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EBP Barriers

the following: In my practice setting, a major barrier against using EBP is that it takes an inordinate amount of time. This is...

Transcultural Model of Nursing

the attitudes, behaviors, values, etc. that are accepted and not accepted. Culture is historical with all aspects of life being ta...

Threats to American Health/Chronic Disease v. Contagion

people, also indicating that this flu pandemic killed between 40 to 50 million people worldwide (Zimmer and Burke (2009). Feldman ...

The Health Benefits of Garlic

(Bauer, 2007). Yet, that is impractical for many people, or at least distasteful. It can also be taken in the form of a pill (Baue...

Hospital Accreditation from the Point of View of the Nursing Supervisor

and each staff member were knowledgeable of hospital standards and policies in preparation for TJC or DHS inspection. We always ha...

Qualitative Studies/What are they good for?

Baumann, et al, in 1995, which was purely qualitative. The point is that through qualitative research, data was provided that can ...

Comfort/A Nursing Concept Analysis

sorrow; (b) relief from distress; (c) a person or thing that comforts; (d) a state of ease and quiet enjoyment, free from worry; (...

Organizational Health

at work at some point during their work, this has supported research by earlier studies by researcher such as Heinz Leyman and Sta...

A Comparison of Two Theories in Nursing Metaparadigm

who often preferred pure science over such an approach. These past perceptions, however, should not sway the student from a deter...

Impact of Diabetes Mellitus

due to the fact that these medications lack the flexibility to provide fast hyperglycemic control (Seelandt, 2007). A diagnosis ...

ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL NURSING SHORTAGE

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

Benefiting from a Complimentary and Alternative Approach to Health

for Complimentary and Alternative Medicine, 2004). In addition to the four major domains the National Advisory Council for Compli...

Becoming a Nursing Advocate

enzymes whose function is to break down certain cellular materials so that they can be moved out of the cells (National MPS Societ...

The Role of Leadership and Management within the Health Industry

and responsibilities is expanding in line with the development of new business models. The role of management in medical and hea...

Hoarding as a Mental Health Problem

larger disorder, research has revealed that a problem in the fourteenth chromosome may be the culprit (Wilkerson, 2010). Therapis...

Florence Nightingale

disciplined and well-organized care. On returning to England, she visited the Institute of Protestant Deaconesses at Kaiserwerth, ...

Ethics in Nursing Discerning Child Abuse

a decision of having to decide on the basis of what is best for all concerned rather than what the patients family might think tha...

U.S. and How to Address the Public Health Crisis of Obesity

body mass index that is greater than the 95th percentile for age and gender, they are classified as obese (Dietz & Hunter, 2009). ...

Shortcomings and Suggestions for Improvement in the ANA Code of Ethics

those that do not receive another. Nurses, however, (and rightfully so) are expected to perform their duties irrespective of such...

Mental Health Counselor

clients may just skip appointments. The mental health counselor is often part of a team working with a client. For this reason, i...

Personal Essays

career involved his presence in the Civil Rights Movement. He was a President who seemed concerned about injustice in the nation. ...

Quality Indicators and Nurse/Patient Ratios

literature and also "analysis of ICD-9-CM codes," which were reviewed by a "clinician panel," offering specific IQs that address i...

Women's Mental Health/Depression

minority groups. They are frequently poor and have little education. Scrandis, Fauchald and Radsma describe a "Charlottes Web of C...

Euthanasia's Pros and Cons

and antibiotics" (Ersek, 2005, p. 48). Upon first glance, it would appear that euthanasia is an application that is in direct con...

Nursing Profession and Men

degree (CBS News). Where 4.1 percent of new female nurses leave the profession after four years, 7.5 percent of new male nurses lo...

Preventing Medication Error Change Project

for the precise coding of medication and, thereby, helps nurses avoid the common errors listed above (Woods and Doan-Johnson, 2002...

An Article on Childbirth and Nursing Presence Reviewed

for the birth" (MacKinnon, McIntyre and Quance, 2005, p. 29). As this suggests, intrapartum nurses spend the most time with labor...

Historical Significance of Scarlet Fever

face and chest that it causes, and it is characterized by chills, fever, headache, vomiting, rapid pulse, red rash and an inflame...

Profession of Nursing

their profession to be their career and it definitely requires career-long continuous professional development. Why then, does a...

Shortage of Nursing Faculty

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