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the patient prior to his death. The nurse clearly felt the need to encourage the family to stay and spend as much time as possibl...
indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...
paradigm but without the fantasy that acceptance is the ultimate outcome. In treating this patient, a student writing on the subje...
physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...
every 30 minutes for protection, safety and placement. This was a two-part citation in that there is no evidence that staff...
on education and prevention, and on how individual and social systems work together in the "society" of the health care industry. ...
abuse despite interpersonal problems or social caused brought about by drinking (Dawson, 2000). Repeated drinking of alcohol on da...
so often work today. The first issue which will be discussed for the purposes of this paper is that of environment. This...
placement of polyvinyl alcohol sponges into subcutaneous pockets" (p. 7). Each of the rats were "given a nutritional solution con...
stronger. The authors make no comment on whether any of the individuals were concerned about becoming dependent on their pa...
infinitely more to the aspect of nursing than administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise the ...
he could use public transportation to visit his parents nearby town. In short, the argument that Mr. Paul depends on his dr...
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...
the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...
disagree with his wife could disrupt their marital relationship at a time when he needs this support, which is undoubtedly one of ...
an adolescent client (Wallis, 2004, p. 59). Data on the development of abstract reasoning skills, as well as of the "recognition o...
In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....
which resulted in 47 practices taking part and two of these having two patients. The sample : 98 (75 male) consecutive patients w...
on diabetes into categories and addresses these topics on separate web pages, as does the first site. The homepage explains that t...
reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...
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...
proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...
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...
only one group, no control group. Group exposed to treatment and then measure (Creswell, 2003). Measured participants blood gluco...
with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of ...
many had very definite opinions on the matter as a whole, "none of the participants articulated what the process consisted of or h...
moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...
balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...