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relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...
individual, regardless of that individuals station in or stage of life. Todays nurse has many duties and answers to people and ad...
patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...
from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...
In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...
Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those...
techniques or theories as they pertain to the medical world, and it is as if the prison setting is the last place where these tech...
expressing his or her misery. Such caregivers may have experienced patients who are as likely to cry out, thrash around, or simply...
of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...
or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...
the realization of the "dehumanizing" of patients that led to them being referred to as "Bed x," "Case x" or some other nameless, ...
from pain that began after radiation therapy that caused nerve damage (Fischman, 2000). After receiving therapy at a pain clinic, ...
when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...
gives the appearance of increased attention to theory and evidenced-based nursing in an atmosphere of caring for the individual. ...
2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...
the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nu...
in the 19th and early 20th century, the fact is even more remarkable. "Well and Strong and Young" Updike writes that in 1854 Bar...
will--in all likelihood--result in a professional negligence suit, rather than criminal charges. Suits against nurses result from ...
NAON recognizes that learning and developing professional is a life-long processes and it helps orthopedic nurses achieve the goal...
it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...
Smith, et al. (2002) explain that their purpose "was to investigate the effects of therapeutic massage on selected outcomes relate...
legislation that authorizes a Nurse Licensure Compact (National Council of the State Boards of Nursing, Nurse Licensure Compact, 2...
Additionally, the model also "incorporates a life span continuum, where the individual passes from fully dependent at birth, to fu...
in death is a wise safeguard. In the early part of the twentieth century, rationalizations abounded in medical literature that def...
much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...
of the patient experience" (Engebretson 20). The background provided by a large, close-knit family means that, from childhood, I h...
as well as those studies that have suggested broadening students exposure to families and children with special needs. This discus...
in nursing educators aged 36 to 45 (Lewallen, et al, 2003). To complicate matters further, recent statistics show that nurses wh...
all aspects of nursing. While the prime relationship in nursing is the one between the nurse and patient, relationships between nu...
are necessary for patient survival" (Kelley, 2005, p. 2). When the blood volume in the body is too low, it activates "compensatory...