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Orem, Watson/Caring in their Theories

prompts nurses to cultivate the "conscious intent to preserve wholeness; potentiate healing; and preserve dignity, integrity and l...

Exercise as Self Help

care deficit theory and The transtheroretical model of exercise behaviour as well as allowing for the characteristics of those wit...

Is There a Need for Clinical Supervision

either manager or educator. Proctor (1994) described this kind of method or approach to both instruction and organizational inte...

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...

Hypertension Education for African American Patients

in response to cognitive and physiological challenge" (Covelli, 2007, p. 323). Diet: Both the intake of dietary sodium and potas...

Continuous Quality of Care

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

Staff Shortages and UAPs

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

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...

Proposal for an Addiction Treatment Center

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

Technology Implementation at SJMCH, A Case Study

This research paper presents a case study of the implementation of electronic technology at St. Joseph Medical Center at Houston, ...

The Role of Health Professionals in Healthcare IT

IT systems have the potential to add value to the way healthcare is provided as well as increase quality when applied in a patien...

Moral Distress and Futile Care

This research paper investigates the relationship between the provision of futile care and the development of moral distress among...

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...

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...

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...

Electronic Documentation, Making the Switch

documentation towards the use of electronic medical records (EMRs). This frequently, however, causes conflict among nursing staff,...

A Comparison, Novice vs. Expert

for an expert mentor, which are "being an authority in the field, an educator, a counselor, a sponsor, and having personal commitm...

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...

Hospital Conflict

This research paper is written as a journal account that records the response of the writer, who has been assigned to handle a hos...

Delaware County Community College, An Overview

County Community College (DCCC) located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serves the educational needs of 28,000 students annually ...

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...

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: ...

Catheter-Associated UTI Training

This essay offers a scenario teaching nurses and assistant to prevent UTIs associated with catheters. The essay describes the sett...