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for registered nurses by 2010 (Feeg 8). While statistics such as these have received a great deal of press, what is less well kno...

whole, and has also provided a basis for understanding the variety of nursing roles in this environment. At the same time, I have...

infant mortality rate in the United States, which is one of the highest of the developed nations. Women who smoke at the...

of a break in the skin (a cut, a crack in dry skin) becomes infected by bacteria or fungi (Monroe, 2003). Cellulitis can also occ...

In addition to their roles in the carative environment, RNs may also take on educational roles, providing important instruction, e...

Nursing (Webber, 2007). However, this is not a long-term solution. The long-term solution to achieving an adequate nursing force f...

events (Owen, 2007). This action includes "presentation of antigen by dendritic cells" as well as the "degranulation of mast cells...

many other disorders. Given the prevalence of both ADD/ADHD and Depression, this user linked to each of these disorders. The ADD/A...

2004). As errors are inevitable, in order to significantly reduce the rate at which they occur, it is imperative that mistakes sho...

cardiac monitor, a seizure, drug reaction or other sign of a critical condition...(They) are expected to fill out reports" that we...

more on intuition and to "a hidden knowledge that is not so open to cognitive description" (Bradshaw, 1995, p. 83). In other words...

once again examines how nurses can be empowered, and learn those values in college. Finally, Ann Gallagher discusses dignity with ...

results are reliable and representative (Curwin and Slater, 1996). The first is the profiling of the samples to show that they are...

the effect of music on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain with a participant group that listened to "peaceful pan flute m...

safeguard and monitor the public health, which means that it formulates prevention initiatives, investigates health problems and a...

factors" (Hader and Guy, 2004, p. 21). The international Association for the Study of Pain and the American Pain Society define pa...

that I wanted to make a difference in peoples lives as well. But while my people skills are excellent and I am sure that I can e...

There are numerous nursing scholars who utilizing ethnographic techniques in their research; university courses that address both ...

to the medications needed to ensure their health. Beginning in 2004, Medicare began to offer aid, $600 a year, for covering the co...

upon the nursing knowledge that I already possess in order to facilitate my helping larger number of people through the mediums of...

official entity until 1993. Today it addresses an array of nursing issues. The goals of the program are: * "Promoting quality in...

have access to a range of drugs. Bennett (et al, 2000) argues that the overall rate of substance abuse in the nursing popualtion r...

trends. This peer-reviewed journal also offers its readership a forum for sharing their experiences with their peers, as well as l...

factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...

p. 364). Due to the fact that eating behaviors tend to be established by early experience, it is important for healthy eating habi...

an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...

2001, p. 24). While the ancestors of many Americans of Czech extraction came to the US in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries...

properly, nursing staff is highly aware of this lack. Research into nursing staff retention has found that the quality of housekee...

need of treatment following tours in Rwanda, the Balkans and Somalia" (Auld). Mental health problems in regards to soldiers retu...

drivers" than do states that do not require test automatic testing (Murden and Unroe, 2005, p. 22). Most states do set standards f...