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and how this equipment should differ for this population: Bariatric patients are typically defined as those who are extremely obe...

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

This paper summarizes and analyzes a qualitative Norwegian study that examined the experiences of home care nurses in regards to f...

This paper consists of the speaker notes for a PowerPoint presentation that pertains to the a student's volunteer experience. The ...

based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...

seek the same health goals for clients as in mainstream nursing, nurses in remote locations often cope with problems and obstacles...

hospitals. Under her wings, she took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to hea...

verifies old knowledge (Wilkerson, 1998). As this suggests, the continuation of scholarly advances in the development of nursing t...

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...

which a person demonstrates fundamental functioning in their life environment (Jones and Kilpatrick, 1996). In other words, the c...

of diabetes care, including blood/glucose monitoring, food intake monitoring, exercise monitoring, and insulin administration. Be...

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...

relationships between self-care agency and the self-care demand" (Kumar, 2007, p. 106). Within the context of Self-Care Deficit ...

and continues to do so, over the past two decades, as it was first published in 1979 (Falk-Rafael, 2000). In formulating her theor...

to the wide-ranging aspect of nursing than merely administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise ...

scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic acci...

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

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...

and can be applied in a variety of clinical settings, as well as in educational programs and research. Orems theory is bas...

Colorado/Utah and 3.7 percent of the hospitalizations occurring in New York resulted incurred adverse events (Dunn 45). Death occu...

must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...

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...

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

move in concentric circles of caring--from individuals, to others, to community, to (the) world" (Vance, 2003). Caring science inv...

care. The team leader is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all of the elements of care and also delegates care of specif...

In five pages this paper discusses the plight of the homeless and health care access in a consideration of a nurse's role. Six so...

In eight pages the concerns that have recently developed regarding the 1976 ANA Code for Nursing are considered including nursing ...

In six pages this paper examines the nurse's role from an ambulatory care perspective with service complexities and constant chang...