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Nursing and the Management of Time

reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...

Time Management and Critical Care Nursing

achieved that the critical care nurse may address the bio-psycho-social implications of the event (Alfafara and Hedges, 1996). Fur...

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...

Academic Planning and Nursing Assessment

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ethical Issues/Living Wills

precisely the same as for other patients. Legal responsibility for care decisions in cases where there is a living will: does the...

Nursing Management Issue/Medication Error

systems. The following examination of the problem of medication errors focuses on the context of mental health nursing within the ...

ADHD and the Role of the Psychiatric Nurse

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

ADHD: A Critique of the Research

and Perou (2007) report that an estimated five to eighteen percent of youth in the US are diagnosed with ADHD and most receive so...

Nurse Training and Retention Act of 2007

wages and benefits to its nurses that are competitive for its market or that have been collectively bargained with a labor organiz...

Preventing Nursing Injury in the Workplace

such as "human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), hepatitis B virus and hepatitis C virus" (Shelton and Rosenthal, 2004, p. 25). The gr...

Pamela G. Reed

(Tomey and Alligood, 2006, p. 645). Meaning There are two major assumptions upon which Reeds theoretical conclusions are based. ...

Quality Improvement/Pressure Ulcers

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

Evaluating 2 Nursing Web Sites on EBP

researchers (JBI, 2008). This section of the site also addresses the topic of "Research Training" and the availability of scholars...

Nursing Theory Sites

unitary human beings (Newman). This theory is appealing because it acknowledges how each person is unique and, therefore, must be ...

Role of Public Health Nurse/Diabetes Care

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

HOSPITAL CASE STUDY

paying salaries). Patients are going to generally go to hospitals where their doctors are - though when it comes to emergencies or...

NP role in EDs/Study Article Critique

and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...

Admissions Essay, Doctoral Program, Family Nurse Practitioner

versatile medium, learning how to create web pages and make them interactive and user-friendly. It is important that care provid...

Nursing Theories Core Concepts

2005, p. 4). She incorporated the environment into the theory along with numerous other factors and variables, all of which would ...

Impact of Professional Environment on Nursing Knowledge

(Bliss-Holtz, Winter and Scherer, 2004). In hospitals that have achieved magnet status, nurses routinely collect, analyze and us...

Article Analysis: Nursing Shortage

to others, at least not as frequently as would seem reasonable if they liked it as well as the general public does. The reason mo...