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Literature on this topic indicates that RNs are hesitant in delegating tasks primarily because they are uncertain of the qualific...

the insertion of a central line, threaded through a vein, and it was once believed that it would aid cancer patients, restoring ap...

the situation, the charge nurse might take a number of different actions in response to this information. For example, the charge ...

2005, p. 4). She incorporated the environment into the theory along with numerous other factors and variables, all of which would ...

(Bliss-Holtz, Winter and Scherer, 2004). In hospitals that have achieved magnet status, nurses routinely collect, analyze and us...

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...

nature have cropped up. Is a 60 year old woman too old to raise children? Is it ethical for a woman to carry her own grandchildren...

own studies in numerous areas, such as formal logic, metaphysics, action theories, and to her readings of Aristotle, Aquinas and m...

feel as if they are not being given proper treatment if a CNA is assigned to their case instead of an RN (Sullivan, 1998). Thus, t...

that the legal struggle took on her family was immense. Her father never recovered emotionally and committed suicide (Colby, 2002)...

to others, at least not as frequently as would seem reasonable if they liked it as well as the general public does. The reason mo...

does not address the topic of specific competencies. In other words, the most recent literature that is even remotely related to t...

is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...

to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment" (Miller-Boyle, 2006, p. 6). Miller-Boyle wri...

now regarded as a crucial and defining component of nursing, as caring defines "nursings unique area of practice and provides dire...

any incident that requires an increased level of response beyond the routine operating procedures" (NASN, 2006). Natural disasters...

and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...

This PowerPoint presentation includes 9 slides plus a bibliography. The topic is the nursing shortage. Bibliography lists 1 sourc...

and how discharge instructions should cover these contingencies. "Health" has historically been used to describe the "absence of d...

methods with measurable outcomes, creating a link between existing research and nursing process, define the role of nurse educator...

of family such as the one cited above. In many instances hospitals adhere to the traditional definition, which means that the poli...

explained the process further and made it clear that he would perform the catheterization, the man approved. As this indicates, fr...

of use) of sunscreen at the beach are important considerations. Other factors that should be assessed relative to subjective data...

FTE RN Demand Projected Growth Setting 2000 2010 2020 2000 to 2010 2000 to 2020 Total 49,200 59,900 69,600 22%...

inflamed, tender to the touch and evident of a small amount of pus (DAlessandro et al, 2004), becoming more painful as time progre...

the "inability to determine the meaning of illness-related events" (McCormick, 2002, p. 127). Furthermore, Chinn and Kramer (1999)...

While only 6 percent of newborns require advanced life support in 1997, the rise in the number of neonates since that time weighin...

to reach the disease" (Colwell; 2). The author also examines aspects of surgical treatment, indicating that a particular type of s...

Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...