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on an evidenced based evidence based practice and the development of increased individual accountability in the area of clinical g...
the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...
learned long ago the value of yet another Deming (1986) exhortation, that of continuous improvement. By definition, the concept i...
balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...
runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...
the medical team with which these patients have surrounded themselves. It is the patients responsibility to cooperate and do ever...
the same sort of indirect methods that they have advocated will aid the economy. For example, the Republicans are pursuing putting...
achieved that the critical care nurse may address the bio-psycho-social implications of the event (Alfafara and Hedges, 1996). Fur...
undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Gale...
is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...
experience, particularly that immigrant experience as it occurs within the modern medical environment, revolves around cultural un...
is they do, when they change their actions, then the image of nursing will change" (Watson, 1996, p. 142). Watson has recognized ...
on nurses increase (Cullen, 2003). Nevertheless, nurse educators and scholars stress that it is through recognition of caring as a...
operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). This is broken down into three basic categories: 1) wholly compen...
issues along a continuum of health and good health is defined as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being" (Ada...
prevention. Today, researchers are not disregarding the genetic component, but see this component as working in conjunction with o...
which both of those impacts are important. The question of what statistics should be collected in a medical facility, however, is...
charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...
a list of advantages for patients, which include: * Greater coordination of services leads to higher quality care for the patient ...
Under her wing, Nightingale took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to health. ...
carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...
individuals belief, values, and membership in family and social groups. Brodie (2001) asserts that it is the hallmark of professio...
and environment integral relationships" (Carey, 2003). One way in which to determine the usefulness of the theory and how p...
theory includes statements such as "Being authentically present, and enabling and sustaining the deep belief system and subjective...
complete perspective, the study of several theories can build a broader one. The Case Mr. Johnson is 35 years old and has b...
* Time over Money - Employees today seek more personal time versus financial compensation. * Professional versus Personal Role - ...
and two other men beside her patient, she becomes drawn to the patient, though not in a romantic way. She devotes nearly her entir...
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...
classifies the stroke patients needs in four domains: 1) medical/surgical issues; 2) mental status/emotion/coping behaviors; 3) ph...