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In five pages the cultural aspects of the nursing profession are considered in a discussion that while Canadian and U.S. nurses mi...
Nursing has evolved over the decades primarily as a result of research (Director, 2009). Nurses recognize a problem and introduce ...
to proper interaction with culturally diverse patients: "These standards provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence,...
In 1992, for example, this organization issued a mandate that all hospital chief executive officers become familiar with continuou...
background and knowledge to evaluate when there is a need to consult a transcultural nurse specialist, as these specially trained ...
who is the legal guardian, as this pertains to the legality of admitting a minor for psychiatric care. If the patient is accompani...
2008). Further significant improvement is unlikely in the near future, however. Californias Efforts Governor Arnold Schwar...
to increase the quality of care given in long term care facilities in the country, in order to ultimate reduce health care costs t...
Partially as a result of improved heath care practices which result in longer life and partially as the result of the movement aw...
indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...
al, 2009). The theory came from "the results of studies accomplished by the author along her Doctorate in Clinic and Social Psycho...
9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...
is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...
This paper considers the role of patients' religion and how it should impact nursing care. The writer focuses on the way in whic...
The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act was passed in 2010. It is a progressive, sequential act with different parts mandat...
report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...
et al, 2007). Over the last several decades, clinicians have come to regard treatment decisions in terms of quality of life "ben...
left to deny anything connected with the loss, either before or after the fact. Those left behind also need to acknowledge the me...
the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...
meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...
quality and safety for the care they can expect to receive from nurses and midwives and other health professionals are the same" (...
call for compliance with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to su...
In seven pages the confidentiality issues nurses must contend with are discussed within the weighty context of the trust between p...
This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...
has left the facility and has gone home to the comforts of home in order to spend the last days, weeks or months of their life in ...
In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....
prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...
that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...
reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...
of professional nursing, nursing theory provides perspectives and guidance that aids nurses in achieving their primary goal of pro...