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to three days more than 20 years ago. We ruefully joke that some managed care plans only allow new mothers to be hospitalized on ...
Acquiescing to the constraints imposed by organizational and professional structure does not mean that the nurse has no alternativ...
leadership of the nursing department with another individual at the VP level. Maras has full leadership of the department o...
still exists as to the necessity and long-term benefits of circumcision. Virtually all agree that if circumcision is to be done, ...
risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...
undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Gale...
reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...
the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...
and statistics. This approach works well for in physics and math, but less well when applied to people. Moloney (2002) offers thre...
are often called upon to provide comfort where there seems to be none, patience in the face of adversity, and grace under fire. Th...
military personnel and other non-combatants. While McConnell was seeing her charges safely to Japan, General Douglas MacArthur was...
a little less than a third of them were under the age of 40 (Meadows, 2002, p. 46). This offered conclusive proof that number of ...
states, "The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient" (Code of Ethics f...
improve it, then nursing can truly be an invaluable profession to choose. This leads us to the reality of helping people. Perha...
achieved that the critical care nurse may address the bio-psycho-social implications of the event (Alfafara and Hedges, 1996). Fur...
objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and their wives,...
is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...
At the heart of nursing is the nurse-patient relationship, which provides the foundation for nursing care (Patusky, 2003). This r...
experience, particularly that immigrant experience as it occurs within the modern medical environment, revolves around cultural un...
should all be considered (OConnor and Walker, 2003). Traditionally, societys influence on educational planning has meant that the...
caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...
to produce better outcomes for patients and improve the conduct and performance of nurses and other health care employees on a dai...
efforts and prevention methods (Erickson, 1997). Ericksons (1997) study considered the impacts of psychology and specific attit...
as sadness. My Dad quickly smiled and patted me on the back, but in my heart I knew that my decision would forever change the cou...
Furthermore, if the ulcers end up in hospitalization, the nursing home is responsible for those costs as well. Even if the patient...
is understandable given that MRSA is one of the primary threats in terms of diseases encountered in ICUs in the US. Over fifty pe...
between states and federal regulation. The purpose here is to determine whether the USAF advanced nurse practitioners are "functi...
been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...
is they do, when they change their actions, then the image of nursing will change" (Watson, 1996, p. 142). Watson has recognized ...
and their insurers by operating under two distinct fee schedules. Medicare requires that care providers fees be "normal and custo...