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that came from realizing that even though she had not spent time with elderly people since her own grandparents, she harbored grea...

nursing shortage has meant for SNFs that they have fewer RNs available to them and that recruiting and retention has become more c...

therefore, not only an extensive history but it can be contended to be just as applicable in todays nursing practice as it was whe...

rely on "surrogate" decision-makers, family members capable of making treatment decisions on their behalf. As a result, this stud...

care model is highly useful with the elderly and those recovering from surgery or illness. Self care is not an issue that enters ...

many people have these factors in common within their personal value sets, but I believe that the nurse possesses them in specific...

In Ten pages this paper discusses a child afflicted with ALL and a possible treatment plan that would provide successful patient a...

the nursing homes as well as greater accountability. Accountability is achieved through the requirement for the nursing home to su...

ownership, because it once again acts as a preventive measure against accidents or injuries for the animals, damaged household ite...

food, clean water and - most important for some people who did not survive - electricity to keep their life-sustaining equipment r...

"low-fidelity, moderate-fidelity, and high-fidelity" (Sportsman et al., 2009, p. 67). Low-fidelity are introductory, moderate-fide...

to a hospital, where he was intubated so that he could receive nutrition. He was again returned to Eastbrooke3 on July 23, 1990, w...

is in charge of all domestic affairs. Younger newly wed couples will often live with one set of parents, even if they are going to...

with sudden flashbacks intruding on thoughts (Fagan and Freme, 2004). Other symptoms include: an exaggerated startle reflex, sleep...

caring; 2. every human culture has lay (generic, folk or indigenous) care knowledge and practices and usually some professional ca...

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

As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...

nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...

health screening or immunization clinics and blood drives (Registered Nurses, 2010). Kin a hospital setting, RNs are known ...

quite frequently, they are seldom defined specifically, yet both terms hold significant importance in terms of their relevance to ...

original consensus among mental health professionals the schizophrenia developed during late teens or early adulthood. However, a...

al, 2009). The theory came from "the results of studies accomplished by the author along her Doctorate in Clinic and Social Psycho...

out care. Though there is a need for health care providers as a whole to have a greater awareness of the diagnostic process for b...

economic positions (McGinn and Murr, 2006). All of this development in the past several years has led to a restatement of Shannon...

from those of education- focused institutions, when the institution in question is a nursing school, there are similarities, as we...

utilized 184 consecutive patients. All of the patients who were admitted were provided with informed consent. The researche...

By addressing this need, which includes rehabilitation designed to aid her mobility, nursing intervention can also have a positive...

prompts nurses to cultivate the "conscious intent to preserve wholeness; potentiate healing; and preserve dignity, integrity and l...

between a patient and a doctor in a community practice setting" (Manias, 2010, p. 934). However, this scenario is no longer the mo...

entails addressing the emotional, psychological and spiritual needs of the patient, as well as medical and physical needs, entails...