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upholding the human dignity of the people involved, as well as their "unique biopsychosocial, cultural, (and) spiritual being" (LM...

due to a number of reasons. First of all, the average age of the population is getting progressive older. As a people. America, an...

for certainty is that as demand for health care services grows, nurses will be pressed more and more into taking over doctors duti...

Another issue is that of inexperience. Because nursing tends to be such a high turnover field, new graduates are frequently hired ...

to others, at least not as frequently as would seem reasonable if they liked it as well as the general public does. The reason mo...

If all factors remain the same, by 2030, the shortage could reach the 1 million mark (Chandra and Willis, 2005). There are tremend...

This PowerPoint presentation includes 9 slides plus a bibliography. The topic is the nursing shortage. Bibliography lists 1 sourc...

This research paper presents an annotated bibliography pertaining to the effects of the nursing shortage on the delivery of health...

This research paper pertains to the nursing shortage and discusses its current state and possible policy approaches. Six pages in ...

Nursing (Webber, 2007). However, this is not a long-term solution. The long-term solution to achieving an adequate nursing force f...

The theory is "rooted in an agentic perspective," meaning that humans are the agents of change in their lives (Pajares, 2004). Peo...

carry out specific behaviors influences the behaviors in which they engage, their persistence in the face of obstacles, and the ef...

In 2001, health care spending as a percentage of GDP was 14.1 percent, or $5,035 per capita (Levit, Smith, Cowan, Lazenby, Senseni...

budget restraints. Nurses leave the profession because they are "distressed by being unable to provide quality nursing care, disgr...

causing in increase in health services. Furthermore, the US workforce of Registered Nurses (RNs) are aging as well. The ironic fac...

of the great need for Hispanic nurses which has been created by the growing Hispanic population, this occupational choice presents...

* Time over Money - Employees today seek more personal time versus financial compensation. * Professional versus Personal Role - ...

Beginning in the early 1990s, managed care targeted nursing as an expenditure where hospitals could cut costs. Managed care consul...

the new paradigm becomes the new standard. Lewin once commented, "If you want to truly understand something, try to change it" (Go...

a little less than a third of them were under the age of 40 (Meadows, 2002, p. 46). This offered conclusive proof that number of ...

1999). Elderly patients who are alert, and not declared incompetent, have the right to refuse treatment, which includes turning or...

for registered nurses by 2010 (Feeg 8). While statistics such as these have received a great deal of press, what is less well kno...

US shortage has caused many healthcare institutions to look for nurses outside their countrys borders and many nurses are leaving ...

educators in the past, are lured away from academia by better-paying positions in clinical and private practice (Mee, 2003). Furth...

staff them (Ocala, Fla., Hospitals Tackle Nursing Shortage, 2002). The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizati...

to are not likely to be illicit drugs but rather the same prescribed drugs with which they treat their patients (Texas Medical Ass...

considering this economic downturn, the numbers of undergraduates pursuing nursing careers began to also decline. In 1991, Canada ...

affect the level of health care available to individuals in sub-Saharan nations, the exodus of qualified health care providers and...

have a negative impact on the quality of patient care, says Dr. Paul F. Clark, professor of labor studies and industrial relations...

since the survey was initiated in 1977, for example, between 1992 and 1996, the number of nurses grew by 14.2 percent (Mee, 2001)....