a licensed NP may t...
Although the nursing professions is just now beginning to become more aware of the need for this type of approach it was first int...
They are: 1. "activity level 2. "diet 3. "discharge medications 4. "follow-up appointment 5. "weight monitoring 6. "what to do if ...
MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...
At the heart of nursing is the nurse-patient relationship, which provides the foundation for nursing care (Patusky, 2003). This r...
objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and their wives,...
reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...