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Nursing Image

reality of the profession. It needs a makeover much as it had in the 19th century in Brittan when nursing reformers struggled to h...

Complexity Theory and Nursing

This essay includes three sections. The fist section reflects on tempered change strategies as described in a journal article. The...

Organizational Behavior Problem in Hospitals

A study by the Joint Commission revealed that communication failures were implicated at the root of over 70 percent of sentinel ev...

Recent Encounter with a Patient with Chest Pain

This research paper pertains to a nursing encounter in which a patient presented with chest pain. The writer discusses NIC, NOC an...

Balancing Patient Confidentiality and Other Ethical Principles

This paper outlines a dilemma that arises when a patient requests secrecy upon revealing physical abuse to a student nurse. There...

Congestive Heart Failure, A Case Study

This research paper describes a patient with congestive heart failure, giving a case study overview of nursing care. Six pages in ...

A Review: Bae (2011)

This research paper presents a review of the research conducted by Bae (2011). This study consists of a systematic review of empir...

Addressing Ageism in Nursing

This paper considers how nurses can become an agent of change in regard to ageism, the myths surrounding it, and the care of older...

Decreasing Re-Hospitalization in CHF Patients

This research paper pertains to a proposal for a capstone project in which telemonitoring and skilled nursing visits are utilized ...

Nursing Home Care for Dementia Patients: Speaker Notes:

This paper consists of the speaker notes for a PowerPoint presentation that pertains to the a student's volunteer experience. The ...

The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act Issues

The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. It is a progressive, sequential act with different parts mandat...

Exercise and Health Benefits

This research paper discusses the health benefits associated with exercise in regards to cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and ...

Nursing Perspective on Customer Service

This essay describes the ways in which nurses can create a perception of ideal customer service among patients. Three pages in len...

Patient Safety and Human Factors

This research paper pertains to nursing errors that threaten patient safety, such as medication errors. Five pages in length, five...

The Role of Health Professionals in Healthcare IT

IT systems have the potential to add value to the way healthcare is provided as well as increase quality when applied in a patien...

Education in Health Care

This essay comments on four aspects of education in health care beginning with using the COPA model for basic nursing education an...

Theory Utilization, Betty Neuman

This research paper describes how an advanced practice nurse used Neuman's systems model and assessment tool to aid in developing ...

Increasing the Quality of Care in Nursing

This 16 page paper outlines the elements that need to change for improving quality of nursing care. This paper explains that the p...

Implementing Patient to Nurse Ratios in the Healthcare Environment

was a patient protection initiative which incorporated a requirement for there to be set nasty patient ratios in healthcare system...

A Leaflet Explaining the Impact of Mandated Nurse to Patient Ratios in the Health Industry

nurse to patient ratio in California. In 1992 and 1993 the California Nurses Association has sponsored the Democratic Senator Jack...

Facing a Family Health Challenge

frequently the needs of terminal patients are not addressed properly and that multiple problems exist in this regard. Practitioner...

Aiding Patients with Chronic Conditions, A Reflection

support of a nurse that can keep these patients inspired to continue the positive health behaviors that ensure their continued goo...

Dyspnea, Family Caregiving and Quality of Life

primary symptoms of COPD are "wheezing, cough, dyspnea on exertion and increased phlegm production" (Touhy and Jett, 2012, p. 289)...

79 Year Old Woman with Multiple Diseass

the age 65 have hypertension (Sirkin and Rosner 2009, p. 402). Hypertension leads to a lesser quality of life for the patient and ...

Mandated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios, The Debate

to the passage of the California law (Tevington, 2011). Currently, Connecticut, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, New Jersey, Texas an...

Fall Prevention in the Elderly in Home Care

percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...

Management of Diabetic Patients and Nurse Practitioner Practice

risen in the US population, there has been corresponding increase in the incidence of diabetes mellitus, which is associated with ...

A Plan for Reducing Catheter Related Infection

training. In addition, the class will also require the development and distribution of training materials, including a point-by-p...

Feedback from a Mentor on Presentation Proposing a Fall Prevention Program

The writer provides some feedback that may have been provided by a mentor, looking at a presentation given by the student. The pr...

Evaluating a Nursing Educational Program

The writer looks at the way in which a nursing program may be evaluated to provide instant results. The tool advocated is a self c...