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hypoglycemia require different nursing responses. Mild hypoglycemia, which is defined by the symptoms listed above and a glucose r...

proven to be the principal reason for nosocomial infections, that is, infections that are acquired after hospital admittance. Impo...

workplace is a critical component of occupational rehabilitation (Morrison, 1993). In one study it was found that employees of inj...

and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...

as individuals, "healthcare executives must evaluate the possible outcomes of their decisions and accept full responsibility for t...

the situation, the charge nurse might take a number of different actions in response to this information. For example, the charge ...

in the U.S. stands at 8.5 percent to over 14 percent, depending on the specific area of specialty (Letvak and Buck, 2008), by 2020...

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

patient, the attending nurse is seldom in the room at the same time. The attending physician may refer the patient to a cardiologi...

and Blood Institute, 2007). Zardi and colleagues (2008) referred to this procedure as the "gold standard" (p. 48) for assessing th...

movement disorders, such as Parkinsons and dystonia. This procedure was initially developed in 1987 in France (Song, 2006). This a...

and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...

paying salaries). Patients are going to generally go to hospitals where their doctors are - though when it comes to emergencies or...

to take expensive prescription medications as prescribed. This acerbates medical conditions and results in increases in acuity lev...

at any given time. More than a decade ago, Bigelow and Arndt (1995) suspected value in TQM in the hospital setting but wrote, "Th...

Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of Journali...

an overview of the issues that surround massage and the literature that support the fact that it is an effective approach in the t...

there is very little information about predisposes people to these episodes (Swann, 2006). Therefore, for the most part, nursing a...

is not an expectation based on fact or knowledge, it is based on hope. 2. Clinicians personal and professional values Personal ...

Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Tulsa. Linda W. Cardillo is a doctoral student in the School of...

a peaceful death among terminal patients. HSBs of specific groups of any size - whether large or small - are positively related t...

points out, medicalization is a process that defines a problem in terms of the practitioners perspective and cultural biases, rath...

"encouragement of facing probl4ems/fears, support of efforts to master problems/ears, affective experiencing/catharsis" (Coady 15)...

there are those that are relevant to childrens protection as well, such as confidentiality. For example, during a recent visit tw...

cancer affects both the man and his life partner. In most cases, study designs addressing quality of life issues for prostate canc...

This paper reviews the important criteria of Essentials VIII professionalism and discusses how they apply to nurses working with p...

This research paper addresses the issue of patient throughput in overcrowded Emergency Departments (EDs). Management and throughpu...

This paper considers how nurses can become an agent of change in regard to ageism, the myths surrounding it, and the care of older...