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reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

considering this economic downturn, the numbers of undergraduates pursuing nursing careers began to also decline. In 1991, Canada ...

learned long ago the value of yet another Deming (1986) exhortation, that of continuous improvement. By definition, the concept i...

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

a strategic factor in a broader movement toward social transformation that stresses social equity (Downey 249). This transformatio...

that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

of ear infection (Chronic otitis media, 2003). OM is a serious childhood illness because, if not properly treated, it can lead to ...

act as integral members of healthcare teams, provide direct and indirect patient care, and address central issues for patients, in...

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...

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

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

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 ...

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...

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...

trying times of their lives. Nurses have the capacity to improve lives. Nothing could be more meaningful or provide a greater sens...

1999). Lee and his family owned a small business and had no health or medical insurance. The family was urged to begin the process...

if the individual discovers that he or she has thoughts and feelings that are "very basic and very strong" with regard to others o...