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Nursing-Sensitive Outcome Indicators

nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...

Organizational Change in St. Vincent's ICU

Hospital. The purpose here is to describe and evaluate the restructuring of St. Vincents ICU to gain one-on-one nursing and so im...

The Interprofessional Approach to Nursing

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

California Nurse-Patient Ratios

(Cunningham, 2008). Observed Results Cortez (2008) states that in the past, patients had been known to call 911 from their ...

The State of the US Economy May 2011

the index falling from 66.0 in April, made up of a 40.2 for the current conditions and 83.2 for future expectations to an overall ...

Educating Nurses on the Importance of Clean Scissors

and cleaning as a subject for education the need goes beyond the common sense approach. The recognition of the importance indicate...

Nursing Outcomes and Classification Systems

is commonly utilized in other discourse in relation to the management of energy resources not related to human physical function. ...

Hand Washing Project

proven to be the principal reason for nosocomial infections, that is, infections that are acquired after hospital admittance. Impo...

Putting Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort in Practice

a peaceful death among terminal patients. HSBs of specific groups of any size - whether large or small - are positively related t...

Information on a Quantitative Research Article

In addition to these central variables, the authors also considered other potential factors influencing study outcomes, including ...

Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

factors that have been identified include "diabetes, alcoholism, malnutrition, history of antibiotic or corticosteroid use, decrea...

Nursing Questions

provide effective communication, the Band Aid song "Do They Know Its Christmas" a song which led to Live Aid was effective; this w...

Nursing and Autonomy

In a paper consisting of nine pages the argument is presented that the reduction of nurses' autonomy through restrictive constrain...

Metaparadigm of Nursing, Parse's Totality and Simultaneity, and Madeleine Leininger's Cultural Care Diversity

today, but health care delivery appears to be more of a team project than the responsibility of one doctor. In earlier days, a nu...

U.S. Economic Condition

such as the weak Euro has also increased the strength of the dollar (Walker, 2000). However, the suspicion of an economic downtur...

Black and Decker and the Use of Leading Indicators

This 3 page paper looks at what economic indicators may be useful for Black and Decker and discusses what they might mean for the ...

Leading Indicator Forecasts and the Airline Industry 2009 - 2011

pace of the increase. The current low rates are a reflection of the economic climate, where the Federal reserve has a very low bas...

Hoshin Planning Process

2009). These indicators are pre-determined and quantifiable (Reh, 2009). They will differ depending on the type of business. Very ...

7 Nursing Theory Issues

patient was in a significant amount of pain, he made jokes throughout his entire stay, as family members remained at his bedside. ...

Culturally Sensitive Nursing

basic knowledge of other cultures in Leiningers theory are: culture is about norms and values within a specific group and that are...

Culturally Sensitive Nursing/Hispanic Client

(Kemp, 2005). In American mainstream culture, making eye contact is expected, as this indicates that the other person is listening...

CONSUMER DECISION-MAKING AND MARKETING

some questions and issues that pertain to how marketers try to influence the decision-making factors of consumers when it comes to...

Robert Edgerton's Cloak of Competence and Mental Retardation

In seven pages this paper examines the Pacific Hospital research study and its outcomes as featured in Cloak of Competence by Robe...

Quality Indicators and Nurse/Patient Ratios

literature and also "analysis of ICD-9-CM codes," which were reviewed by a "clinician panel," offering specific IQs that address i...

Personal Philosophy of Nursing

individual is an "open system," which includes "distinct, but integrated physiological, psychological and socio-cultural systems" ...

New Nurses Survival Guide

2008, p. 208). The purpose of the study designed by Sorensen and Yankech (2008) was to investigate whether a "research-based, th...

Humanistic Leadership & Nursing Unions

with humanity, that is, to be humanistic in ones orientation refers to the principles of humanism, which has been given a variety ...

Peplau and Orem/Core Concepts

begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...

Nursing Leadership, Advocacy & Responsibilities

Leadership and management while related are two distinctively different concepts. Leadership can be discerned from simply manageme...

Conceptual, Philosophical, Legal And Ethical Foundations And Processes Inherent To Professional Nursing Practice

there a time when an individuals interests supersede those of the masses? These are ethical questions posed each and everyday thr...