YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Nursing Profession and Managed Care
Essays 271 - 300
money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...
Unlike the nonprofit hospitals that are becoming increasingly rare, HMOs are not required to provide any service to anyone who is ...
the non-emergency sections of the hospital or when they are in the doctors office or the resident clinic! Heart attacks happen! ...
just need a positive touch from another human being. The student investigating the relationship of nursing contribution to patien...
partners. The relationship dates back to at least 1945 when Harry Truman wanted to "wage war against infirmity" (Jones, 2003, p. 3...
2003, p. 50). Comments went on to say that it is disheartening when they arent acknowledged in any way for the hard work they do (...
for protocol and for adhering to standard practice. There are many aspects of the job for which the nurse is best suited to addre...
parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...
the processes of care and generally utilizes claims data in order to discern rates of service delivery that are, in turn, linked t...
A nurses dedication and selflessness recall a mothers sacrifice and care (Dworkin, 2002). Furthermore, Dworking (2002) points out ...
preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...
lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...
to physicians. Increasingly, "evidence-based guidelines are becoming codes of medical practice" (Healy, 2005; p. 54). Superficia...
and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...
the changes that have occurred since she founded modern nursing. "Florence Nightingale provided us with a framework, relevant tod...
in 2000, allowing a long comment period before the final rule was issued in February 2003. Five rules were published in 199...
can add to scarcity, such as time and income (Schenk, 2004). Furthermore, resources are limited, such as manpower, machinery and n...
to nonadherence to medication in the mentally ill elderly is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connot...
Numbers and Types of Patients Treatment Type Daily Total Annual Total Age Group Perio Oper Prosth Endo Income Income 20 - 30 2 1...
not unusual given that there is a common perception that the higher a persons educational attainment the greater level of employme...
interactions with their patients and with each other have. Kurt Lewins change theory holds that change is incremental. It occurs...
payment has yet to be received. Given this, IBNR can end up being a problem for hospitals and/or health care organizations...
are often called upon to provide comfort where there seems to be none, patience in the face of adversity, and grace under fire. Th...
MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...
reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...
From this perspective, individuals can be viewed as open systems, in which energy is transformed within the body, gaining or losin...
of the great need for Hispanic nurses which has been created by the growing Hispanic population, this occupational choice presents...
exist for generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women w...
who choose to use qualitative methods tend to seek a deeper reality, inasmuch as their aim is to "study things in their natural se...
on a global scale. Therefore, for nurses to succeed in the complex world of the twenty-first century, many authorities feel th...