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the risk of medical errors, such as dispensing the wrong medication or the wrong dose (Nursing overtime, 2004). The study, which w...
Leaders create the future rather than simply become its victims (Kerfoot, 1998). They are generally thinking several months ahead,...
act as integral members of healthcare teams, provide direct and indirect patient care, and address central issues for patients, in...
19th and early 20th centuries. Hughes and Romeo (1999) question the usefulness of education that does not address the growing div...
the religious fervor generated by the teachings of "love and mercy" by Jesus Christ resulted in a dramatic increase in charitable ...
first started to administer to the injured and the sick, the notion that nurses should be women has prevailed (Odendaul, 2004). T...
parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...
reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...
interactions with their patients and with each other have. Kurt Lewins change theory holds that change is incremental. It occurs...
2003, p. 50). Comments went on to say that it is disheartening when they arent acknowledged in any way for the hard work they do (...
for protocol and for adhering to standard practice. There are many aspects of the job for which the nurse is best suited to addre...
money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...
preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...
lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...
to physicians. Increasingly, "evidence-based guidelines are becoming codes of medical practice" (Healy, 2005; p. 54). Superficia...
From this perspective, individuals can be viewed as open systems, in which energy is transformed within the body, gaining or losin...
and was told not to consider having children for fear of passing on defective genes (Sheldon, 1997; p. 34). This occurred d...
are often called upon to provide comfort where there seems to be none, patience in the face of adversity, and grace under fire. Th...
caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...
MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...
on a global scale. Therefore, for nurses to succeed in the complex world of the twenty-first century, many authorities feel th...
In five pages this research paper discusses the nursing profession in a consideration of the connection between research, practice...
assists individuals, families, groups, and communities to achieve and maintain an integrate balance with their internal and extern...
In eight pages Peplau's interpersonal relations theory is examined in a background overview and discussion of its implications on ...
In eight pages cultural diversity within the nursing profession is discussed within the context of the Hispanic community with the...
Hunt (2001) goes on to clarify that the chain of accountability runs upwards (through the institutional hierarchy), downwards (to ...
This research paper consisting of six pages is recommended to anyone who wishes to become a Family Nurse Practitioner and consider...
In five pages this paper examines the nursing profession in a consideration of sexual harassment. Eight sources are cited in the ...
In five pages this paper discusses the importance of continuing learning in the nursing profession in a consideration of the impor...
York University School of Nursing and became an advocate of the practice through her teaching of therapeutic touch techniques and ...