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This is significant to nursing because nurses have to learn to insert and remove the catheter from the patient which is sometimes ...

Developing New Nurse Leaders also considers the issue of shifts in leadership and governance, with a focus on the role of nurses a...

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

This paper pertains to an ethical dilemma faced by hospital nurses caring for patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses. Adherent of th...

This research paper consists of a longer version of khebptech.doc. The paper offers additional information on the impact that EBP ...

This research paper concerns Jean Watson's theory of human caring and its use within nursing clinical practice. Eleven pages in le...

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

trying times of their lives. Nurses have the capacity to improve lives. Nothing could be more meaningful or provide a greater sens...

These authors conducted a large study of 3,830 individuals consisting of 17.8 percent nurses, 21.8 percent physicians, 29.6 percen...

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

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

Furthermore they state that is a strategic approach which relates to all aspects of an organization within the context the culture...

and specific therapy" (Newswanger and Warren, 2004, p. 2405). As patients advance through the acute phase of the illness, supporti...

and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...

of family such as the one cited above. In many instances hospitals adhere to the traditional definition, which means that the poli...

is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...

explained the process further and made it clear that he would perform the catheterization, the man approved. As this indicates, fr...

inflamed, tender to the touch and evident of a small amount of pus (DAlessandro et al, 2004), becoming more painful as time progre...

to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment" (Miller-Boyle, 2006, p. 6). Miller-Boyle wri...

now regarded as a crucial and defining component of nursing, as caring defines "nursings unique area of practice and provides dire...

the medical team with which these patients have surrounded themselves. It is the patients responsibility to cooperate and do ever...

the same sort of indirect methods that they have advocated will aid the economy. For example, the Republicans are pursuing putting...

undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Gale...

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

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

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

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

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

This research paper offers a case study of J.H., a 38-year-old father of 3, who has suffered a myocardial infarction. The case stu...

This research paper describes the professional development plan of a nursing manager who is about to assume the position of Direct...