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performance expectations. Measures such as this may still be subject to the environmental changes, but may be more reliable that t...

the outcome of sports performance in particular. Others however, contend that other factors affect this performance. Obviously, ...

the appraisal process (University of California, Berkeley, 2004). There are any number of performance appraisal models. Four of t...

This paper is basically about nurse leadership. A scenario was presented in which a nurse director needed to present a new annual ...

In two pages this paper discusses how nurses can deal with the stress of their jobs with a 'hardy' personality as described in thi...

whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...

between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...

to nursing practice in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as the welfare of each high-needs baby is intrinsically tied to fami...

that they are often asked to take care of more patients with higher acuity levels than they have in the past (Hassmiller and Cozin...

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

on the development of an exploitative tourist industry in Antigua. Achebe takes a very different perspective than Kincaid in tha...

the organizations income and employee pay. Research on these companies is very positive. Results that have been observed include...

This 67 page paper looks at the way that performance appraisals may be leverage to create value and how they may help with the int...

* Goal setting is a component of a performance management system. With strategic goals and organizational performance requirements...

Figure 2 shows the revenue, operating profit and net profit margin. All figures here, and in this paper are quoted in millions of ...

The paper begins by briefly identifying and explaining three of the standard change theory/models. The stages of each are named. T...

It is well known that there is a significant shortage of registered nurses that will continue to grow. There is a difference of op...

"interactive, systems, and developmental" approaches (Tourville and Ingalls 21). The systems model of nursing perceives the meta...

nurses should understand these patients thoroughly, "who they are, where they live and with whom, their current health status and ...

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

either ill or injured, and therefore requires the aid of health care professionals. One might also feel that "person" underscores ...

(2003) gives the example of an nurse assigned to a busy intensive care unit (ICU) began experiencing clear signs of traumatic stre...

expectancy is increasing and more people are surviving serious illness and living longer with chronic illness. At the same time, t...

the "niche were multiple members encounter and respond to disease and illness across the life course" (Denham, 2003, p. 143). Nurs...

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

many of the findings of nursing research have little or no relevance to their daily practice. Im and Meleis (1999) cite several re...

information. These guidelines are also based on this researchers finding that self-care promotes the pediatric patients spiritual ...

This involves intensive, one-on-one teaching, which enables autistic children to learn the intricacies of behaviors or skills via ...

ability to empower and grow people" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). Over the past decade, there have been numerous studies that have fou...

with their illness decreases and their partners ability to help them with the process is impeded as well. Decreased communication...