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This research paper presents summaries of two studies that focus on PDA efficacy in nursing education and practice. The paper also...

This research paper offers an overview of a case study described by Lunney (2010). The analysis provided by Lunney demonstrates th...

This research paper describes two research articles and one opinion piece that pertain to the practice of master's degree prepared...

County Community College (DCCC) located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serves the educational needs of 28,000 students annually ...

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

The SCDNT regards the meta-paradigm of "Nursing" as an art, that is, a "helping service," but also as a technology ("Dorothea," 20...

of literature pertaining to type 2 diabetes mellitus, begins by describing, summarizing and analyzing the study conducted by Barko...

nurses. These were all key people in leading the change (Stetler et al., 2009). These same people were not identified in the begin...

law stipulates that an RN is allowed to delegate specific nursing tasks individuals who are unlicensed if they have been adequatel...

nurse practitioners how they could join the movement and help. The Omnibus Reconciliation Act of 1989 included minimal reimbursem...

Prospective Payment System (PPS), reimbursement rates going to both hospitals and physicians have declined significantly. In react...

in the overall quality of care delivered by community health nurses (CHNs) is providing end-of-life care that is holistic and cong...

The metaparadigms of nursing represent common concepts that are accepted throughout the profession and across international bounda...

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

activities" (Orems Self-Care Model Concepts) that patients need to undertake to meet their own health care needs on a routine basi...

operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). This is broken down into three basic categories: 1) wholly compen...

risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...

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

specifically state that their objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with pr...

had to have gone through surgery (orthopedic, gynecological, urological, vascular) of at least twenty minutes in duration. They ha...

particular certified nurse-midwives-- continues to increase, these impediments linger to a certain extent, and may continue to aff...

and religious background and beliefs, as well as how the health/illness continuum works within the framework of their life. "Env...

with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to support a level of pro...

professionals has come into view as an element of this discourse. Nurse professionals, who once worked directly under the wing ...

According to one research study, the top five reasons why nurses employ restraints are "disruption of therapies, confusion, fall p...

of ear infection (Chronic otitis media, 2003). OM is a serious childhood illness because, if not properly treated, it can lead to ...

the research, which includes finding a definitive measure for the health status of the homeless. This is a reasoned, extensive rev...

dehydrated? Has literature simply made you aware of this potential problem? You might say something like: "Considering the dire co...

indicates, restraint places health practitioners between the proverbial rock and a hard place. However, there are practice standar...

minority groups. They are frequently poor and have little education. Scrandis, Fauchald and Radsma describe a "Charlottes Web of C...