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well. This study also appears to be sound scientifically. Its primary means of data analysis is statistical; the methods b...

and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...

patient was in a significant amount of pain, he made jokes throughout his entire stay, as family members remained at his bedside. ...

Budget Office forecasts that gross domestic product will grow by 3.6 percent after inflation (in "real" terms) this year and by 3....

individual is an "open system," which includes "distinct, but integrated physiological, psychological and socio-cultural systems" ...

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

a drivable distance. This rural population currently exceeds 35 million in the country (America Telemedicine Association, 2007). ...

today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...

concerns the how NP practice has been implemented in countries other than the US. The majority of research articles available in v...

This left Mee with little opportunity to connect with these patients as human beings and she started "to feel like a machine," whi...

have more opportunity to encounter difficulties involved in nursing the critically ill. "How frequently a given stressor occurs d...

job experience, type A behavior patterns, and fear of negative evaluation, combined with frequency of stressful events" (Dugan et ...

2008, p. 208). The purpose of the study designed by Sorensen and Yankech (2008) was to investigate whether a "research-based, th...

begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...

that hospital nurse staffing levels are inadequate to provide safe and effective care" (DPE Research Department, 2003). Physicians...

Leadership and management while related are two distinctively different concepts. Leadership can be discerned from simply manageme...

the question of what effect an aging nursing work force has on American healthcare in general. First and foremost, the aging of ...

socially isolating, as outside opinion is discounted. The team adopts a "defensive posture," which is evidenced by "derogatory, de...

with humanity, that is, to be humanistic in ones orientation refers to the principles of humanism, which has been given a variety ...

Stimulus for developing of the students personal philosophy The process of nursing education exposes students to diverse clinical...

there a time when an individuals interests supersede those of the masses? These are ethical questions posed each and everyday thr...

can only be expected to escalate in the near future. Therefore, issues of affordability, in relation to equitable healthcare servi...

potential need for treatment for impaired skin integrity due to immobility. Therefore, the nurse will begin precautions prior to a...

frees him from this indignity and travesty of life by smothering him with a pillow and then escapes from the asylum (One Flew, 199...

to identify and to relate in terms of actual patient care. Ida Jean Orlando created a conceptual view of the nursing process whic...

Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...

2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...

the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...

In five pages this paper discusses how the shortage of nurses compromises the safety of both patients and nurses alike. Six sourc...