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patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...
background of hospital RNs is a significant factor in providing quality nursing care, as this study showed that the level of educa...
task forces, committees, and organizational projects," while also serving as "resources to other nurses to facilitate advancing sk...
include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...
Sometimes the ability to perform foot self-exams for follow-up education or acute illness (Nettles, 2005, p. 44). Additionally, ...
supply and the importance of fruit and vegetables in the patients diet. She authored over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on nurs...
quality and safety for the care they can expect to receive from nurses and midwives and other health professionals are the same" (...
individual family member are considered within this context (Friedman, Bowden and Jones 37). In analyzing the various theories th...
percent of al cardiac surgery patients (Brantman and Howie, 2006). While this postoperative condition is typically well-tolerated ...
in this case for a variety of reasons (Chaguturu and Vallabhaneni, 2005). First of all, despite any financial incentives, it has b...
in scientific reasoning that she changed the face of nursing. She made use of statistical analysis in order to demonstrate the way...
considered one of a number of high stress jobs, and stress is problematic, causing inefficiencies, high staffing turnover rates an...
required qualified, competent staff. This resulted in the establishment of training schools for nurses (Formal training, 2005). Un...
not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...
result that nursing pays well enough to support a family now, which is in great contrast to conditions in the distant past. The p...
of the greatest areas of concern. Finding sufficient time for school, as well as all other activities required of the student, was...
advocates, providing medical treatments prescribed by physicians, and keeping accurate records of changes in patient status (Nurse...
the central problem is often the inappropriate use of unlicensed personnel in the workplace setting. Though nurse mangers are ins...
of a unified health care organization that included both Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH...
recognition of cultural and social influences on health care outcomes. As a result, advanced practice nurses have also become int...
the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...
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...
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...
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...
expressing his or her misery. Such caregivers may have experienced patients who are as likely to cry out, thrash around, or simply...
or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...
from pain that began after radiation therapy that caused nerve damage (Fischman, 2000). After receiving therapy at a pain clinic, ...
when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...
for APNs. One such path is to be a nurse anesthetist, who is a licensed APN who is considered to be using personal professional ju...
their web site with which this nursing organization is involved. For instance, the AACN promotes a specific cardiovascular health ...