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falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...

This essay presents and discusses the highlights of Leininger's transcultural nursing model. A case study is included. There are f...

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...

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

Both of these individuals have limited education. Ms. A. graduated from high school but Mr. B. did not, and dropped out at the en...

This research paper describes a patient with congestive heart failure, giving a case study overview of nursing care. Six pages in ...

a patient to keep her own supply steady? Will she make a mistake and do something wrong as a result of substance abuse? So many th...

condition, her lack of awareness of her own limitations or lack of limitations in activity, and her response to various types of p...

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...

(Wichowski, 2004). This certainly appeared to be the case for Elvis, as he complained about the "Croatian people" in his head who ...

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

that not only were nurses retained but that everyone on staff is motivated to be actively engaged and involved in the work environ...

and Cox, 2001; p. 375). The ascending colon, which is approximately six inches long, extends upward to the hepatic flexure....

particular condition because he at least is aware of his condition. About one-half of those with this disease are not as fortunat...

the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

become stressed and this lowers morale. A nurse manager writes that at her hospital, her job has become overwhelming, but when dis...

paradigm but without the fantasy that acceptance is the ultimate outcome. In treating this patient, a student writing on the subje...

ensure that any data given is not capable of identifying any of the respondents, although this is unlikely, there is also the way ...

may have produced the desired results, the issue of promoting healing in extremities is one that is difficult at best (Wound Care ...

that caring is good. Some nurses might object to allowing themselves the luxury because it makes them vulnerable, but in some prof...

be discussed relative to both previous research and the studies that have come after it. This research tends to substantiate the s...

process that requires "interpretation, sensitivity, imagination and active participation" (Jenner, 1997). Scientific knowledge, o...

the medical team with which these patients have surrounded themselves. It is the patients responsibility to cooperate and do ever...

which initiates a series of events that will either successful contain the infection or prompt it progression toward active diseas...

is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...

states, "The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient" (Code of Ethics f...

in education and work experience. 2. Boyfriends work sporadically. 3. Neither appears to consider the possibility of breaking the ...

In eleven pages this paper discusses the influence of Carl Rogers' Client Centered Therapy upon the 1964 development of Lydia Hall...

In ten pages a home healthcare case study is employed to examine what nursing approaches would best be used in this scenario and a...