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once again examines how nurses can be empowered, and learn those values in college. Finally, Ann Gallagher discusses dignity with ...

results are reliable and representative (Curwin and Slater, 1996). The first is the profiling of the samples to show that they are...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

2004). As errors are inevitable, in order to significantly reduce the rate at which they occur, it is imperative that mistakes sho...

events (Owen, 2007). This action includes "presentation of antigen by dendritic cells" as well as the "degranulation of mast cells...

cardiac monitor, a seizure, drug reaction or other sign of a critical condition...(They) are expected to fill out reports" that we...

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...

the prevalence of UI was high in this region of the country and particularly high among African Americans in two of the states, wh...

of this decision. Ecological theory is an attempt to bring in many different influences in order to understand how a society ...

that I wanted to make a difference in peoples lives as well. But while my people skills are excellent and I am sure that I can e...

factors" (Hader and Guy, 2004, p. 21). The international Association for the Study of Pain and the American Pain Society define pa...

to the medications needed to ensure their health. Beginning in 2004, Medicare began to offer aid, $600 a year, for covering the co...

education or less; little or not prenatal care; unlisted telephone number; low income; history of unemployment; current under or u...

A bachelorette is considered a potential competitor for the attention of a husband" (Living in the Philippines, 2006). The relatio...

the effect of music on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain with a participant group that listened to "peaceful pan flute m...

more on intuition and to "a hidden knowledge that is not so open to cognitive description" (Bradshaw, 1995, p. 83). In other words...

meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...

diabetic education that uses the Neuman Systems Model, which supports and facilitates taking a "holistic view of people with diabe...

safeguard and monitor the public health, which means that it formulates prevention initiatives, investigates health problems and a...

the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

to a patient over the phone and trying to convey the urgency of that patient coming in for a consultation. The patient resists, so...

were contributing to the "toxic" work environment, which characterized this CSDU, as there was "evidence of a lack of meaningful c...

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

risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...

and one must wonder - Why? This article suggested the reasons have to do with physician fears of having a malpractice lawsuit file...

At the heart of nursing is the nurse-patient relationship, which provides the foundation for nursing care (Patusky, 2003). This r...

achieved that the critical care nurse may address the bio-psycho-social implications of the event (Alfafara and Hedges, 1996). Fur...

reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...

Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...

objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and their wives,...