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

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

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

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

There are numerous nursing scholars who utilizing ethnographic techniques in their research; university courses that address both ...

it seems appropriate to suggest that a picture that appears less "faded" would be appropriate in conveying the message that the in...

in resistant strains of bacteria (Plonczynski, 2005). This situation suggests that changes in antibiotic prophylactic procedures ...

attitude for science and the availability of educational opportunities, and the need for nurses in the job market, a the heart of ...

illustrates how she ignored the potential for causing harm when she increased the patients drugs; only after the medication had be...

assisting registered nurses (RNs) in order to meet legislated requirements (Schaefer 9). This means that while RNs have fewer pati...

the study intervention. Also, as yet, Cook is not clear about the purposes, aims or goals of the study. Literature Review While ...

change and its rationale (which was based on the results of empirical research), implemented the change and then "supported the c...

(Webber). This does sound extremely similar to the way in which the AACN defines the CNL role. In some hospitals, nurse practiti...

"chronic, heavy drinking" (Enoch and Goldman, 2002, p. 192). According to government standards, a woman is at-risk for heavy drink...

by trying things out)...reflective learners (learn by thinking things through, working alone) 5. sequential learners (linear, orde...

This 3 page paper provides an overview of a nursing recommendation. This paper gives a number of reasons why the student would be...

potential for long term physiological complications as well as long-term emotional impacts. Not only does the type of care needed...

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

a summation of how addiction occurs. They then address the scope of the problem, which relates the issue under investigation dir...

A 7 page client profile that discusses nursing care for an elderly client with degenerative brain disease and offers a research su...

have "little or no training in fundamental management skills" (Baer, 2006, p. 60). As well as absenteeism, problems with managemen...

Roughly 50 percent of the current working nursing population will retire within the next 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). Adding...

and three stores," which served as "stock rooms, milk stations, clinics," etc. (Lillian Wald). Roughly 3,000 people typically were...

of the patient experience" (Engebretson 20). The background provided by a large, close-knit family means that, from childhood, I h...

as well as those studies that have suggested broadening students exposure to families and children with special needs. This discus...

it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...

In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...

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

Smith, et al. (2002) explain that their purpose "was to investigate the effects of therapeutic massage on selected outcomes relate...

Additionally, the model also "incorporates a life span continuum, where the individual passes from fully dependent at birth, to fu...