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and respond to patient authentically as individuals in the here-and-now moment may be the best way to prepare safe and effective c...

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

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

factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...

p. 364). Due to the fact that eating behaviors tend to be established by early experience, it is important for healthy eating habi...

the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nu...

respond to stress differently than do others. Current medical theory suggests that individuals who evidence a more exaggerated re...

unethical, or illegal practice of any person" (Erlen 67). But while it is a nurses duty to be a patient advocate, Beth should real...

in the 19th and early 20th century, the fact is even more remarkable. "Well and Strong and Young" Updike writes that in 1854 Bar...

in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Hypotheses The purpose of the proposed study is to determine the eff...

rheumatoid arthritis with the need to fortify ones mental and emotional status in order to deal with the chronic systemic illness....

when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...

2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...

gives the appearance of increased attention to theory and evidenced-based nursing in an atmosphere of caring for the individual. ...

the realization of the "dehumanizing" of patients that led to them being referred to as "Bed x," "Case x" or some other nameless, ...

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

different that needs attention, but many have been able to prepare for the changes that are happening to them. Geriatric patients...

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

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