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Essays 1951 - 1980

Quality of Life, Nursing, and Concept Analysis

of happiness, contentment or relief, or something above ordinary existence. The patient should do more than subsist. 4. Care shoul...

Nursing Participant Observation Controversy and Qualitative Research

who choose to use qualitative methods tend to seek a deeper reality, inasmuch as their aim is to "study things in their natural se...

Hospitals and Nursing

Issues pertinent to these five elements include conceptual framework, scope of practice, policy implications and support of social...

New Jersey's Health Care Delivery System and Its Problems

governor should strive to at least make a dent in the problem in the next four years. It seems that the most pertinent problems ar...

Overview of Haddon's Matrix

"Many changes in health care yesterday, have major unforeseen consequences today. While it is easy to predict results with the be...

Nurses and Violence in the Workplace

Review Before focusing specifically on the impact of workplace violence on nurses, there are certain basic facts that should be u...

Nursing and Ethics

quality of a patients life, (4) implementing managed care policies that threaten quality of care, and (5) working with unethical/i...

Nursing Degrees and Associate versus Bachelor

In a paper consisting of six pages the argument is presented that nurses should be paid not on their level of education but rather...

Patient Outcomes, Organizational Factors, and Nursing Competency

to insure that nurses continually perform their duties in the most competent and constructive manner (Cain, 2001). The establishm...

Nursing and Congestive Heart Failure

In addition, among hospitalized patients over 65, CHF is the leading hospital admission diagnosis. In 1988 alone, it accounted fo...

Article on Nurse Staffing

In five pages a 2001 article by Sarah Jo Brown on the relationship between patient outcomes and nurse staffing according to a stud...

Nurse Educator's Involvement in International Normalized Ratio Stability

laboratory specialists to obtain the appropriate level of anticoagulation independent of related laboratory reagents. Because the...

2 Journal Articles on Hypertension Reviewed

insight regarding the details of their normal everyday life and health concerns. Boutain sets the stage by reporting that one in...

Possible Barriers for MSN Pursuit by Registered Nurses

nurses considering returning to school for a Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN), the perceived barriers include issues directly r...

Nursing Intervention and Munchausen by Proxy

the condition. More frequently it is the healthcare system which is both exposed to the condition and thus responsible for detect...

Nursing and Self Care Wound Instruction

In six pages this tutorial presents information on how to create a nursing instruction plan for how wounds can be self treated. F...

Various Nursing Theories According to Jean Watson and Madeleine Leininger

In five pages this paper discusses these important theories of nursing in an examination of their basic principles. Eight sources...

Nurses and Their Leadership Skills

In eight pages this paper examines the skills that are necessary for nurse to exert effective leadership. Seven sources are cited...

Nursing Homes and the Financial Crisis Confronting Them

nursing home chains. As a result, there have been a number of highly publicized defaults such as that of Integrated Health Service...

Senior Citizens Care and the Impact of Local Policies and Global Health Issues

In thirty pages this paper discusses elderly care in a discussion of nursing, holistic care, communications, and local policies, a...

Hospital Standard Care and Manual Handling Policy

long been an integral component to the standard of care provided at hospitals, nursing homes, home care and other situations where...

Health Care Delivery Trends

In five pages the effects of various health care practices and trends upon the nursing field are examined. Five sources are cited...

Advance Practice Nursing and Postgraduate Degrees

current literature, which includes existing nursing journals and the WEB sites conducted by the American Association of Nurses and...

Nursing Organization Leadership Approaches

without distinct criticisms of this kind of choice regarding the quality of care. As a result, many hospitals have turned to the...

Neonatal Circumcision and Pain Management and Assessment

still exists as to the necessity and long-term benefits of circumcision. Virtually all agree that if circumcision is to be done, ...

Nursing Research and its Significance

In seven pages this paper discusses the importance of nursing research for a clear understanding of methodology and ever changing ...

An Analysis of Nursing Care Concepts

individuals belief, values, and membership in family and social groups. Brodie (2001) asserts that it is the hallmark of professio...

Patient and Family Challenges of Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury

be on the alert for any changes in blood pressure, urinary tract, and body temperature (Jackson, 2000). Muscles must be exercised ...

Clinical Setting and Nurse Mentors

In six pages this essay examines mentoring and discusses the role a nurse can play in the role of teacher or mentor with adult lea...

Nursing and Sleep's Physiology

In seven pages this paper discusses sleep in terms of definition and the physiological components that comprise it and their nursi...