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and the patient are often unproductive (Roberson and Kelly, 1996; Hanna, 1997). Understanding the basis for this cultural percept...
using this paper properly! I. INTRODUCTION Janet (an RN) and Carol (her manager) had been working together in the same Can...
of anxiety due to the diagnosis. She is single but hoped to one day get married and have children. The sudden onset of symptoms an...
There are many settings in which nursing can occur within this framework. The most obvious is...
to three days more than 20 years ago. We ruefully joke that some managed care plans only allow new mothers to be hospitalized on ...
exist for generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women w...
biochemistry. I recognized the wonder of chemistry, but what I failed to recognize at the time was the solid practice it gave me ...
a much greater burden of responsibility and knowledge than was previously the case. Even nurses in highly specialised fields are o...
(p. 1617). This suggests that the subject for this study is so under-researched that there are no previous studies to cite, which ...
Bell (2000) reports that when an Australian hospital instituted shared governance, nurse managers responded "by developing a teamw...
cross to bear and they would be shamed to bring it to someone else. The healthcare worker must not attempt to alter the patients r...
Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...
already has been diagnosed as having some form of heart disease. In that sense, primary prevention is not possible. The goals of...
undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Gale...
risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...
is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...
MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...
At the heart of nursing is the nurse-patient relationship, which provides the foundation for nursing care (Patusky, 2003). This r...
achieved that the critical care nurse may address the bio-psycho-social implications of the event (Alfafara and Hedges, 1996). Fur...
reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...
objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and their wives,...
the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...
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...
to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...
with "depression, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and decreased overall physical and mental functioning" (Hearn, 2001). Problem Stat...
in terms of the diagnosis and the aggregate. Discussion of Nursing Diagnosis The nursing diagnosis for this study, kno...
etiology of the disease is not well understood, but substantive research suggests that individuals who suffer from ALS have mutati...
and certainly health care facilities. In essence, the minimum requirements of nursing dictate that: * the nurse remain cognizant ...
my divorce are better understood in relation the traditional concept of a nuclear family. The term "nuclear family" brings to min...