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"significant anxiety, particularly before they discover the most effective symptom management" (Moloney, et al, 2001, p. 19). In o...

on diabetes into categories and addresses these topics on separate web pages, as does the first site. The homepage explains that t...

that the doctrine of informed consent is "hopelessly flawed--or at least misguided," as it is often not possible to truly inform ...

Sharon Bernier, RN, PhD and President of the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, points out that Aikens study also...

her, per se, but rather with her expectations of Madeline, which are not age appropriate. The scenario says that Madeline knows be...

classifies the stroke patients needs in four domains: 1) medical/surgical issues; 2) mental status/emotion/coping behaviors; 3) ph...

certification program (Policy statement, 1999). On the other hand, the additional education required to become a licensed NP may t...

ethics are a part of the concern. The hospital should not accept a patient load that it cannot handle. Another example of an issue...

caring as the very definition of what constitutes personal values from a nursing perspective (2003). Koerner (1996), likewise, e...

Critically-Care nurses, 1989 in Nursing Management, 1999, p. 38). This abbreviated version of AACN nursing standards was located...

includes strategies that are designed to make the individual feel better, such as "exercise, spirituality, support groups and humo...

transformative perspective because Newman argues that rather than being diametrically opposed, disease and health are merely facto...

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

drugs and to administer those drugs in a manner that is beneficial to our patients as well as being put into a positions where we ...

train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - an...

proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...

draw on the fundamental concepts espoused by the metaparadigms. Nevertheless, each branch of nursing theory approaches the subjec...

evaluate nursing care and use research findings in clinical practice" (Barnsteiner, Wyatt and Richardson 165). This survey reveal...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

support for the concept that effective leadership style is directly related to nursing job satisfaction (Kleinman, 2004a). These s...