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for patient survival" (Kelley, 2005, p. 2). When the blood volume in the body is too low, it activates "compensatory mechanisms" t...

that are often incurred as a natural part of the aging process (Wang and Wollin, 2004). These changes include "impaired vision and...

which initiates a series of events that will either successful contain the infection or prompt it progression toward active diseas...

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

including critical attributes, communication processes, and the overall benefits of school-based support groups in addressing the ...

reporting and administrative reporting so that the owner can have confidence that HHH is providing superlative patient care and me...

degrees of restricted motion (Swank and Lehnert 631). Computer-assisted systems (CAS) have been developed to aid surgeons in obtai...

Olsen, 2006). The authors recognized that within the scope of nursing theory, the paradigms can relate to either the practical nu...

the extent to which terminally ill individuals can be alleviated of languishing in such an inhumane state without involvement of l...

however, Jones requested an ethics consult on the case due to the fact that Johns psychosocial evaluation had caused Jones to have...

authors state that research "and theory are key underpinnings that guide safe, effective, and comprehensive" (p. 35) practice. As...

et al, 2005). However, smokers are not limited in their addition, those who are addicted to other substances, such as alcohol. For...

Developing Clinical Guidelines by Allen et al (1997) set out to determine the disparities that exist within the resolution process...

in which care is provided for aging and dying adults in general. In addition, the researchers recognize that preparation for dyin...

to reason, therefore, that if nurses are experiencing higher rates of stress, the inevitable consequences of such can only lead to...

budget restraints. Nurses leave the profession because they are "distressed by being unable to provide quality nursing care, disgr...

the beginning of her career in the 1950s, Peplau indicated that she believed that the significance between the nurse and the patie...

view as well, developing theories of nursing that focus on nursing and its components as systems of varying degrees. Some, such a...

an "integration of feelings with knowledge and experience" (Cumbie, 2001, p. 56). Nurses, as caregivers, have to reflect on their ...

nurses as they engage in diagnostic, prescriptive, and regulatory operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). ...

shock, (b) a match with a rule or with previous decision situations, and (c) a script-driven decision" (Lee, et al., 1996; p. 5), ...

with the reconfiguration of practice settings, delivery sites and staff composition. Professional guidelines must be established ...

promote an analytical view of this issue and define the variables that will be assessed: 1. What is the magnitude of the effect o...

cancer being observed (Wynder, Goodman and Hoffman, 1985). They also suggest that schools should place "major emphasis" on program...

notable historic key developments in nursing research are: 1859 Nightingales Notes on Nursing published 1900 American Nursing Jou...

among all team members (DC Area Health Education Center, 2005). Well-functioning effective teams do not happen by chance. It requ...

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...

for the birth" (MacKinnon, McIntyre and Quance, 2005, p. 29). As this suggests, intrapartum nurses spend the most time with labor...

minority groups. They are frequently poor and have little education. Scrandis, Fauchald and Radsma describe a "Charlottes Web of C...