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Geriatric Mentally Ill Patients and Nursing

characteristics of metal disorders may include abnormalities in cognition, mood or emotions; it may include abnormalities in integ...

Stroke Patients and Nursing Case Management

Partially as a result of improved heath care practices which result in longer life and partially as the result of the movement aw...

Terminally Ill Patients and Nursing Care

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

Nursing Practice and Otitis Media

of ear infection (Chronic otitis media, 2003). OM is a serious childhood illness because, if not properly treated, it can lead to ...

Restraints Usage and Issues of Nursing Practice

According to one research study, the top five reasons why nurses employ restraints are "disruption of therapies, confusion, fall p...

Past and Present Nursing

education for nurses in the US followed the model established by modern nursings founder Florence Nightingale (Fitzpatrick 63). Th...

Causes and Symptoms of Burnout in Nursing

their own condition. Judkins and Ingram (2002) designed a self-paced learning module in order to determine whether knowledge relat...

Holistic Nursing and Migraine Headaches

"significant anxiety, particularly before they discover the most effective symptom management" (Moloney, et al, 2001, p. 19). In o...

Community and Patient Nursing Care and Meningococcal Meningitis

the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...

Nursing Ethics and Operations Management

1999). Lee and his family owned a small business and had no health or medical insurance. The family was urged to begin the process...

Cancer Patients and Nursing

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

2 Perspectives on Nursing Theory

addressing specific phenomena or concepts and reflecting practice (Liehr and Smith, 1999). The grand theories of nursing, that is,...

Australian Patient with Unstable Angina and Nursing Actions

a specific number or percentage of Australian citizens who have or may be suffering from unstable angina. Part of the reason for ...

MEDITECH Hospital Information System

or reject MEDITECHs suggestions as they see fit. Whether users accept or reject the suggestions made by MEDITECH, care prov...

Questioning Health Policy

who suffer from cancer, arthritis, AIDS, multiple sclerosis or acute back pain are known to frequently turn to alternative medicin...

Function and Role of Nurse Practitioners

the most frequently reported intervention classifications for NPs were patient education, drug management, nutrition support, risk...

Shared Governance v. Collective Bargaining in Nursing Labor Relations

for protocol and for adhering to standard practice. There are many aspects of the job for which the nurse is best suited to addre...

Nursing's Personal Code of Ethics

on the following (Nursingworld.org, 2004). * Human dignity * Commitment to the patient * Protection of the patients privacy and co...

Health Care and Interdisciplinary Teams

a list of advantages for patients, which include: * Greater coordination of services leads to higher quality care for the patient ...

Philosophy of Nursing and Values

money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...

Psychiatric Nursing and Nursing Theory

nursing. Forchuk and Dorsay (1995) and Barker, Reynolds and Stevenson (1997) identify Hildegard Peplau as the first to apply nurs...

Nursing and Motivation

2003, p. 50). Comments went on to say that it is disheartening when they arent acknowledged in any way for the hard work they do (...

Nurse Consultants and Their Role

on an evidenced based evidence based practice and the development of increased individual accountability in the area of clinical g...

Australian Nursing Council and Meningococcal Meningitis

The ANCI Competency Unit 4 demands that nurses accept accountability and responsibility for their actions in nursing. To do so we...

Geriatric Care Quality

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

Nursing Philosophy and Parse's Theory of Human Becoming

draw on the fundamental concepts espoused by the metaparadigms. Nevertheless, each branch of nursing theory approaches the subjec...

Types of Specialization in Pediatric Nursing

evaluate nursing care and use research findings in clinical practice" (Barnsteiner, Wyatt and Richardson 165). This survey reveal...

JCAHO's Core Measure Heart Failure Process Implementation

They are: 1. "activity level 2. "diet 3. "discharge medications 4. "follow-up appointment 5. "weight monitoring 6. "what to do if ...

JCAHO's HF1 Core Measure and Hoshin Planning

* "HF-2 LVF assessment * "HF-3 ACEI for LVSD * "HF-4 Adult smoking cessation advice/counseling" (Overview, 2002). JCAHO e...

Nurse Practitioner's Role and Strategies

certification program (Policy statement, 1999). On the other hand, the additional education required to become a licensed NP may t...