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

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

are necessary for patient survival" (Kelley, 2005, p. 2). When the blood volume in the body is too low, it activates "compensatory...

partners in the healthcare process. Through training and education, nurses learn to make decisions on multiple issues of patient c...

a mentor and/or a preceptor. Mentoring is the "process through which a relationship is established between an experienced indivi...

Whether typical in nature or fraught with learning difficulties, Sameroff (1975a) contends the extent to which parental involvemen...

in nursing educators aged 36 to 45 (Lewallen, et al, 2003). To complicate matters further, recent statistics show that nurses wh...

all aspects of nursing. While the prime relationship in nursing is the one between the nurse and patient, relationships between nu...

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

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

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

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

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

most often have a great deal of training and, in most mainstream settings, are also nurses or nurse-midwife practitioners. Many ar...

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...

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

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

This research paper is made up of three parts. The first part pertains to the impact of the IOM's 2010 report "The Future of Nursi...

The crisis of a nursing shortage will continue for at least another three years. Some colleges have added additional programs in a...

The United States has become more and more diverse over the last four decades and that diversity continues to expand. Different cu...

This paper presents a hypothetical example of how a student might wish to express her nursing ambition. The principal focuses of t...

This essay gives an overview of why mandatory overtime for nursing staff is a significant issue that as the potential to harm pati...

This paper offers answers to three nursing questions that address the role of nurse practitioners, the Consensus Model for APRN Re...

This research paper addresses a variety of issues that concern earning a master's in nursing science and with nursing leadership. ...

This research paper discusses nursing theory and nursing practice, as well as the theories of Watson and Orem. Seven pages in leng...

This paper pertains to two middle range nursing theories, Kolcaba's comfort theory and nursing intellectual capital theory, and th...

This paper discusses the problem of the nursing shortage and its impact on nursing recruitment and retention. Six pages in length,...

This paper presents three summaries of nursing articles, as well as commentary on how one of these articles helps the student's nu...

This essay pertain to a nurses's reasons for becoming a member of the American Nurses Association. The multiple benefits of membe...

This paper discusses issues related to nursing education, including educational practices used by nurse educators. Specific exampl...