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necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). U...

properly, nursing staff is highly aware of this lack. Research into nursing staff retention has found that the quality of housekee...

Although she lived, she suffered extensive brain damage, leaving her in what is described as a "persistent vegetative state" (Jero...

from disease to non-disease to health. She argues that "This synthesized view incorporates disease as meaningful aspect of health...

model of nursing is predicated upon the call for an interdisciplinary approach in the creation and establishment of appropriate an...

In four pages a hypothetical situation is considered in which a conflict commences in an ICU between a healthcare assistant and a ...

that nurse is guilty of doing something unethical. Nurses must impose a high standard of care in the office, hospital or home sett...

to three days more than 20 years ago. We ruefully joke that some managed care plans only allow new mothers to be hospitalized on ...

biochemistry. I recognized the wonder of chemistry, but what I failed to recognize at the time was the solid practice it gave me ...

a much greater burden of responsibility and knowledge than was previously the case. Even nurses in highly specialised fields are o...

using this paper properly! I. INTRODUCTION Janet (an RN) and Carol (her manager) had been working together in the same Can...

was breached," the third is to prove that there was an injury incurred by the patient and the fourth must prove that this "injury ...

"three important hormones: erythropoietin ... or EPO, which stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells; renin, which regul...

drivers" than do states that do not require test automatic testing (Murden and Unroe, 2005, p. 22). Most states do set standards f...

particular condition because he at least is aware of his condition. About one-half of those with this disease are not as fortunat...

The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...

Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...

program will foster my highest level of achievement and help me focus on both the immediacy of my educational process and the deve...

If all factors remain the same, by 2030, the shortage could reach the 1 million mark (Chandra and Willis, 2005). There are tremend...

A 3 page research paper that compares and contrasts the way in which nursing theorists Hildegard Peplau, Dorothea Orem, and Betty ...

Evidence into Practice" (AHRQ, 2008). The Nursing Center is an extremely useful site in that it offers access to a long list of ...

that the legal struggle took on her family was immense. Her father never recovered emotionally and committed suicide (Colby, 2002)...

9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...

2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...

familys emotional state through observation and empathic listening. They can explore their own emotions through self-examination a...

own studies in numerous areas, such as formal logic, metaphysics, action theories, and to her readings of Aristotle, Aquinas and m...

power, found that where nurses report that power when is shared, there are corresponding improvements in the nursing/physician rel...

patients with certain injuries and missed diagnoses of certain conditions such as appendicitis or meningitis (Dansby, Kavaler & Sp...

this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...

Literature on this topic indicates that RNs are hesitant in delegating tasks primarily because they are uncertain of the qualific...