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'Angel of the Battlefield' Clara Barton

in the 19th and early 20th century, the fact is even more remarkable. "Well and Strong and Young" Updike writes that in 1854 Bar...

Registered Nurse's Hospital Role

several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...

Developments In Forensic Nursing

scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic acci...

Florence Nightingale's Work

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

'Don't Call Me Sweetie!' Australia Nursing Study Reviewed

In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...

Nursing Theory Practical Integration

different that needs attention, but many have been able to prepare for the changes that are happening to them. Geriatric patients...

Nurse Role Definition

patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...

Nursing and Communication Theory

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

NJ's Advanced Practice Nurses

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

Professional Practice and Research Interview Summary

techniques or theories as they pertain to the medical world, and it is as if the prison setting is the last place where these tech...

Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit Nursing Retention

the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...

Nursing Home Costs and the Impact of MDS/PPS/RUG III System Utilization

Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those...

SNF Costs and the Impact of the Shortage of Registered Nurses

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...

Using Critical Thinking in the Field of Nursing

or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...

Is There a Relationship Between Nursing Burnout and Shortage of Nurses?

and settings. Individuals reactions to the same stressors can be quite different, with one stressor creating significant stress r...

Pediatric Burn Care and High Acuity Nursing

or other special attention to the wounds caused by burns. Each day s/he spends in the hospital is creating another reason for the...

Nursing, Pregnancy, and Use of Cocaine

In twelve pages contemporary literature relevant to the nursing role in at risk population pregnancies concentrating on the use of...

A Nursing Perspective on Patient Mental Illness

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

Florence Nightingale's Life and Nursing Contributions

In twelve pages English nurse Florence Nightingale's life and many innovative nursing profession contributions are examined. Six ...

Delegation Importance and Nursing Management

dedication and focus on doing a good job. But, hesitancy to delegate takes the manager away from more important work and results ...

Homeless Patients and a Nurse's Role

In five pages this paper discusses the plight of the homeless and health care access in a consideration of a nurse's role. Six so...

Ethical Conflict Regarding Nurse's Code and a Patient's 'Right to Die'

In eight pages this essay discusses efforts to reconcile euthanasia and the Nurse's Code in a consideration of the ethics nonmalef...

Nursing and Autonomy

In a paper consisting of nine pages the argument is presented that the reduction of nurses' autonomy through restrictive constrain...

Dr. Madeleine Leininger, Transcultural Nursing, and the Family Nurse Practitioner

In six pages this paper examines the family nurse practitioner within the context of the transcultural nursing theories of Dr. Mad...

Nursing and Men

68 admitted male students (Poliafico, 1998). The situation began to change in the 1960s. Men were again allowed to enter military...

Impact of Child Abuse

In ten pages child abuse and its social implications are described in terms of its different forms which also considers a communit...

Overview of a Community Nursing Intervention Plan

In twelve pages problems within the community nursing landscape are discussed such as parent alteration and social isolation and t...

Ambulatory Care and the Nurse's Role

In six pages this paper examines the nurse's role from an ambulatory care perspective with service complexities and constant chang...

Theories of Peplau and Orem in Patient Assessment

In this paper consisting of seven pages the importance of adequately assessing patient needs is discussed by examining the theorie...

Nursing Homes Centered on Clients

The most recent trend in nursing home care is client-centered treatment. This paper examines statistics in elder care, with almost...