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was a patient protection initiative which incorporated a requirement for there to be set nasty patient ratios in healthcare system...

nurse to patient ratio in California. In 1992 and 1993 the California Nurses Association has sponsored the Democratic Senator Jack...

law stipulates that an RN is allowed to delegate specific nursing tasks individuals who are unlicensed if they have been adequatel...

and fatigue, abdominal pain, vomiting, constipation and learning difficulties" ("Lead"). These physiological effects are caused by...

"benefits and burdens of... treatment", helping patients to "understand their prognosis", and emphasizing the importance of patien...

frequently the needs of terminal patients are not addressed properly and that multiple problems exist in this regard. Practitioner...

the team to make a decision. The advantage of the casuistry approach to ethical decisions is that the team finds some sort of co...

housing, case management, nutritional guidance and vocational rehabilitation, as well as the development of new approaches to prev...

the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...

the provision of nursing services for early diagnosis and preventive services, the progress made over the course of the last centu...

environment is highly competitive and consumers have high expectations in regards to the quality and effectiveness of the services...

registered nurse (RN) who has obtained a graduate degree, at least a masters. There are four basic APN categories: clinical nurse ...

meant. Jan shared it concerned her, too, and she would inquire about what it would really mean to them. This conversation was live...

nurse practitioners how they could join the movement and help. The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1989 included minimal reimbursem...

in the home and individuals suffering from dementia. The background literature review sites a wide range of sources, including res...

The writer looks at a research article by Lach and Chang (2007) entitled Caregiver Perspectives on Safety in Home Dementia Care" p...

Prospective Payment System (PPS), reimbursement rates going to both hospitals and physicians have declined significantly. In react...

features of family life; That the families will develop different strengths and capabilities of promoting family growth and develo...

place to be bought by customers" (Ehmke, Fulton, & Lusk, 2012). Marketing ones abilities in the right networks is essential for an...

to the passage of the California law (Tevington, 2011). Currently, Connecticut, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Texas an...

in emergency nursing, as the my mentor expressed obtaining this certification would enhance my professional development. The Ped...

rate at the hospital soon declined by two-thirds (Garofalo and Fee, 2010). This emphasis is immediately evident in Nightingales No...

different ways, In communication a starting point is the presence of verbal and non verbal communication. Different cultures may h...

and Kramer (2008) to describe the ability of nurses to be cognizant of and reflect upon the wide variety of cultural, social and p...

phenomenological, existential, and qualitative components (Cohen, 1991). These combine to create a theory that addresses the pers...

client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...

a profession, nursing theory has responded to meet the needs of nurses. For example, from the mid-1970s through the 1980s, the foc...

of literature pertaining to type 2 diabetes mellitus, begins by describing, summarizing and analyzing the study conducted by Barko...

a discussion and review of literature that focuses on hypertension (HTN) among minority ethnic groups, with a particular emphasis ...

nurses. These were all key people in leading the change (Stetler et al., 2009). These same people were not identified in the begin...