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6 Questions on Nursing Professionalism

was perceived as merely the "handmaiden" of medicine, that is, a service that was there to facilitate the practice of the physicia...

Sections D and E of an Insulin IV Therapy Plan Development

rather than requiring patient transfer to ICU. This plan is consistent with the principles of planned change in that it focuses o...

Code of Ethics and Canadian Nursing Values

have had ethical reservations about taking a patient off of life support, but she did not add to Lynns burden by interfering with ...

The Decision Aspect of the Stetler Model of Research Analysis

train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - an...

Practice Scope and Nursing Professionalism

(1999), research shows that the level of education reached by an RN contributes to a sense of professional autonomy and those nurs...

Nursing Practice and the Opposition of Euthanasia

lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...

Hand Washing and the Care of Patients

preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...

Nurse Mentoring Issues

There are different studies that have made a partial examination of the developmental models of clinical mentorship and supervisio...

Geriatric Care Quality

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

Depression, Pain, and Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

with "depression, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and decreased overall physical and mental functioning" (Hearn, 2001). Problem Stat...

Nursing Home Admissions' Perception versus Reality

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

Jean Watson's Human Caring Theory

is they do, when they change their actions, then the image of nursing will change" (Watson, 1996, p. 142). Watson has recognized ...

Long Term Healthcare Evolution

and their insurers by operating under two distinct fee schedules. Medicare requires that care providers fees be "normal and custo...

The U.S. Air Force and Advanced Practice Nursing

between states and federal regulation. The purpose here is to determine whether the USAF advanced nurse practitioners are "functi...

Shannondale Nursing Home and Its Historical Development

been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...

Antibiotic Resistance and Nursing Implications

is understandable given that MRSA is one of the primary threats in terms of diseases encountered in ICUs in the US. Over fifty pe...

Becoming a Nurse

improve it, then nursing can truly be an invaluable profession to choose. This leads us to the reality of helping people. Perha...

Registered Nurse First Assistant Programs and RNs During the Korean War

military personnel and other non-combatants. While McConnell was seeing her charges safely to Japan, General Douglas MacArthur was...

Current Nursing Shortage and its Impact

a little less than a third of them were under the age of 40 (Meadows, 2002, p. 46). This offered conclusive proof that number of ...

Qualitative versus Quantitative Approaches to Nursing Research

and statistics. This approach works well for in physics and math, but less well when applied to people. Moloney (2002) offers thre...

Medical Doctors and Nurse Practitioners Conflict Management

the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...

A Nursing Student's Plan for Personal Development

are often called upon to provide comfort where there seems to be none, patience in the face of adversity, and grace under fire. Th...

Academic Planning and Nursing Assessment

should all be considered (OConnor and Walker, 2003). Traditionally, societys influence on educational planning has meant that the...

Nursing and Family's Role

caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...

Contrasts Between Culture and Medical Science in The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down

experience, particularly that immigrant experience as it occurs within the modern medical environment, revolves around cultural un...

Qualitative Study Death Sentence' to 'Good Cancer' Couples' Transformation of a Prostate Cancer Reviewed

objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and their wives,...

Nursing Care and Patient Diagnosis

is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...

Nursing Practice and Medication Errors

MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...

Behavior Impropriety and Nursing Ethics

states, "The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient" (Code of Ethics f...

BSN Advantages and the Selection of Nursing as a Career

At the heart of nursing is the nurse-patient relationship, which provides the foundation for nursing care (Patusky, 2003). This r...