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Nursing Issues and the Health Issues of the West Family

her, per se, but rather with her expectations of Madeline, which are not age appropriate. The scenario says that Madeline knows be...

Method Analysis in 'Analyzing Hospital Readmissions Using Statewide Discharge Databases'

the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...

Geriatric Care Quality

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

Program Proposal for Diabetes Education

proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...

Types of Specialization in Pediatric Nursing

evaluate nursing care and use research findings in clinical practice" (Barnsteiner, Wyatt and Richardson 165). This survey reveal...

Nursing Philosophy and Parse's Theory of Human Becoming

draw on the fundamental concepts espoused by the metaparadigms. Nevertheless, each branch of nursing theory approaches the subjec...

Kolcaba and Holistic Care

reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

Nursing Shortage in Canada

considering this economic downturn, the numbers of undergraduates pursuing nursing careers began to also decline. In 1991, Canada ...

Application of Leadership Theory II

I replied that I could develop a program with her supervision, that nurses were more interested in furthering their training than ...

Informed Consent and Nursing

that the doctrine of informed consent is "hopelessly flawed--or at least misguided," as it is often not possible to truly inform ...

'Con' Argument on Quotas in Nursing

Sharon Bernier, RN, PhD and President of the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, points out that Aikens study also...

Practice, Knowledge, and Nursing Theory's Role

The metaparadigms of nursing represent common concepts that are accepted throughout the profession and across international bounda...

Dependency and Physical Changes of the Elderly

In five pages this research paper takes a nursing perspecitve regarding the elderly's physical changes and increased dependence th...

The Elderly and Alternative Care Choices

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

Errors in Medication and Nursing Prevention

for the precise coding of medication in order to avoid the errors listed above (Woods and Doan-Johnson, 2002). Cohen, Robinson and...

Nursing/Personal Reflection Paper

of the patient experience" (Engebretson 20). The background provided by a large, close-knit family means that, from childhood, I h...

Information Needs Of Doctors And Nurses

it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...

Healthcare Solutions From Clinical Practice

in scientific reasoning that she changed the face of nursing. She made use of statistical analysis in order to demonstrate the way...

Holistic Nursing and Migraine Headaches

"significant anxiety, particularly before they discover the most effective symptom management" (Moloney, et al, 2001, p. 19). In o...

Causes and Symptoms of Burnout in Nursing

their own condition. Judkins and Ingram (2002) designed a self-paced learning module in order to determine whether knowledge relat...

From an AS Degree to a BS in Nursing Past, Present, and Future

result that nursing pays well enough to support a family now, which is in great contrast to conditions in the distant past. The p...

Balance of Philosophy and Nursing Values

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...

Nursing Diabetes Patient Education Internet Websites

on diabetes into categories and addresses these topics on separate web pages, as does the first site. The homepage explains that t...

A Review of the Article 'Parent behavior and child distress during urethral catherization'

is a very important consideration in nursing. Indeed, some four thousand of so documents were published annually about pain in th...

Critical Modality of Humor

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

Family Nurse Practitioner's Role

or chronic illness; however, nurse practitioners also have additional intensive education that involves risk reduction and prevent...

Advanced Practice Nurses and Their Significance

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the health care setting in an examination of the advanced practice nurse or nurse practition...

Critical Concepts in the Hospital Environment

Decision-making, critical thinking and advocacy are all important in the modern hospital experience. This paper examines a patient...

Malpractice Lawsuits and Nursing

In eleven pages this paper discusses legal issues of which nurses should be aware, lawsuit avoidance, and the importance of malpra...

Safety and Nursing

In seven pages this research paper discusses nursing safety in a consideration of its ramifications and the role of legal responsi...