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the others (Trofino, 2007). Those 14 Forces of Magnetism provide the conceptual foundation and basis for what became the Magnet a...
of course, it only takes one person in any organization to "make a difference" (Sanborn, 2004, p. 8). The second principle, Succe...
On further examination, the cause of death is determined to be smallpox. As the World Health Organization (WHO) completely eradica...
avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...
the environment" (Reynolds and Cormack, 1991, p. 1123). Within this main system are eight subsystems: the "ingestive, eliminative,...
the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...
learned long ago the value of yet another Deming (1986) exhortation, that of continuous improvement. By definition, the concept i...
Working for the well-staffed working environment in itself is no small task, given the fact of the ongoing nursing shortage. The ...
relations. Nurses must assess person and environment in relation to their impact on health. Both person and environment can vary...
Social Services they have complained that that funding is insufficient to provide for even their most basic dietary needs. Part o...
to physicians. Increasingly, "evidence-based guidelines are becoming codes of medical practice" (Healy, 2005; p. 54). Superficia...
a nurses role as a change agent in data base management. Fonville, Killian, and Tranbarger (1998) note that successful nurses of ...
lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...
train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - an...
(1999), research shows that the level of education reached by an RN contributes to a sense of professional autonomy and those nurs...
her, per se, but rather with her expectations of Madeline, which are not age appropriate. The scenario says that Madeline knows be...
and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...
on an evidenced based evidence based practice and the development of increased individual accountability in the area of clinical g...
The ANCI Competency Unit 4 demands that nurses accept accountability and responsibility for their actions in nursing. To do so we...
greater demand on health care services as more of them cross that line from employed to retired. Projections are just that,...
the basic paradigms of nursing professional theory are considered within a social context. For example, health is defined as a "dy...
was perceived as merely the "handmaiden" of medicine, that is, a service that was there to facilitate the practice of the physicia...
rather than requiring patient transfer to ICU. This plan is consistent with the principles of planned change in that it focuses o...
have had ethical reservations about taking a patient off of life support, but she did not add to Lynns burden by interfering with ...
transformative perspective because Newman argues that rather than being diametrically opposed, disease and health are merely facto...
There are different studies that have made a partial examination of the developmental models of clinical mentorship and supervisio...
An effective and valuable nurse is one who has sound technical knowledge and experience in applying it, but who also is a superlat...
includes strategies that are designed to make the individual feel better, such as "exercise, spirituality, support groups and humo...
many people have these factors in common within their personal value sets, but I believe that the nurse possesses them in specific...
A nurses dedication and selflessness recall a mothers sacrifice and care (Dworkin, 2002). Furthermore, Dworking (2002) points out ...