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Essays 1981 - 2010
field of nursing and in particular for nursing home facilities. Valid data could put pressure on nursing homes to hire an adequate...
in the profession. As long ago as 1990, at least one author was addressing in print the problems that hospitals were having not o...
various formal, stated ethics codes of nursing associations; nurse education programs; health care organizations; and certainly he...
in her favorite chair alone with her memories is something that those remaining behind will never know. Chosen Issue: Reminiscenc...
to examine whether womens social roles mediate the impact of heart surgery on their psychological well-being" (Plach and Heidrich,...
Irelands influence in reflective practice is now beginning to be felt around the country. Among other developments, the English N...
provided. A nurse who has back pain will likely reduce the care he or she could otherwise administer. When people have back or m...
least useful in nursing. The purpose here is to review the state of performance evaluation in nursing. Literature Review A...
health of the individual and to their success in recuperation. The Association for Spirit at Work is comprised of medical profess...
that make use of color, but even these efforts have not typically met with good response by patients or hospital administrators (S...
and case management. Maras shares the leadership of the nursing department with another individual at the VP level, L. McChesney....
disappear and remain at bay for a long while. The symptoms that the patient exhibits as well as physical examination are consiste...
The result is that "Suddenly there is great interest in how men and women talk to each other" (Woodard and House, 1997; p. 39), no...
absolute separation of duties and artificial formality intended to preserve hierarchy in attitude as well as fact. Physicians pro...
Washington Medical Center, Seattle, and a clinical instructor, bio behavioral nursing and health systems, at the University of Was...
positive effect in preventing future incidence of violence (Willson, McFarlane, Lemmey and Malecha, 2001), even when other referra...
even through government agencies (Visiting Nurse Association-Omaha/Southeast Nebraska, 2002). Various programs and services are sp...
and more nurses are standing at the front lines of managed care, acting somewhat as liaison between the patient and managed care o...
in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Hypotheses The purpose of the proposed study is to determine the eff...
and was told not to consider having children for fear of passing on defective genes (Sheldon, 1997; p. 34). This occurred d...
chemistry and another in biochemistry. I recognized the wonder of chemistry, but what I failed to recognize at the time was the s...
rheumatoid arthritis with the need to fortify ones mental and emotional status in order to deal with the chronic systemic illness....
a fever, and a variety of other symptoms (Boyd, 2008). It is the variety of symptoms associated with NMS that become a significant...
nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...
ward manager is responsible for the "24-hour delivery of care to patients within a designated care setting" (Peate, 2010, p. 7). T...
Introduction When patients experience cardiac arrest, the response of healthcare workers can have a significant impact on patient...
health care depends not just upon knowledge of health care practices, but upon the successful business administration of clinics a...
and healthcare developments in this country. Many of these organizations have websites that provide information about the nature ...
including Hayhurst et al. (2005) and Reineck & Furino (2005). The purpose of this study, though, is defined in relation to the re...
1997). It is generally believed that atherosclerosis results from a combination of factors, which include: hemodynamic stress (hyp...