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Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...

Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of...

at any given time. More than a decade ago, Bigelow and Arndt (1995) suspected value in TQM in the hospital setting but wrote, "Th...

is not an expectation based on fact or knowledge, it is based on hope. 2. Clinicians personal and professional values Personal ...

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...

an overview of the issues that surround massage and the literature that support the fact that it is an effective approach in the t...

culturally competent care. Well examine what the literature has to say about such standards and, with this background, and an unde...

that it is impossible for a mere individual to resist the monolithic nature of an authoritarian state, also can be interpreted on ...

regarded as creating obligations on others to help her exercise her rights. An inherent theme that is implied in all of the questi...

grew from an average of seven in 1993 to an average of eleven in 2000 to an average of twelve in 2004 (Critser, 2007). At the tim...

six months the intervention group had only 68 compared to 118 in the control group, likewise quality-of-life was found to be highe...

ask these questions because he is trying to find out if the patient has any understanding as to why his behavior makes him uneasy;...

in resistant strains of bacteria (Plonczynski, 2005). This situation suggests that changes in antibiotic prophylactic procedures ...

The purpose - indeed the entire study - does not specifically identify variables that can be labeled as independent. It is not an...

predicting mortality and morbidity. Authors provide a section to explain and explore the existence of natriuretic peptides. Anoth...

patient (Seidel, 2004). This author also states that effective communication is something that can and must be learned (Seidel, 2...

patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

was evaluated using the Beth Israel Medical Center flow sheet sedation scale (Loewy, et al, 2006). If, after 30 minutes, the patie...

moving onto the objectives, looking at the alternatives and considering the consequences and the trade offs. In this paper we will...

this incident may have contributed to her divorce. It is also true that her mother has had a problem with alcoholism for over twen...

As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...

some determining the study was inconclusive, others saying certain interventions should be made universal and still others stating...

Researchers have identified nutrition as a significant factor in wound healing. In fact, it has been argued that nutritional elem...

particular condition because he at least is aware of his condition. About one-half of those with this disease are not as fortunat...

are fatigued often have trouble dealing successfully with their illness. In this article Benzein and Berg note that "Hope, hopeles...

the DSM IV-TR (Therapydoc, 2007). The next one is due sometimes in 2012 (Therapydoc, 2007). It will no doubt change etiologies, di...

influences can be broken down into political, economic, social and technological. Political influences are one of the most importa...

This ANA Code also specifically includes the possibility that "inappropriate disclosure" can occur by using "identifiable patient ...