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does not address the topic of specific competencies. In other words, the most recent literature that is even remotely related to t...

and how discharge instructions should cover these contingencies. "Health" has historically been used to describe the "absence of d...

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

any incident that requires an increased level of response beyond the routine operating procedures" (NASN, 2006). Natural disasters...

and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...

This PowerPoint presentation includes 9 slides plus a bibliography. The topic is the nursing shortage. Bibliography lists 1 sourc...

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

weaker, less developed than the other. This delayed his walking, and, even after he walked successfully at age 3, it took several ...

necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). U...

properly, nursing staff is highly aware of this lack. Research into nursing staff retention has found that the quality of housekee...

need of treatment following tours in Rwanda, the Balkans and Somalia" (Auld). Mental health problems in regards to soldiers retu...

factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...

p. 364). Due to the fact that eating behaviors tend to be established by early experience, it is important for healthy eating habi...

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

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

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

the "inability to determine the meaning of illness-related events" (McCormick, 2002, p. 127). Furthermore, Chinn and Kramer (1999)...

of hospital environments is driving many nurses away from hospital nursing and some are leaving the profession entirely. In 2000, ...

nursing supervision is to provide support for nurse practitioner in a range of issues, developing their own identity as well as sk...

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

to reach the disease" (Colwell; 2). The author also examines aspects of surgical treatment, indicating that a particular type of s...

Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...

2003). As this suggests, a major factor in the leadership of CNSs is that they facilitate and implement educational initiatives. ...

2003). As this suggests, a major factor in the leadership of CNSs is that they facilitate and implement educational initiatives. ...

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

apply to the many diverse factors related to teen suicide attempts and completions. Three of these objectives are: 1. Reduce fire...

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

ratio, the mortality rates are 44 percent lower (Degree-level nurses, 2005). Substantiating this research, a Canadian study cond...

If all factors remain the same, by 2030, the shortage could reach the 1 million mark (Chandra and Willis, 2005). There are tremend...

9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...