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old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...

of pregnancies, pending on the population and the definitions used (Walker, 2000). Hypertension in pregnancy is typically classi...

role has changed in nursing home facilities. Long gone are the days when a modern amount of nursing care and dietary supervision w...

There is, in fact, an ongoing shortage of well-trained, competent, nurses. This shortage could be expected to intensify beginning...

stress and exhaustion sets in (1992). Nurse managers are subject to continual stress as many of their tasks involve life an...

A definition of health according to 2 theories of nursing is examined in a research paper consisting of five pages. Four sources ...

In eight pages this paper discusses holistic practice in terms of nursing's role, spirituality, and what mental health means. Sev...

and settings. Individuals reactions to the same stressors can be quite different, with one stressor creating significant stress r...

How governments accomplish this purpose, of course, varies considerably. In Great Britain, the government via the National Health...

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

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

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

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...

if they are simple and straightforward. These patient data records will be replaced weekly, and each will contain a weeks worth o...

or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...

Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those...

techniques or theories as they pertain to the medical world, and it is as if the prison setting is the last place where these tech...

goes way beyond the paradigm of nursing as simply a "handmaiden" to physicians. The nursing professional is required to know virtu...

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

are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...

For different reasons, each profession believes that the morning routine of washing and dressing is essential. Both the nurse and...

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

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

a role, as well as the elements of the music itself. Studies show that slow rhythms tend to be calming, while faster tempos tend t...

upper house has, in fact, been in a state of suspended reform for almost a century - ever since the unelected Tory landowners who...

well as to demonstrate projections for use in future planning for nursing paradigms to address depression in elderly populations. ...

Frank seems reluctant to leave. Realizing that Frank needs to be met on a different level, Susan switches back to the "Be-with" mo...

underlying the formulation of the nurse-patient relationship. According to Mallik (1998) a great deal of the literature on this to...

best standards of care (Whittemore, et al, 2002). The goal of nursing education in regards to diabetes treatment is to aid the ind...

prevention. Today, researchers are not disregarding the genetic component, but see this component as working in conjunction with o...