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

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

cope with ethical situations primarily from experience and only minimally from formal education, which leaves novice nurses with "...

when we were given a $60.00 increase. Such a small increase didnt make up for the increases in gas, light and water, all of which...

The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. It is a progressive, sequential act with different parts mandat...

hospital stays (Cole and Soucy, 2003). While all ICU patients have serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, those ov...

who suffer from cancer, arthritis, AIDS, multiple sclerosis or acute back pain are known to frequently turn to alternative medicin...

endeavor. Nursing in any context requires a detailed knowledge of individual patients. Specifically, a forensic nurse will have a...

patient care" (p. 438). Prior to 1970, nursing training in the UK could be described as rigid and highly structured. After...

Continuing education is a universal requirement for professionals in the healthcare industry. This paper presents a lesson plan on...

the question of what effect an aging nursing work force has on American healthcare in general. First and foremost, the aging of ...

founded on the perspective that patients who are cared for in the home are provided with an overall better quality of life (Peters...

This research paper/essay concerns a home visit with an older woman suffering from congestive heart failure (CHF, hypertension and...

This essay includes three sections. The fist section reflects on tempered change strategies as described in a journal article. The...

the nurse is uncertain of which tasks are appropriate to delegation, as well as the skill level of UAPs, their reluctance becomes ...

A pertinent issue to foreign nurse recruitment, as a method for alleviating the shortage of nurses in US hospitals, is the number ...

(Green, 2004a). A travel nurse, on the other hand, is typically contracted to work a 13-week period, and this usually includes an ...

noted that cases of a rare lung infection, pneumocystis carinni pneumonia, had occurred in Los Angeles and also that three young m...

reality of the profession. It needs a makeover much as it had in the 19th century in Brittan when nursing reformers struggled to h...

The writer presents a proposal to support a plan for setting up and running a nursing agency, providing nursing and other healthca...

of professional nursing, nursing theory provides perspectives and guidance that aids nurses in achieving their primary goal of pro...

when nurses are needed the most, which is when we are ill (line 12). This is when "Nurses come through, with their care and goodwi...

have otherwise been a lingering existence in private homes or disreputable hospitals. Inasmuch as the nurse is "temporarily the c...

Budget Office forecasts that gross domestic product will grow by 3.6 percent after inflation (in "real" terms) this year and by 3....

of the site is that it connects to numerous opportunities for continuing education and there is a page dedicated to this purpose. ...

therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...

results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...

a long period, have the opportunity to build relationships with them and are able to come to know the individual patients response...

implementing the treatment regimen. 5. collaborating with other health care providers in determining the appropriate health care f...

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...