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Continuous Quality of Care

patients with certain injuries and missed diagnoses of certain conditions such as appendicitis or meningitis (Dansby, Kavaler & Sp...

Nursing as a Profession

of ethics; 5. is composed of individuals who consider this occupation as their lifework, contributing to the good of society throu...

Staff Shortages and UAPs

Literature on this topic indicates that RNs are hesitant in delegating tasks primarily because they are uncertain of the qualific...

Family and Health Promotion

this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...

Nursing/Medical Vocabulary

9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...

Orem, Peplau and Neumann/Concept of Person

A 3 page research paper that compares and contrasts the way in which nursing theorists Hildegard Peplau, Dorothea Orem, and Betty ...

Nursing Knowledge Resources Online

Evidence into Practice" (AHRQ, 2008). The Nursing Center is an extremely useful site in that it offers access to a long list of ...

Treating Osteoporosis

and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...

Nursing While Impaired

Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...

Proposal for an Addiction Treatment Center

Programs and Addiction Treatment Centers, 2007). Breaking addiction to these and other abused drugs often requires medical interv...

Leadership/Clinical Nurse Specialist

2003). As this suggests, a major factor in the leadership of CNSs is that they facilitate and implement educational initiatives. ...

Leadership/Clinical Nurse Specialist

2003). As this suggests, a major factor in the leadership of CNSs is that they facilitate and implement educational initiatives. ...

Effective Nursing Leadership, Management

power, found that where nurses report that power when is shared, there are corresponding improvements in the nursing/physician rel...

Interview with An Executive Leader

it is appropriate, such as when a novice nurse is faced with a crisis. There are times, and stages in a career, when employees can...

Theory Analysis/Peplau

indicate the patients readiness for growth and movement" (Marchese, 2006, p. 364). Phase 1, orientation, describes the patient and...

Learning Theories-Nursing Education: Annotated Bibliography

Based on their results, the authors suggested nurse educators add more critical thinking exercises to their classroom curriculum. ...

Article Analysis: Nursing Shortage

to others, at least not as frequently as would seem reasonable if they liked it as well as the general public does. The reason mo...

Los Angeles Air Pollution and Healthy People 2010

2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...

Nursing Shortage

If all factors remain the same, by 2030, the shortage could reach the 1 million mark (Chandra and Willis, 2005). There are tremend...

Colby/Deaths of Nancy Cruzan

that the legal struggle took on her family was immense. Her father never recovered emotionally and committed suicide (Colby, 2002)...

Nursing Case Study & Critical Thinking Styles

familys emotional state through observation and empathic listening. They can explore their own emotions through self-examination a...

Dorothea Orem - Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory

own studies in numerous areas, such as formal logic, metaphysics, action theories, and to her readings of Aristotle, Aquinas and m...

Delegation Example in a Health Care Setting

feel as if they are not being given proper treatment if a CNA is assigned to their case instead of an RN (Sullivan, 1998). Thus, t...

Fourteen Forces Of Magnetism - Case Study

the others (Trofino, 2007). Those 14 Forces of Magnetism provide the conceptual foundation and basis for what became the Magnet a...

Mental Models of a Finance Officer in a Healthcare Setting

This 3 page paper looks at the type of mental models which may be used by a chief finance officer in a healthcare organization whe...

Adverse Drug Reactions and Metabolic Changes Associated with Antipsychotic Medications

as typical or traditional (first generation) and atypical (second generation) (Blake, 2006). Typical antipsychotic medications ar...

Mayo Clinic/Educational Needs Assessment

(Masters and Doctoral degree) (Career overview, 2009). Summary of Results of the Need Assessment For the purposes of the needs a...

The Crimean War and Florence Nightingale

that by instituting improved sanitation and nutrition, there was a corresponding decrease in morality (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003...

Advanced Nursing Program: Assessment and Recommendations

in pursuit of their advanced standing certification. Moreover, active RNs, LPNs and CNAs understand that these advanced practice ...

Changing a Dangerous Situation

accomplish beneficial behavioral change. As Kurt Lewins pioneering work with change theory points out, any change initiative ent...