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Impact of Professional Environment on Nursing Knowledge

(Bliss-Holtz, Winter and Scherer, 2004). In hospitals that have achieved magnet status, nurses routinely collect, analyze and us...

Article Critique/Perceptions of Palliative Care

(in English) between the years 1989 and 2004. The extent of the literature review appears to be sufficient to support the research...

Primary Health Care Trusts and Environmental Factors

personnel needs of the PCT and develop a strategic development plan so that the needs of the PCT are met with the ultimate aim of ...

The Importance of Well Written and Presented Educational Materials in Patient Wellness

health information is pivotal to the efforts of practitioners in promoting health, changing behaviors and attitudes, and preventin...

ICU Delirium

hospital stays (Cole and Soucy, 2003). While all ICU patients have serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, those ov...

A Case Study of the Use of Collaborative Processes for a Woman with Multiple Comorbidities

points out that patients with comorbidities have additional needs that serve to increase the complexity of care. Various models of...

Social Systems Theory and Foster Care

physical and social limits, functional components, and feedback mechanisms" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). With regard t...

Diversity in Occupations in Health Care

hallways of hospitals, it does seem to contain a great deal of minority workers. Yet, it is not clear who are in managerial roles ...

Palliative Care and the Theory of Dorothea Orem

patient to re-establish the self-care capacity. Orems model defines a "self-care deficit" as when a patients condition interferes ...

HEALTH CARE AND LEGISLATION

newspapers and magazines understands that the "Big Kahuna" of health care regulations involves the Patient Protection and Affordab...

Websites on Nursing Theorists Margaret A. Newman, Betty Neuman, and Virginia Henderson

are not listed on this introductory website. This theory remains relevant to contemporary nursing practice because it is client-c...

Focusing on Process Involvement Rather than Individual Error in the Health Care Workplace

safety culture; hereafter "Trust thrives"). The culture is based on understanding and trust, and is further supported by a system ...

HMO Incentives for Doctors

2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...

Dealing With Unsustainable Health Costs

is based on the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Or, it could be the greatest pleasure or good over the least pain...

Health Care Initiatives - An Overview

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at health care initiatives. The use of education in preventative care is given focus. Pa...

The Development of a Job Focus in the Area of Pediatric Care

Six pages with four sources used. This paper provides an overview of the central career opportunities in the area of pediatric ca...

Nursing Theories Core Concepts

2005, p. 4). She incorporated the environment into the theory along with numerous other factors and variables, all of which would ...

Kolcaba's Comfort Theory Of Nursing

the plan may be objective where the actual healing can be measured or it may be subjective according to what the patient says (Dup...

The Need For Consistent And Predictable Care

birth, it is critical to interact with the infant, to touch and cuddle and talk with the infant, to provide a safe and nurturing e...

A Critique of the 2006 - 2011 Indian Health Service Strategic Plan

the management of health care programs that affect them. The 2006 - 2011 Strategic Plan not only focuses on performance of ...

Economic Indicators 2006

Budget Office forecasts that gross domestic product will grow by 3.6 percent after inflation (in "real" terms) this year and by 3....

Elements of Psychiatric Nursing Practice

who is the legal guardian, as this pertains to the legality of admitting a minor for psychiatric care. If the patient is accompani...

Mandatory Staffing Ratios

between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...

High Nursing Turnover Rate

based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...

Nursing Shortage And Access To Quality Care

that hospital nurse staffing levels are inadequate to provide safe and effective care" (DPE Research Department, 2003). Physicians...

Nursing Philosophy and Occupational Focus

theorist Jean Watson, who developed her Theory of Human Caring in the late 1970s. As a result of Watsons efforts to bring greater...

Article Critique/Quality of Life/Palliative Care

founded on the perspective that patients who are cared for in the home are provided with an overall better quality of life (Peters...

Nursing's Contribution to Quality of Life

could be called human biological life; or(2) human personal life that includes biological life but goes beyond it to include other...

Qualitative Nursing Research and Focus Group Interviews

issues pertaining to focus group interview with regard to access, ethical issues, power and relevance (Benner, 1991; Morse, 1994; ...

The Health Care System in the United States and Access by Black Americans

have deleterious effects on the health outcomes of the residents in these areas. Many researchers have arrived at the same conclus...