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This paper pertains to an ethical dilemma faced by hospital nurses caring for patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses. Adherent of th...
accomplishing the task or objective rather than on people (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004). They make the policies and rules ...
MEANING AND CONCEPTS Jones & Krysa (1998) describe the three essential comfort interventions as listening (to...
a list of advantages for patients, which include: * Greater coordination of services leads to higher quality care for the patient ...
the word alone that Watsons ideology is based not just upon clinical actions but upon the implementation of emotional availability...
money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...
has focused on two corollary components: 1. the accuracy of body size estimations and 2. the attitudes and feelings individuals ...
charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...
"a heterogeneous disorder characterized by 2 pathogenic defects, impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance. The resultant ...
for nurses who come into intimate contact with clients from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Ott, Al-Khadhuri and Al-Junaibi...
are working, for example, in pediatrics(Sherman 2004). Therefore, she suggests, as many have, that the nursing professional learn ...
for protocol and for adhering to standard practice. There are many aspects of the job for which the nurse is best suited to addre...
the order be filled. They specified one minor change, however. That was that each of the condoms that were manufactured include ...
2003, p. 50). Comments went on to say that it is disheartening when they arent acknowledged in any way for the hard work they do (...
the most frequently reported intervention classifications for NPs were patient education, drug management, nutrition support, risk...
a process that assumes that a persons own subjective construction of reality is more accessible than anything else. The process o...
adaptation has a process in which individuals respond positively to environmental changes and described three types of stimuli: fo...
which both of those impacts are important. The question of what statistics should be collected in a medical facility, however, is...
with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of ...
a partnership approach where the discipline work together can be increased cost effectiveness in the overall treatment of a patien...
staff them (Ocala, Fla., Hospitals Tackle Nursing Shortage, 2002). The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizati...
in acute care is sensitive about the use of drugs in recovering patients. Exposure of abuses of past years has raised awareness o...
operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). This is broken down into three basic categories: 1) wholly compen...
percent); * Management by walking around (15 percent); * Coaching/empowerment (11 percent); * Team (7 percent); * Transformational...
deaths each year are related to medications" (Meadows, 2003). The actual number is estimated to be much higher because these kinds...
as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...
has been with us for several years, and it is widely publicized. The result is that the nursing shortage not only affects the qua...
clinical nurse specialist and the advanced nurse practitioner is decidedly hazy. However, Wickham (2003) states that a nurse worki...
if they are simple and straightforward. These patient data records will be replaced weekly, and each will contain a weeks worth o...
authors have explored the importance of the holistic approach in positively impacting patient outcome. As early as the 1970s rese...