SEARCH RESULTS

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

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

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

increase; third-party payers strive to keep payments as low as possible; individuals seek to enhance performance or gain the great...

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

operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). This is broken down into three basic categories: 1) wholly compen...

nurse refused and was subsequently fired. The court ruled in favor of the nurse and found that the Beloit Memorial had wrongfully...

the research, which includes finding a definitive measure for the health status of the homeless. This is a reasoned, extensive rev...

placement of polyvinyl alcohol sponges into subcutaneous pockets" (p. 7). Each of the rats were "given a nutritional solution con...

however, Jones requested an ethics consult on the case due to the fact that Johns psychosocial evaluation had caused Jones to have...

indicates, restraint places health practitioners between the proverbial rock and a hard place. However, there are practice standar...

dehydrated? Has literature simply made you aware of this potential problem? You might say something like: "Considering the dire co...

minority groups. They are frequently poor and have little education. Scrandis, Fauchald and Radsma describe a "Charlottes Web of C...

activities" (Orems Self-Care Model Concepts) that patients need to undertake to meet their own health care needs on a routine basi...

in her favorite chair alone with her memories is something that those remaining behind will never know. Chosen Issue: Reminiscenc...

can facilitate a different type of learning and examination, peer groups may allow an exploration with fewer confines groups with ...

to three days more than 20 years ago. We ruefully joke that some managed care plans only allow new mothers to be hospitalized on ...

This paper asserts that the nursing student's project is appropriate to the requirements for Essential III, which indicates schola...

This paper begins by offering ten questions that a nurse practitioner might pose when applying for a position with Optum health. T...

This research paper concerns Jean Watson's theory of human caring and its use within nursing clinical practice. Eleven pages in le...

This paper considers the raging conflict between advanced practice nurses and physicians. Is there an identity crisis? There are...

This research paper pertains to the ethical dilemma confronting nurse practitioners concerning whether or not to offer abortion pr...

This research paper pertains to overcoming the barriers that exist in nursing to evidence-based practice and solutions are discuss...

This paper reports one change that was made in a hospital. An announcement was made that nursing staff would be required to use ev...

This 7 page paper gives an overview of the basics of the major religions and why nurses should study them. This paper includes Jew...

This paper gives an overview of a study that took place in a Polish ICU and pertained to the rate of device-associated nosocomial ...

This essay presents an example of how the student might chose to write a personal essay on the importance that research and EBP wi...

This research paper investigates development of advanced practice nurses (APNs) within the scope of contemporary health care, both...

This research paper offers an overview of the role of Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). The writer discusses the metaparadigm conce...

practice. Research reveals best practices and these will improve nursing practice. For example, nurses knew that people coming out...