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(p. 835) among Medicaid residents of Massachusetts nursing homes between 1991 and 1994. This mixed method (i.e., quantitative as ...

in which nurses had to request perceptions for certain types of dressing was a waste of time and resources, which in turn impacted...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

Kanters position that the situational aspects of a working environment have the ability to influence worker attitudes and behavior...

study also examined the availability of information resources available to the RN respondents (both at work and at home). Their fi...

(Domrose, 2001). However, current trends have developed that have greatly expanded the scope of med-surg nursing, which includes a...

Nightingale as power-crazed and iron-willed. Salvage (2001) tends to believe that these criticisms of Nightingale reflect lingerin...

numbers of young students came to believe that perhaps nursing would provide an outlet for caring natures as well as support a fam...

are RNs who are "prepared, through advanced education and clinical training, to provide preventive and acute health-care services"...

age. Therefore, the patient population is increasing. This factor is also influenced by the fact that that the huge lump in the Am...

less people living in rural communities and the "more remote geographical regions" of Australia than in urban locales (Bushy 104)....

2001). Toms condition remained so precarious that personal care for him had to be done very tentatively. For example, brushing his...

Empirical research ahs consistently reported that when communication between the two professions is good, which includes doctors ...

be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...

students values : This calls for personal reflection. A question that the student can ask herself/himself is how he or she might h...

This nurse that leaving the acute care facility had to do with "When youre constantly short-staffed and feel your managers arent s...

This paper addresses the new and growing field of forensic nursing. The author contends that forensic nursing is a necessity in t...

This research paper examines the arguments both pro and con in regards to unionizaion within the nursing profession. The writer in...

Nursing ethics and autonomy are considered in this discussion of the position statement by the ANA regarding nurses' rights to acc...

In ten pages this paper examines the increased visibility of a nurse's role and also considers the enhancement of nursing document...

Nursing and the training of nurses through reflective practice techniques are examined in 11 pages with the importance of applying...

In five pages this paper considers the reflective thinking concept from a nursing perspective with the emphasis on Bert Teekman's ...

p. 144). Each has value, but each exists with a paradox. The more abstract theories are more easily generalized, but more diffic...

during which time they reviewed data regarding the patient and made adjustments to the clinical care program. The advanced practic...

(Snyder and Lindquist, 2001). Under this philosophy the social factors and even the spiritual factors of an individuals existen...

that have affected my choice of working as a nurse. Of course many people have these factors in common within their personal valu...

are getting calls from every part of the country every day. I am hearing from nurses that the working conditions are intolerable a...

use this possibility as an excuse to not provide other people, people who are obviously suffering tremendously and would inevitabl...

and long-term care facilities (CNRA). The CNRA also outlined the distinct functions of a nurse in the care of individuals, recog...