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Shared Governance v. Collective Bargaining in Nursing Labor Relations

for protocol and for adhering to standard practice. There are many aspects of the job for which the nurse is best suited to addre...

Online Clinical Resources

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

Importance & Application of Nursing Theory

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

Ageism In America

Age discrimination has become more than a minor inconvenience throughout the twentieth century (Rupp et al, 2006); indeed, the iss...

Music as a Nursing Intervention

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

Psychiatric/Mental Health Web Site Analysis

many other disorders. Given the prevalence of both ADD/ADHD and Depression, this user linked to each of these disorders. The ADD/A...

Benner’s Novice to Expert Theory of Nursing

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

5 Research Questions on Nursing Utilization

One examination that does not qualify as a scientific study is an assessment by Macknick (1998) of how nursing homes market themse...

Ethics and Legal Issues in Nursing

typically covered by the Nursing Practice Act of the particular state in which a nurse is practicing, as this piece of legislation...

Nursing and the Importance of the Team Approach

Interdisciplinary teams have taken on a progressively more important role in healthcare over the...

Nursing Research Article 'Predicting Family Health in Families of Young Adults with Severe Mental Illness' Reviewed

new research is needed in the area. The style of the literature review is appropriate in that the author divides it into we...

Nursing Honor Society Sigma Theta Tau International

It also publishes the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, Reflections on Nursing Leadership and an online newsletter, Excellence. ...

Los Angeles Area Health Policy Changes and Nursing

international trade, has also increased pollution from diesel engines (Bostwick, 2004). A 20 parts-per-billion increase in ozone l...

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Anesthesiologistsm and Drug Abuse

to are not likely to be illicit drugs but rather the same prescribed drugs with which they treat their patients (Texas Medical Ass...

Expansion of Paper on Nursing Delegation and Shared Governance

of the patient (beneficence); * does not perform functions that can do harm to the patient (non-malficence); * practice fairness...

Social Services, Nursing, and Collaboration

team discuss examples of collaboration that are drawn from various databases and professional journals that demonstrate collaborat...

AIDS Adolescents and Nursing Management

viral disease that attacks the human immune system making it ineffective in fighting disease or sickness caused by microbial organ...

Continuation of 'Historical Development of Shannondale Nursing Home'

nursing shortage has meant for SNFs that they have fewer RNs available to them and that recruiting and retention has become more c...

Health and Nursing Article Reviewed

impact the treatment process. Research underscores the connection between a "fighting" attitude and the capacity of individuals t...

OR Nursing Practice Scope

2006). The activities of UAPs, unlike those of nurses and other licensed caregivers, is defined through job description and not re...

Families and the Nursing Theory of Dorothea Orem

of fulfilling desires of order. Orem also sees the family as a relational concept (Taylor, 2001, p. 7). It only exists because o...

RN and LPN Nursing Wage Disparities

Spence (1973) proposes that employers rationally offer higher compensation to those workers who have completed a higher level of e...

Professional Nursing Dimensions

ethnic distribution of the population in Paramus: White Non-Hispanic (75.5%) Hispanic (4.9%) Korean (4.8%) Asian Indian (4.5%...

Nursing Home Residents Suffering from Dementia and Making End of Life Decisions

rely on "surrogate" decision-makers, family members capable of making treatment decisions on their behalf. As a result, this stud...

Hospital Environments and the Skills Necessary for Effective Leadership in Nursing

an integral part of the carative model, there is a definnitive need to recognize the specific characteristics and skills of effect...

Nursing and Ethical Dilemmas

arise during this absence. Not only is this practice unacceptable professionally, but it is also problematic legalistically, as th...

Nursing Profession and 'Telehealth' Implications

and was replaced by the broader term, telehealth (Maheu et al 7). The definition has also evolved to encompass all types of healt...

Oral Hygiene Protocol and Nursing Practice

Hanson (2004) recommends a toothbrush, but specifies that it should be soft and that non-abrasive toothpaste should be selected. P...

Skilled Nursing Facility Uses

N F Resident Costs N N N - - C = Critical N = Needed (may or may not be necessary on its own) F = Facilitating information ?Includ...

Emergency Room Diversity and Nursing

on those occasions when the need for urgency arises, the work can be quite stressful. Patients entering the area must be evaluate...