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Essays 1861 - 1890
surgery. Preventing such intense pain often requires less drug use than does alleviating the pain once it has begun (Siwek, 2001)...
decisions. It is through our status as health care professionals that such a role is not only valued but critical. Nursing...
does know is what is involved in the job, and many of the permutations that one simple standard can take. There is protocol, then...
to the bill as did many nursing executives, arguing that there was sufficient legislation already on the books that dealt with sta...
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...
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 ...
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...
that "People choose nursing for love, not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and...
(Political Power, 2002). The profession of nursing is no different from any other in this regard (Political Power, 2002). Qualit...
was well educated (Le Vasseur, 1998), from a family of wealth and yet held an unusual compassion for those less fortunate. She wa...
and arranging transportation; and ensuring that physician orders for residents are met and followed. Beyond these duties ar...
These theories emphasize the fact that the concept of holism is integrally linked with the goals and objectives of nursing. Holis...
Today, the theories of Orem, Roy, Neuman, Rogers, King, and others seem to be more popular than older theories such as those of Fl...
by any number of characteristics used for grouping individuals. These characteristics can include geography, relationships, cultu...
many contemporary societies still reflect incredible amounts of poverty, disease and homelessness in spite of the fact that their ...
physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...
are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...
every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...
For different reasons, each profession believes that the morning routine of washing and dressing is essential. Both the nurse and...
help. Many of these people have the same basic preparatory training for their work, thus, there is a great deal of duplication, i....
the same holds true about the theories with which these people are treated. In the United Kingdom, nurses specializing in forensi...
so often work today. The first issue which will be discussed for the purposes of this paper is that of environment. This...
both for nurses and their patients, meaning that nurses experience and deal with stress in a variety of directions and settings. ...
on education and prevention, and on how individual and social systems work together in the "society" of the health care industry. ...
new heart patient may need to learn to radically alter its diet, or the family of a new cancer patient may have to learn to cope w...
or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...
a role, as well as the elements of the music itself. Studies show that slow rhythms tend to be calming, while faster tempos tend t...