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the realization of the "dehumanizing" of patients that led to them being referred to as "Bed x," "Case x" or some other nameless, ...

from pain that began after radiation therapy that caused nerve damage (Fischman, 2000). After receiving therapy at a pain clinic, ...

when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...

2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...

gives the appearance of increased attention to theory and evidenced-based nursing in an atmosphere of caring for the individual. ...

Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those...

techniques or theories as they pertain to the medical world, and it is as if the prison setting is the last place where these tech...

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...

or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...

expressing his or her misery. Such caregivers may have experienced patients who are as likely to cry out, thrash around, or simply...

the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...

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

and settings. Individuals reactions to the same stressors can be quite different, with one stressor creating significant stress r...

or other special attention to the wounds caused by burns. Each day s/he spends in the hospital is creating another reason for the...

paradigm but without the fantasy that acceptance is the ultimate outcome. In treating this patient, a student writing on the subje...

charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...

criminal and social repercussions, creating a punitive response to alcoholism that can impact the views of service providers. Cha...

Understanding that there is a step by step progression, both physically and psychologically, can be part of the nurses role in thi...

experience, particularly that immigrant experience as it occurs within the modern medical environment, revolves around cultural un...

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

condition, her lack of awareness of her own limitations or lack of limitations in activity, and her response to various types of p...

p. 1). Multi-infarct dementia (MID) is caused by a series of strokes, which are frequently small (MID, n.d.). Patients with MID ...

In light of all the possibilities coping styles as it relates to the nature and scope of the issue are quite diverse....

parents of children with cancer regarding the needs of siblings and on the support that was offered by hospital staff. The results...

define what other mechanisms are brought into the healing process. For example, Gordon et al (2002) argue that depending on the v...

nurses as they engage in diagnostic, prescriptive, and regulatory operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). ...

This essay has several headings that include data/statistics of intimate partner violence, literature review, recommendations for ...

their infants, and this factor is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, as well as significant financial expenditures...

features of family life; That the families will develop different strengths and capabilities of promoting family growth and develo...

primary symptoms of COPD are "wheezing, cough, dyspnea on exertion and increased phlegm production" (Touhy and Jett, 2012, p. 289)...