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that they are often asked to take care of more patients with higher acuity levels than they have in the past (Hassmiller and Cozin...

whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...

between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...

either ill or injured, and therefore requires the aid of health care professionals. One might also feel that "person" underscores ...

the nurse is uncertain of which tasks are appropriate to delegation, as well as the skill level of UAPs, their reluctance becomes ...

the "niche were multiple members encounter and respond to disease and illness across the life course" (Denham, 2003, p. 143). Nurs...

The paper begins by briefly identifying and explaining three of the standard change theory/models. The stages of each are named. T...

(2003) gives the example of an nurse assigned to a busy intensive care unit (ICU) began experiencing clear signs of traumatic stre...

It is well known that there is a significant shortage of registered nurses that will continue to grow. There is a difference of op...

nurses should understand these patients thoroughly, "who they are, where they live and with whom, their current health status and ...

"interactive, systems, and developmental" approaches (Tourville and Ingalls 21). The systems model of nursing perceives the meta...

endeavor. Nursing in any context requires a detailed knowledge of individual patients. Specifically, a forensic nurse will have a...

expectancy is increasing and more people are surviving serious illness and living longer with chronic illness. At the same time, t...

of diabetes care, including blood/glucose monitoring, food intake monitoring, exercise monitoring, and insulin administration. Be...

backstabbing, failure to respect privacy and broken confidences" (Stanley, et al, 2007, p. 1248). Ferrell notes the importance of ...

Dixs problems with mental health may have inspired her passion for aiding those who were diagnosed as being mentally unstable or i...

(Nellis and Parker, 2000). Elasticity Elasticity of a good is the measure that assess the impact that a change in price will have...

in this case for a variety of reasons (Chaguturu and Vallabhaneni, 2005). First of all, despite any financial incentives, it has b...

percent of al cardiac surgery patients (Brantman and Howie, 2006). While this postoperative condition is typically well-tolerated ...

fairly positive towards the 12-hour shift, but the nursing educators were extremely negative. The teaching staff opposed the use o...

patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...

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

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

have different concerns and worries which will need to be addressed prior to the tackling of the practical issues. The plan will...

several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...

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

from pain that began after radiation therapy that caused nerve damage (Fischman, 2000). After receiving therapy at a pain clinic, ...

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

the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...

or other special attention to the wounds caused by burns. Each day s/he spends in the hospital is creating another reason for the...