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Dyspnea, Family Caregiving and Quality of Life

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

Facing a Family Health Challenge

frequently the needs of terminal patients are not addressed properly and that multiple problems exist in this regard. Practitioner...

Benefits of Lesson Derived from Mentoring

in emergency nursing, as the my mentor expressed obtaining this certification would enhance my professional development. The Ped...

Nightingale's Theoretical Perspective

rate at the hospital soon declined by two-thirds (Garofalo and Fee, 2010). This emphasis is immediately evident in Nightingales No...

Customer Satisfaction, Responding to Call Lights

environment is highly competitive and consumers have high expectations in regards to the quality and effectiveness of the services...

Influences on Patient Healthcare Service Provider Communication

information being given to the patient by the doctor. Anecdotal evidence from those who were patients at the time remember importa...

APNs and Cardiology

registered nurse (RN) who has obtained a graduate degree, at least a masters. There are four basic APN categories: clinical nurse ...

79 Year Old Woman with Multiple Diseass

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

Shooting Sprees

denied tenure, the woman pulled out a gun and began shooting. She is an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Scienc...

The Mentor's Role

derives from Greek mythology, as it was the character of Mentor in Homers great epic poem who served Odysseus as a faithful adviso...

Technology Helps Health Care

a drivable distance. This rural population currently exceeds 35 million in the country (America Telemedicine Association, 2007). ...

Fall Prevention in the Elderly in Home Care

percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...

Looking at the Practical Aspects of Introducing a New Strategy for a Home Care Agency

legislation an the economic feasibility of the plan. A major role of the board will be to make the decision, to ensure that there ...

The Use of the Clicker System

In a paper of eight pages, the author reflects on the use of technology in nursing education, specifically the use of a clicker sy...

Caregiver Burnout, Compassion Fatigue

This research paper presents an overview of literature on the topic of compassion fatigue and nursing burnout. The discussion cove...

Therapies and Health Care, Genetic Research,

This research paper pertains to aspects of genetic research and genetic therapies that are relevant to nursing practice. Eight pag...

Issues Pertaining to Patient Consent and Dignity

This research paper/essay pertains to a case study in which a 69-year-old man is administered by enema over his protests. Consulti...

Reflecting on the Implementation of a Fall Prevention Program

The writer reviews a project from the perspective of a student, reflecting on the effectiveness of the project implementation. Af...

Feedback from a Mentor on Presentation Proposing a Fall Prevention Program

The writer provides some feedback that may have been provided by a mentor, looking at a presentation given by the student. The pr...

A Plan for Reducing Catheter Related Infection

training. In addition, the class will also require the development and distribution of training materials, including a point-by-p...

Presentation for the Implementation of a Fall Prevention Strategy

The paper is a presentation designed to introduce and explain a new fall prevention policy for a home care nursing agency. The pr...

Methods for Conflict Resolution

In a paper of five sources, the author reflected upon the use of conflict resolution methods in a specific type of organization: ...

Jokinen's Family Life-Path Theory

also possess knowledge concerning a particular family as a whole, including the intricacies of its family system, the position of ...

Theory of Caring, Kristen M. Swanson

nursing from the time when Florence Nightingale founded modern nursing in the nineteenth century. Since Nightingale, a variety of ...

Self-Care Deficit Theory, Dorothea Orem

The SCDNT regards the meta-paradigm of "Nursing" as an art, that is, a "helping service," but also as a technology ("Dorothea," 20...

Nightingale's Theory, Case Study of Elderly Woman

client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...

APN Leadership

nurses. These were all key people in leading the change (Stetler et al., 2009). These same people were not identified in the begin...

Overview of Roy's Adaptation Model

the nursing paradigm of "Person" as it is perceived as an adaptive system, and "Environment" as it pertain to providing the stimul...

Diabetes Articles, Reflection, Synthesis

of literature pertaining to type 2 diabetes mellitus, begins by describing, summarizing and analyzing the study conducted by Barko...

The Influence of Environmental Factors on Falls

This paper is an annotated bibliography written in support of a nursing paper examining environmental factors which may influence...