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the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...
Sharon Bernier, RN, PhD and President of the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, points out that Aikens study also...
reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...
learned long ago the value of yet another Deming (1986) exhortation, that of continuous improvement. By definition, the concept i...
only one group, no control group. Group exposed to treatment and then measure (Creswell, 2003). Measured participants blood gluco...
the importance of taking assessment from a number of different, relevant perspectives. For example, mentors who are conscious that...
also as a result of the environment in which they are cared for, where smoking is banned. Teaching patients may be seen as a funct...
in African American communities in though it has level off and is falling in other US populations (Dyer, 2003). Adolescents are am...
transformative perspective because Newman argues that rather than being diametrically opposed, disease and health are merely facto...
rather than requiring patient transfer to ICU. This plan is consistent with the principles of planned change in that it focuses o...
preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...
was perceived as merely the "handmaiden" of medicine, that is, a service that was there to facilitate the practice of the physicia...
train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - an...
(1999), research shows that the level of education reached by an RN contributes to a sense of professional autonomy and those nurs...
balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...
There are different studies that have made a partial examination of the developmental models of clinical mentorship and supervisio...
have had ethical reservations about taking a patient off of life support, but she did not add to Lynns burden by interfering with ...
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...
over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...
a nurses role as a change agent in data base management. Fonville, Killian, and Tranbarger (1998) note that successful nurses of ...
the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...
her, per se, but rather with her expectations of Madeline, which are not age appropriate. The scenario says that Madeline knows be...
In five pages this paper discusses the importance of continuing learning in the nursing profession in a consideration of the impor...
physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...
These theories emphasize the fact that the concept of holism is integrally linked with the goals and objectives of nursing. Holis...
are ideally suited to assist patient and their families in clarifying their needs and desires, enhancing patient autonomy (Breier-...
every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...
and arranging transportation; and ensuring that physician orders for residents are met and followed. Beyond these duties ar...
on education and prevention, and on how individual and social systems work together in the "society" of the health care industry. ...