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body. Though "the VG site has long been established as an optimal site, not all nurses use it" (Scott and Marfell-Jones, 2004; p....

must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...

evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...

already has been diagnosed as having some form of heart disease. In that sense, primary prevention is not possible. The goals of...

(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...

The link between nurse caring and patient satisfaction has been reported numerous times. For instance, the AORN journal reported a...

care system. Middaugh (2003) asserts that nursing management should provide emergency planning that spells out "what people should...

the medical profession as a whole. Nurses themselves face a number of concerns in the performance of their jobs in organ transpla...

using similar tests and with mixed variables such as aromatherapy and hypnosis. All of the studies mentioned concluded that massag...

creates a document that addresses the extent to which the program is in compliance with the standards for accreditation published ...

of a holistic approach to team management, and the integration of efforts to improve the overall function of nursing teams to redu...

of anxiety, and relate these to nursing studies, protocols for care and general theory and practice. As a result, this study will...

Colorado/Utah and 3.7 percent of the hospitalizations occurring in New York resulted incurred adverse events (Dunn 45). Death occu...

leadership training, including training that focuses on motivational elements, communication skills, and the development of leader...

2000). In other words, medical malpractice is a form of negligence that "denotes an injury to a patient caused by a health care pr...

scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic acci...

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

In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

different that needs attention, but many have been able to prepare for the changes that are happening to them. Geriatric patients...

individual, regardless of that individuals station in or stage of life. Todays nurse has many duties and answers to people and ad...

they are working in the field now indicates that they understand the concepts and were successful in completing the ranges of stud...

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...

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

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