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that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...

patient to re-establish the self-care capacity. Orems model defines a "self-care deficit" as when a patients condition interferes ...

a specialized body of knowledge, skills and experience that enables these nurses to offer a high standard of care to critically il...

prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...

nursing care over the past decade and how do they support the argument for a continuum of educational practices for nursing profes...

it is discovered that her death was called by a massive pulmonary embolism. Two years later, her husband files suit against the n...

there were no caregiver present to assist the elderly individual during the day and evening, the frail older person frequently fou...

reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

they visited, and some tended to visit fairly frequently (Demling et al, 2002). Patients in general were very positive about thei...

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

ownership, because it once again acts as a preventive measure against accidents or injuries for the animals, damaged household ite...

diversion stoma (urostomy) allows urine to be passed through the stoma rather than the urethra (Kirkwood 20). Sometime stomas are ...

2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...

physical and social limits, functional components, and feedback mechanisms" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). With regard t...

In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...

points out that patients with comorbidities have additional needs that serve to increase the complexity of care. Various models of...

the supply by 2010 (Kleinman and Saccomano, 2006). Traditional nursing care models, such as primary nursing, are founded on the su...

Wagner 35). It is also suggested that the practitioner should, of course, thoroughly read the contract, but also that practition...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

It is left to regulatory agencies such as the DFPS to interpret the law, write regulations that are in accordance with the law and...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

over a great deal with social exchange theory and the study of politics in the workplace (Huczyniski and Buchanan, 2003). The use ...

for its lack of market-changing competition (Porter and Teisberg, 2004), but competition exists nonetheless, if only indirectly. ...

legislation an the economic feasibility of the plan. A major role of the board will be to make the decision, to ensure that there ...

and Abecassis, 2010). Available treatments for ESRD and economics of treatment from an organizational perspective: The only trea...

a noun and a verb, is inextricably intertwined with nursing. Nurses provide care, that is, the actions necessary to attend to pati...

This research paper investigates the relationship between the provision of futile care and the development of moral distress among...

This essay focuses on Watson's nursing theory of caring. It reports and explains the meta-paradigms, caratives, and how nurses dev...

This essay presents a summary and analysis of "Video on Interviewing Vulnerable Elders (VIVE)," which instructs nurses and long-te...

This 16 page paper outlines the elements that need to change for improving quality of nursing care. This paper explains that the p...