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Explaining DNRs

agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...

Health Among the Homeless

They are in the community and spreading bacterial infections to the general public. Appropriate health care could greatly improve ...

3 Nursing Theories as They Pertain to Geriatrics

of professional nursing, nursing theory provides perspectives and guidance that aids nurses in achieving their primary goal of pro...

Interpersonal Relations Model, Peplau

describe the utility of Peplaus model in working with a 62-year-old man, Jason, who was suffering from depression and anxiety resu...

An Annotated Bibliography of Nurse Research

prevent the potential of incidences of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. The authors maintained that pre-participation card...

Summary and Analysis of a Nursing Practicum

catheterization provides an effective method for evaluating the effectiveness of medications while also assessing cardiac function...

Comparing Australian Nursing Roles in Gerontology

these reforms. The data revealed a "sense of tension and conflict between nurses traditional values, roles and responsibilities ...

Nursing Issues and Statistical Analysis

In a paper of eight pages, the writer looks at issues in nursing. Nursing research topics are examined with a view towards statist...

Political Processes and Healthcare Regulations

should be political informed by drawing on a variety of sources for information; vote for the candidates and/or ballot issues that...

Health Care: Challenges in Caring for a Diverse Population, and Dealing with Colleagues of Different Ages

to proper interaction with culturally diverse patients: "These standards provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence,...

Nursing at Good Sam

profession is very rewarding, if at times very difficult and even heartbreaking. This paper describes the Good Samaritan College o...

Technlogy in Nursing

Advances in technology have changed everything from how patients are diagnosed to acute care to managing chronic illnesses. Techno...

Public Relations/Nursing in Singapore

neighbor who incurred a head injury and did not want to go to a hospital because she lacked the funds to pay for treatment. Wardan...

Jean Watson's Nursing Theory

and technology, however, she refers to these elements as the "Trim," which is a term she originated that differentiates between ca...

Definitions of Nursing Meta-paradigms

the profession of nursing has developed some basic ideas that serve as the foundation that guides all subsequent professional prac...

Pain Management and Long Term Care Residents' Rights

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...

Nurse's Perspective on the Midwifery Profession

most often have a great deal of training and, in most mainstream settings, are also nurses or nurse-midwife practitioners. Many ar...

Discussion of Professional Nursing

the factors that make nursing unique The Department of Nursing at California State University at Fresno defines nursing as a "uni...

Nursing, Management, and Stress

stress and exhaustion sets in (1992). Nurse managers are subject to continual stress as many of their tasks involve life an...

Nurses and Stress

have more opportunity to encounter difficulties involved in nursing the critically ill. "How frequently a given stressor occurs d...

Quitting Smoking and Hospitalized Patients Educational Obstacles

In five pages this paper examines literature regarding the nurse's role in educating hospitalized patients on smoking cessation. ...

Nurse Practitioners Article, a Critique

effectiveness has been studied extensively, and that studies consistently conclude that NP-based care is comparable to that origin...

Patient Education Assessment

to take insulin only when his blood glucose level was above the value established by his physician. The nurse laid out all ...

Nursing and Issues of Confidentiality

In seven pages the confidentiality issues nurses must contend with are discussed within the weighty context of the trust between p...

Transcultural Approaches and Holistic Nursing

In five pages this paper examines the model for holistic nursing in a consideration of its need for nursing approaches that are tr...

Modern Nursing Evolution in the United States

for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...

Nursing Models and Theories of Erickson and Orem

and can be applied in a variety of clinical settings, as well as in educational programs and research. Orems theory is bas...

Instructional Approaches Assessed

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

Advocacy and Caring in Nursing

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

Study on Health Status and Participation Critiqued

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