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Malpractice Lawsuits and Nursing

In eleven pages this paper discusses legal issues of which nurses should be aware, lawsuit avoidance, and the importance of malpra...

Critical Concepts in the Hospital Environment

Decision-making, critical thinking and advocacy are all important in the modern hospital experience. This paper examines a patient...

Overview of Family Nurse Practitioner

crosses over all these disciplines (Warda, 2001). Family is defined broadly to incorporate the diverse structures of family in to...

Nurses and Stress

have more opportunity to encounter difficulties involved in nursing the critically ill. "How frequently a given stressor occurs d...

Quitting Smoking and Hospitalized Patients Educational Obstacles

In five pages this paper examines literature regarding the nurse's role in educating hospitalized patients on smoking cessation. ...

Nursing Theory Practical Integration

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

Nursing and Communication Theory

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

Community Nursing Advantages and Disadvantages

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

Continuing Educaiton and the Application of Theory

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

Operations Management and Technology's Impact

manufacturing environment, the operations manager will have the greatest degree of influence and impact in this arena (Obringer, ...

NJ's Advanced Practice Nurses

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

Nurse Role Definition

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

Florence Nightingale's Work

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

'Don't Call Me Sweetie!' Australia Nursing Study Reviewed

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

Technology's Impact on the Workplace

systems and other such devices. Enter any office and the visitor is most likely to see a computer on every desk. Technology is use...

Developments In Forensic Nursing

scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic acci...

Snow Crash by Neal Stephensonn and Technology's Effects

counterparts "brain-drained" (2). Because America was responsible for the technological fusion, it paid the greatest price with p...

Perspectives on Shortage of Nurses

2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...

Policy Statements and Nursing Standards

gives the appearance of increased attention to theory and evidenced-based nursing in an atmosphere of caring for the individual. ...

SNF Costs and the Impact of the Shortage of Registered Nurses

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...

Professional Practice and Research Interview Summary

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...

Nursing Home Costs and the Impact of MDS/PPS/RUG III System Utilization

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...

Is There a Relationship Between Nursing Burnout and Shortage of Nurses?

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

Pediatric Burn Care and High Acuity Nursing

or other special attention to the wounds caused by burns. Each day s/he spends in the hospital is creating another reason for the...

Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit Nursing Retention

the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...

Overview of Critical Care Nurse Practitioner

a specialized body of knowledge, skills and experience that enables these nurses to offer a high standard of care to critically il...

Nurse Managers and Their Role in Nursing Shortages

the central problem is often the inappropriate use of unlicensed personnel in the workplace setting. Though nurse mangers are ins...

An Overview of Critical Care Nursing

which a person demonstrates fundamental functioning in their life environment (Jones and Kilpatrick, 1996). In other words, the c...

LPNs and RNs

advocates, providing medical treatments prescribed by physicians, and keeping accurate records of changes in patient status (Nurse...

Ethics and Beliefs in Nursing

As this writer/tutor can only speculate on what the students personal values are, it is suggested that the student include a state...