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in the U.S. stands at 8.5 percent to over 14 percent, depending on the specific area of specialty (Letvak and Buck, 2008), by 2020...

patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...

ask these questions because he is trying to find out if the patient has any understanding as to why his behavior makes him uneasy;...

from large teaching hospitals, leaving them with the more seriously ill patients, whose care also is the most costly (Johnson and ...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

?19a-490, Connecticut Department of Public Health Code ?19-13-D105 and Residential care homes ?19-13-D-6 (National Academy for Sta...

The writer presents a proposal to support a plan for setting up and running a nursing agency, providing nursing and other healthca...

This research paper investigates the relationship between the provision of futile care and the development of moral distress among...

This research paper presents an examination of nursing empirical literature that covers a number of issues relevant to advanced pr...

been as long as 8 hours prior to dying (IHI, Getting, 2005). Had additional services been provided, the patient would not have die...

of a unified health care organization that included both Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH...

twentieth century, with accusations that it has failed to live up to the demands placed upon it by the ever-growing population, ef...

using similar tests and with mixed variables such as aromatherapy and hypnosis. All of the studies mentioned concluded that massag...

The link between nurse caring and patient satisfaction has been reported numerous times. For instance, the AORN journal reported a...

evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...

who suffer from cancer, arthritis, AIDS, multiple sclerosis or acute back pain are known to frequently turn to alternative medicin...

to take insulin only when his blood glucose level was above the value established by his physician. The nurse laid out all ...

a good nurse ... Id spend more time with their families. If I were a good nurse, I would ..." (Williams, 2001; p. 24ac2)....

the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nu...

have different concerns and worries which will need to be addressed prior to the tackling of the practical issues. The plan will...

particular, resilience is also crucial because each instance is completely unique and may require a different response. In other ...

development of nurse-operated continence centers, which provide conservative management for UI (Bernier, 2002). Continence nurses...

are licensed individuals who go through at least one year of formal education in addition to clinical instruction, and the focus o...

All of these studies reflect empirical studies of hospital populations in an effort to determine how changes in the healthcare env...

that MCOs develop their capacity to handle changes that are driven legislatively by congressional response to public reactions to ...

formulation with others, testing new behaviors, integrating this learning into "new, more satisfying behavior, and then using thes...

they visited, and some tended to visit fairly frequently (Demling et al, 2002). Patients in general were very positive about thei...

Today, the theories of Orem, Roy, Neuman, Rogers, King, and others seem to be more popular than older theories such as those of Fl...

In five pages this paper examines literature regarding the nurse's role in educating hospitalized patients on smoking cessation. ...

their wishes for the patients care. Every nursing home resident has a right to such a plan by law (Stern), and it does not only p...