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supply and the importance of fruit and vegetables in the patients diet. She authored over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on nurs...
required qualified, competent staff. This resulted in the establishment of training schools for nurses (Formal training, 2005). Un...
their web site with which this nursing organization is involved. For instance, the AACN promotes a specific cardiovascular health ...
that is, a full-fledged study, the independent variable refers to the part of the methodology that is manipulated and the dependen...
include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...
Sometimes the ability to perform foot self-exams for follow-up education or acute illness (Nettles, 2005, p. 44). Additionally, ...
task forces, committees, and organizational projects," while also serving as "resources to other nurses to facilitate advancing sk...
in this case for a variety of reasons (Chaguturu and Vallabhaneni, 2005). First of all, despite any financial incentives, it has b...
percent of al cardiac surgery patients (Brantman and Howie, 2006). While this postoperative condition is typically well-tolerated ...
backstabbing, failure to respect privacy and broken confidences" (Stanley, et al, 2007, p. 1248). Ferrell notes the importance of ...
patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...
nurses are part of this generation and a large majority of nurses are retiring. It has been estimated that 50 percent of the count...
are possess "awareness and intention," and can construct a sense of self-identity and meaning," which includes the ability to choo...
background of hospital RNs is a significant factor in providing quality nursing care, as this study showed that the level of educa...
of diabetes care, including blood/glucose monitoring, food intake monitoring, exercise monitoring, and insulin administration. Be...
effectiveness has been studied extensively, and that studies consistently conclude that NP-based care is comparable to that origin...
to take insulin only when his blood glucose level was above the value established by his physician. The nurse laid out all ...
nursing. Forchuk and Dorsay (1995) and Barker, Reynolds and Stevenson (1997) identify Hildegard Peplau as the first to apply nurs...
viewpoints that articulate their own unvoiced feelings toward their profession. For example, in a discussion in an online nursin...
lawyers, uncaring nurses and pedophile clergy is to cut back on scientific research--a tenuous conclusion at best. Where the art...
follow-up full medical treatment and counseling. 5. Bargain for violence-prevention provisions. 6. Make violence-prevention progra...
the mountains in California, ride a horse in the Grand Canyon, volunteer in a cancer center, finish painting his house, attend his...
formulation with others, testing new behaviors, integrating this learning into "new, more satisfying behavior, and then using thes...
body. Though "the VG site has long been established as an optimal site, not all nurses use it" (Scott and Marfell-Jones, 2004; p....
(Walsh, 2003; p. 22). The intended role is that of partner with an MD in providing direct patient care in terms of serving in rol...
and can be applied in a variety of clinical settings, as well as in educational programs and research. Orems theory is bas...
issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...
for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...
must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...
ethics are a part of the concern. The hospital should not accept a patient load that it cannot handle. Another example of an issue...