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cardiac monitor, a seizure, drug reaction or other sign of a critical condition...(They) are expected to fill out reports" that we...

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

to a patient over the phone and trying to convey the urgency of that patient coming in for a consultation. The patient resists, so...

safeguard and monitor the public health, which means that it formulates prevention initiatives, investigates health problems and a...

meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...

diabetic education that uses the Neuman Systems Model, which supports and facilitates taking a "holistic view of people with diabe...

the effect of music on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain with a participant group that listened to "peaceful pan flute m...

Nursing (Webber, 2007). However, this is not a long-term solution. The long-term solution to achieving an adequate nursing force f...

2004). As errors are inevitable, in order to significantly reduce the rate at which they occur, it is imperative that mistakes sho...

events (Owen, 2007). This action includes "presentation of antigen by dendritic cells" as well as the "degranulation of mast cells...

more on intuition and to "a hidden knowledge that is not so open to cognitive description" (Bradshaw, 1995, p. 83). In other words...

be immensely helpful in gaining insight into the specific issues involved and subsequent perspective on what course of action to t...

with sudden flashbacks intruding on thoughts (Fagan and Freme, 2004). Other symptoms include: an exaggerated startle reflex, sleep...

this condition. If the student does not have asthma, the student may feel motivated to help this population because of he/she rea...

caring; 2. every human culture has lay (generic, folk or indigenous) care knowledge and practices and usually some professional ca...

harms the healthcare systems of the home countries of these nurses, which ethically and morally limits its use. Another method t...

illustrates how she ignored the potential for causing harm when she increased the patients drugs; only after the medication had be...

assisting registered nurses (RNs) in order to meet legislated requirements (Schaefer 9). This means that while RNs have fewer pati...

discuss and name the various methods for preventing the transmissions of STIs; and also, they will demonstrate ability to resist p...

(Webber). This does sound extremely similar to the way in which the AACN defines the CNL role. In some hospitals, nurse practiti...

"chronic, heavy drinking" (Enoch and Goldman, 2002, p. 192). According to government standards, a woman is at-risk for heavy drink...

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

potential for long term physiological complications as well as long-term emotional impacts. Not only does the type of care needed...

"infertility, cardiovascular health, oncology, geriatrics, endocrinology, uro-gynecology, bone health and high-risk pregnancy" (Ke...

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

change and its rationale (which was based on the results of empirical research), implemented the change and then "supported the c...

This paper offers answers to three nursing questions that address the role of nurse practitioners, the Consensus Model for APRN Re...

for the precise coding of medication and, thereby, helps nurses avoid the common errors listed above (Woods and Doan-Johnson, 2002...