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Plus Program, that was implemented in the study performed by Resnick and colleagues was found, among other benefits, to improve af...

(Bliss-Holtz, Winter and Scherer, 2004). In hospitals that have achieved magnet status, nurses routinely collect, analyze and us...

relations. Nurses must assess person and environment in relation to their impact on health. Both person and environment can vary...

awareness of the self within the context of the environment grows in association with each other in a manner that allows the indiv...

the case study, is important for planning a safe and effective rehabilitation program (Craven and Hirnle, 2007). People who experi...

classify medical errors (Pace et al., 2005). In fact, there are taxonomies to classify errors but they are not standardized (Pace ...

there is no cure either for Alzheimers disease or the various forms of dementia on the horizon, healthcare practitioners should "i...

need of treatment following tours in Rwanda, the Balkans and Somalia" (Auld). Mental health problems in regards to soldiers retu...

Additionally, at the completion of this study intervention, evaluation of results showed that the project also resulted in improve...

official entity until 1993. Today it addresses an array of nursing issues. The goals of the program are: * "Promoting quality in...

were contributing to the "toxic" work environment, which characterized this CSDU, as there was "evidence of a lack of meaningful c...

once again examines how nurses can be empowered, and learn those values in college. Finally, Ann Gallagher discusses dignity with ...

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

to the medications needed to ensure their health. Beginning in 2004, Medicare began to offer aid, $600 a year, for covering the co...

According to one research study, the top five reasons why nurses employ restraints are "disruption of therapies, confusion, fall p...

of ear infection (Chronic otitis media, 2003). OM is a serious childhood illness because, if not properly treated, it can lead to ...

with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to support a level of pro...

professionals has come into view as an element of this discourse. Nurse professionals, who once worked directly under the wing ...

and religious background and beliefs, as well as how the health/illness continuum works within the framework of their life. "Env...

(Wichowski, 2004). This certainly appeared to be the case for Elvis, as he complained about the "Croatian people" in his head who ...

ensuring that a significant proportion of stroke victims survive and retain their independence. This is important not only from th...

is simply to require that their nursing staff make up for understaffing by working mandatory overtime on a more or less permanent ...

Have you had any experience in helping a friend or family member manage diabetes? The patient replied that she was not aware of...

The metaparadigms of nursing represent common concepts that are accepted throughout the profession and across international bounda...

(1999), research shows that the level of education reached by an RN contributes to a sense of professional autonomy and those nurs...

activities" (Orems Self-Care Model Concepts) that patients need to undertake to meet their own health care needs on a routine basi...

include not only the emotional impact of being experienced by the patient and the relatives involved, but research has also relate...

(2005), in which samples of patients or patients families were enrolled. In a study in which the sample participants had lost a lo...

food, clean water and - most important for some people who did not survive - electricity to keep their life-sustaining equipment r...

individuals who collectively utilize this approach to humiliate as a show of solidarity, which is often hidden in the form of goss...