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but fully 60 percent of charts of reporting skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) make no mention of any behavioral interventions prio...

educators in the past, are lured away from academia by better-paying positions in clinical and private practice (Mee, 2003). Furth...

the religious fervor generated by the teachings of "love and mercy" by Jesus Christ resulted in a dramatic increase in charitable ...

an adolescent client (Wallis, 2004, p. 59). Data on the development of abstract reasoning skills, as well as of the "recognition o...

appears a simple enough way in which to establish the particular approach toward pain management for a given patient. However, re...

(rural communities were slower to put into place screening mechanisms for HIV in the blood supply used for transfusions). Final...

condition, her lack of awareness of her own limitations or lack of limitations in activity, and her response to various types of p...

In fourteen pages this research paper considers how a nursing intervention can be designed to assist adults with PTSD resulting fr...

a patient to keep her own supply steady? Will she make a mistake and do something wrong as a result of substance abuse? So many th...

face and chest that it causes, and it is characterized by chills, fever, headache, vomiting, rapid pulse, red rash and an inflame...

first started to administer to the injured and the sick, the notion that nurses should be women has prevailed (Odendaul, 2004). T...

While these definitions are extremely similar, a differences in emphasis can reflect a differing philosophical stance. The manner ...

lives, especially the course of their daily professional lives. We tend to get stuck in ruts where we rely on the same patterns an...

disagree with his wife could disrupt their marital relationship at a time when he needs this support, which is undoubtedly one of ...

whole, and has also provided a basis for understanding the variety of nursing roles in this environment. At the same time, I have...

infant mortality rate in the United States, which is one of the highest of the developed nations. Women who smoke at the...

of a break in the skin (a cut, a crack in dry skin) becomes infected by bacteria or fungi (Monroe, 2003). Cellulitis can also occ...

In addition to their roles in the carative environment, RNs may also take on educational roles, providing important instruction, e...

issues pertaining to focus group interview with regard to access, ethical issues, power and relevance (Benner, 1991; Morse, 1994; ...

after the exposure to the initiating traumatic event (Stein, 2002). If PTSD-like symptoms become evidence and are intense prior to...

for registered nurses by 2010 (Feeg 8). While statistics such as these have received a great deal of press, what is less well kno...

19th and early 20th centuries. Hughes and Romeo (1999) question the usefulness of education that does not address the growing div...

US shortage has caused many healthcare institutions to look for nurses outside their countrys borders and many nurses are leaving ...

individual, this woman does reflect on the past and has some regrets, but some optimistic comments are made as well. In evaluat...

2000). Though one might think that nursing professionals with higher education degrees might be able to address their own stress,...

ventilation. This included placing hip pads with egg crate foam under the patients iliac crest to prevent hyperextension of the lo...

much closer look at the unwise choice to allow HIV-positive nurses to continue their practice. Britain provides statistics that i...

the new paradigm becomes the new standard. Lewin once commented, "If you want to truly understand something, try to change it" (Go...

records how she inquired about one young man who was brought into the ward crying, "I cant die. I cant die" (Livermore 174). She w...

frequently use mental health nurses as a means for expanding services (Winefield and Chur-Hansen, 2004). The following examination...