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

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...

"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...

How governments accomplish this purpose, of course, varies considerably. In Great Britain, the government via the National Health...

prevention. Today, researchers are not disregarding the genetic component, but see this component as working in conjunction with o...

well as to demonstrate projections for use in future planning for nursing paradigms to address depression in elderly populations. ...

Frank seems reluctant to leave. Realizing that Frank needs to be met on a different level, Susan switches back to the "Be-with" mo...

underlying the formulation of the nurse-patient relationship. According to Mallik (1998) a great deal of the literature on this to...

best standards of care (Whittemore, et al, 2002). The goal of nursing education in regards to diabetes treatment is to aid the ind...

and settings. Individuals reactions to the same stressors can be quite different, with one stressor creating significant stress r...

goes way beyond the paradigm of nursing as simply a "handmaiden" to physicians. The nursing professional is required to know virtu...

The article presents the reader with some very good presentations in that it is specifically addressing one particular endeavor in...

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...

if they are simple and straightforward. These patient data records will be replaced weekly, and each will contain a weeks worth o...

or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...

Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those...

techniques or theories as they pertain to the medical world, and it is as if the prison setting is the last place where these tech...

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

individual, regardless of that individuals station in or stage of life. Todays nurse has many duties and answers to people and ad...

they are working in the field now indicates that they understand the concepts and were successful in completing the ranges of stud...

different that needs attention, but many have been able to prepare for the changes that are happening to them. Geriatric patients...

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...

are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...

For different reasons, each profession believes that the morning routine of washing and dressing is essential. Both the nurse and...

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...