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precisely the same as for other patients. Legal responsibility for care decisions in cases where there is a living will: does the...

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

Social Services they have complained that that funding is insufficient to provide for even their most basic dietary needs. Part o...

were broken down into the smallest components which would acquire the issues give or training. John Childs describes this as the t...

quality of the provided care (ANA, 2008). Empirical research studies have confirmed that the risk for medical error increase subst...

discourse that I find confusing. Philosophy has often struck me as an amorphous subject. Its slippery and refuses to be categoriz...

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

researchers (JBI, 2008). This section of the site also addresses the topic of "Research Training" and the availability of scholars...

such as "human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus" (Shelton and Rosenthal, 2004, p. 25). The gr...

paying salaries). Patients are going to generally go to hospitals where their doctors are - though when it comes to emergencies or...

wages and benefits to its nurses that are competitive for its market or that have been collectively bargained with a labor organiz...

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

the insertion of a central line, threaded through a vein, and it was once believed that it would aid cancer patients, restoring ap...

the situation, the charge nurse might take a number of different actions in response to this information. For example, the charge ...

First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

nature have cropped up. Is a 60 year old woman too old to raise children? Is it ethical for a woman to carry her own grandchildren...

reasons given by nursing staff for not providing this care (Kalisch, 2006, p. 306). At the end of the study article, in the "Di...

also occupied a role or part in the setting, reflecting how participant observation is both extensive and intuitive by nature. In...

and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...

versatile medium, learning how to create web pages and make them interactive and user-friendly. It is important that care provid...

Evidence into Practice" (AHRQ, 2008). The Nursing Center is an extremely useful site in that it offers access to a long list of ...

this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...

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...

Literature on this topic indicates that RNs are hesitant in delegating tasks primarily because they are uncertain of the qualific...

of ethics; 5. is composed of individuals who consider this occupation as their lifework, contributing to the good of society throu...

If all factors remain the same, by 2030, the shortage could reach the 1 million mark (Chandra and Willis, 2005). There are tremend...

9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...