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exist for generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women w...
that nurse is guilty of doing something unethical. Nurses must impose a high standard of care in the office, hospital or home sett...
and was told not to consider having children for fear of passing on defective genes (Sheldon, 1997; p. 34). This occurred d...
of the great need for Hispanic nurses which has been created by the growing Hispanic population, this occupational choice presents...
From this perspective, individuals can be viewed as open systems, in which energy is transformed within the body, gaining or losin...
parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...
not unusual given that there is a common perception that the higher a persons educational attainment the greater level of employme...
reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...
interactions with their patients and with each other have. Kurt Lewins change theory holds that change is incremental. It occurs...
2003, p. 50). Comments went on to say that it is disheartening when they arent acknowledged in any way for the hard work they do (...
money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...
for protocol and for adhering to standard practice. There are many aspects of the job for which the nurse is best suited to addre...
just need a positive touch from another human being. The student investigating the relationship of nursing contribution to patien...
Not only are the direct health impacts to the nurse deleterious, impaired nurses cannot meet their responsibility to provide top q...
who is the legal guardian, as this pertains to the legality of admitting a minor for psychiatric care. If the patient is accompani...
including critical attributes, communication processes, and the overall benefits of school-based support groups in addressing the ...
a video that presents the patients symptoms and are presented with the question "What is the most likely differential diagnosis ba...
their profession to be their career and it definitely requires career-long continuous professional development. Why then, does a...
and antibiotics" (Ersek, 2005, p. 48). Upon first glance, it would appear that euthanasia is an application that is in direct con...
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...
and was replaced by the broader term, telehealth (Maheu et al 7). The definition has also evolved to encompass all types of healt...
the risk of medical errors, such as dispensing the wrong medication or the wrong dose (Nursing overtime, 2004). The study, which w...
Leaders create the future rather than simply become its victims (Kerfoot, 1998). They are generally thinking several months ahead,...
be more enlightening and convey a more precise meaning than an extended descriptive passage. At this point, the student researchin...
the changes that have occurred since she founded modern nursing. "Florence Nightingale provided us with a framework, relevant tod...
in 2000, allowing a long comment period before the final rule was issued in February 2003. Five rules were published in 199...
preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...
lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...
to physicians. Increasingly, "evidence-based guidelines are becoming codes of medical practice" (Healy, 2005; p. 54). Superficia...
and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...