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Study Proposal/Will Placing an NP in EDs Help Overcrowding?

concerns the how NP practice has been implemented in countries other than the US. The majority of research articles available in v...

State of Science, Nursing Ethics

Background/Review of Literature The eight articles/studies that constitute this literature review encompasses several key concept...

Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist/State of CA

in any other state must, as of January 1, 2008, have a masters or another advanced graduate degree in nursing (Phillips, 2005). Wi...

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...

Nurses and Stress

have more opportunity to encounter difficulties involved in nursing the critically ill. "How frequently a given stressor occurs d...

Community Nursing Advantages and Disadvantages

individual, regardless of that individuals station in or stage of life. Todays nurse has many duties and answers to people and ad...

Continuing Educaiton and the Application of Theory

they are working in the field now indicates that they understand the concepts and were successful in completing the ranges of stud...

Nursing Theory Practical Integration

different that needs attention, but many have been able to prepare for the changes that are happening to them. Geriatric patients...

Quitting Smoking and Hospitalized Patients Educational Obstacles

In five pages this paper examines literature regarding the nurse's role in educating hospitalized patients on smoking cessation. ...

Nursing and Communication Theory

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

Nurse Role Definition

patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...

NJ's Advanced Practice Nurses

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

'Don't Call Me Sweetie!' Australia Nursing Study Reviewed

In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...

Florence Nightingale's Work

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

Limited Nursing Advocacy

report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...

Coping with Being Understaffed

the ability of an institution to deliver quality, error-free care. At the Six Sigma level, there are roughly "3.4 errors per one m...

The Lasting Legacy of Nursing Theorist Virginia Henderson

college degree is now a requirement for all registered nurses. A nursing major is comprised of a diverse and challenging liberal ...

Nurse's Perspective on the Midwifery Profession

most often have a great deal of training and, in most mainstream settings, are also nurses or nurse-midwife practitioners. Many ar...

Pain Management and Long Term Care Residents' Rights

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...

Nursing, Management, and Stress

stress and exhaustion sets in (1992). Nurse managers are subject to continual stress as many of their tasks involve life an...

Nursing and Professionalism

PG). Society also tends to associates professionals with prestige (PG). According to Lysaught, characteristics of a profession i...

Derived Theory of Smoking Relapse Analyzed

then transpose and restate it, in order to explain the phenomenon (1987). Then, the identification of content from the parent theo...

Nurse Practitioner Cost Analysis

In a paper consisting of twenty five pages that includes an annotated bibliography of nine pages the addition of a staff nurse pra...

Comparing Nursing Definitions of Virginia Henderson and Florence Nightingale

In seven pages this research paper examines how nursing was defined in the 19th century by Florence Nightingale and in the 20th ce...

Confused Elderly Patient Case Study

question was directed at the nurse. One of her companions noted that her daughters name is Nancy, but Nancy died three years previ...

Nursing Transcendence Relevance

In fifteen pages this research paper considers the relevance of the transcendence concept to the nursing profession and discusses ...

Concerns About Safety and the Shortage of Nurses

In five pages this paper discusses how the shortage of nurses compromises the safety of both patients and nurses alike. Six sourc...

Nursing and the Structural Functionalist Sociological Model

family as it enables the family system to be regarded in a myriad of ways (1998). Here, the family may be evaluated holistically, ...

Nursing, Mental Health, and Spirituality

In eight pages this paper discusses holistic practice in terms of nursing's role, spirituality, and what mental health means. Sev...

Interdisciplinary Management Factors, Training, and Nursing Competency

There is, in fact, an ongoing shortage of well-trained, competent, nurses. This shortage could be expected to intensify beginning...