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have more opportunity to encounter difficulties involved in nursing the critically ill. "How frequently a given stressor occurs d...

In five pages this paper examines literature regarding the nurse's role in educating hospitalized patients on smoking cessation. ...

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

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

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

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

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

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

individual, regardless of that individuals station in or stage of life. Todays nurse has many duties and answers to people and ad...

they are working in the field now indicates that they understand the concepts and were successful in completing the ranges of stud...

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

it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...

Additionally, the model also "incorporates a life span continuum, where the individual passes from fully dependent at birth, to fu...

NAON recognizes that learning and developing professional is a life-long processes and it helps orthopedic nurses achieve the goal...

Smith, et al. (2002) explain that their purpose "was to investigate the effects of therapeutic massage on selected outcomes relate...

a long period, have the opportunity to build relationships with them and are able to come to know the individual patients response...

will--in all likelihood--result in a professional negligence suit, rather than criminal charges. Suits against nurses result from ...

are necessary for patient survival" (Kelley, 2005, p. 2). When the blood volume in the body is too low, it activates "compensatory...

all aspects of nursing. While the prime relationship in nursing is the one between the nurse and patient, relationships between nu...

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

of the patient experience" (Engebretson 20). The background provided by a large, close-knit family means that, from childhood, I h...

as well as those studies that have suggested broadening students exposure to families and children with special needs. This discus...

perceived self-efficacy (Capik, 1998). JJ explained how Penders theory guides her priorities in establishing educational goals, ...

2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...

Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...

move in concentric circles of caring--from individuals, to others, to community, to (the) world" (Vance, 2003). Caring science inv...

a mentor and/or a preceptor. Mentoring is the "process through which a relationship is established between an experienced indivi...

p. 311). Specifically, this study focused on discerning how indicators of the "psychosocial work climate" affected the frequency w...

nurse working on a medical unit at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. According to Kodet, the only thing ...

partners in the healthcare process. Through training and education, nurses learn to make decisions on multiple issues of patient c...