YOU WERE LOOKING FOR :Nursing Reflections
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reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...
international trade, has also increased pollution from diesel engines (Bostwick, 2004). A 20 parts-per-billion increase in ozone l...
Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...
should all be considered (OConnor and Walker, 2003). Traditionally, societys influence on educational planning has meant that the...
objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and their wives,...
is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...
and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...
Programs and Addiction Treatment Centers, 2007). Breaking addiction to these and other abused drugs often requires medical interv...
2003). As this suggests, a major factor in the leadership of CNSs is that they facilitate and implement educational initiatives. ...
significantly as ethnicity and can encompass many different forms of beliefs. Spirituality plays a major role in how individuals...
While only 6 percent of newborns require advanced life support in 1997, the rise in the number of neonates since that time weighin...
to reach the disease" (Colwell; 2). The author also examines aspects of surgical treatment, indicating that a particular type of s...
Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...
ratio, the mortality rates are 44 percent lower (Degree-level nurses, 2005). Substantiating this research, a Canadian study cond...
this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...
of ethics; 5. is composed of individuals who consider this occupation as their lifework, contributing to the good of society throu...
Literature on this topic indicates that RNs are hesitant in delegating tasks primarily because they are uncertain of the qualific...
mapping. This is not a new approach but it is one that has gained a great deal of attention in the last several years. Concept map...
power, found that where nurses report that power when is shared, there are corresponding improvements in the nursing/physician rel...
it is appropriate, such as when a novice nurse is faced with a crisis. There are times, and stages in a career, when employees can...
in response to cognitive and physiological challenge" (Covelli, 2007, p. 323). Diet: Both the intake of dietary sodium and potas...
patients with certain injuries and missed diagnoses of certain conditions such as appendicitis or meningitis (Dansby, Kavaler & Sp...
MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...
already has been diagnosed as having some form of heart disease. In that sense, primary prevention is not possible. The goals of...
undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Gale...
risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...
completing the ranges of study required to attain the licensing level each holds. Aides are not licensed individuals and may or m...
significant changes to the existing system but have not yet covered too much ground where modifications are concerned. This is pa...
routine activities necessary to their own care. The purpose is that with a nurses direction, encouragement and initial supervisio...