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serious, potentially fatal, but preventable, complication of diabetes mellitus that occurs when there is insufficient insulin to m...

crosses over all these disciplines (Warda, 2001). Family is defined broadly to incorporate the diverse structures of family in to...

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

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

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

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

planning evaluation to those patients, conducted or overseen by a registered nurse, social worker or other appropriately qualified...

routine activities necessary to their own care. The purpose is that with a nurses direction, encouragement and initial supervisio...

Hospital. The purpose here is to describe and evaluate the restructuring of St. Vincents ICU to gain one-on-one nursing and so im...

a specialized body of knowledge, skills and experience that enables these nurses to offer a high standard of care to critically il...

effectiveness has been studied extensively, and that studies consistently conclude that NP-based care is comparable to that origin...

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

management, in recent years, has been quite extensive. This body of empirical evidence and commentary largely supports the concept...

how to achieve restorative health within an environment of compassion, benevolence and intuitiveness. Indeed, the fundamental bas...

While CHF has a mortality rate that ten times that of AIDS and is also responsible for far more hospitalizations than cancer, even...

(Walsh, 2003; p. 22). The intended role is that of partner with an MD in providing direct patient care in terms of serving in rol...

of condition in terms of importance due the impact on lifestyle and ability to result in death is not treated correctly (King et a...

the signs of illness in order to maintain prolonged contact with healthcare providers (Criddle, 2010). History and Statistics Ph...

the managers of each outlet may not be available, we do know that Wal-Mart has more employee-initiated class-action lawsuits again...

This research paper describes two research articles and one opinion piece that pertain to the practice of master's degree prepared...

In three pages this paper examines the insight this text provides and how nursing practice could benefit from its application....

(Domrose, 2001). However, current trends have developed that have greatly expanded the scope of med-surg nursing, which includes a...

a method which pursues both action and understanding at the same time, and points out that it is particularly relevant in situatio...

they do and so are less valuable in health care (Cys, 2004). NPs are and have been nurses first, and a requirement for the Master...

nurses should understand these patients thoroughly, "who they are, where they live and with whom, their current health status and ...

for my patients. Personal philosophy of nursing: Tourville and Ingalls (2003) offer a fascinating and very apt analogy to descri...

to individuals connected by a blood tie. However, to be a "family," members must "live in close contact, care for one another, an...

report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...

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

and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...