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wages and benefits to its nurses that are competitive for its market or that have been collectively bargained with a labor organiz...

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...

A 3 page research paper that compares and contrasts the way in which nursing theorists Hildegard Peplau, Dorothea Orem, and Betty ...

Evidence into Practice" (AHRQ, 2008). The Nursing Center is an extremely useful site in that it offers access to a long list of ...

Literature on this topic indicates that RNs are hesitant in delegating tasks primarily because they are uncertain of the qualific...

this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...

of ethics; 5. is composed of individuals who consider this occupation as their lifework, contributing to the good of society throu...

in response to cognitive and physiological challenge" (Covelli, 2007, p. 323). Diet: Both the intake of dietary sodium and potas...

patients with certain injuries and missed diagnoses of certain conditions such as appendicitis or meningitis (Dansby, Kavaler & Sp...

power, found that where nurses report that power when is shared, there are corresponding improvements in the nursing/physician rel...

it is appropriate, such as when a novice nurse is faced with a crisis. There are times, and stages in a career, when employees can...

operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). This is broken down into three basic categories: 1) wholly compen...

percent); * Management by walking around (15 percent); * Coaching/empowerment (11 percent); * Team (7 percent); * Transformational...

has been with us for several years, and it is widely publicized. The result is that the nursing shortage not only affects the qua...

life needs to change in response to the patients health care needs, then the nurse needs to be sensitive to that factor as well. ...

a partnership approach where the discipline work together can be increased cost effectiveness in the overall treatment of a patien...

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

the environment" (Reynolds and Cormack, 1991, p. 1123). Within this main system are eight subsystems: the "ingestive, eliminative,...

On further examination, the cause of death is determined to be smallpox. As the World Health Organization (WHO) completely eradica...

avoidance, such as creating a buddy system, which pairs elderly neighbors with each other. Buddies check on one another and accomp...

This 3 page paper looks at the type of mental models which may be used by a chief finance officer in a healthcare organization whe...

as typical or traditional (first generation) and atypical (second generation) (Blake, 2006). Typical antipsychotic medications ar...

the others (Trofino, 2007). Those 14 Forces of Magnetism provide the conceptual foundation and basis for what became the Magnet a...

of course, it only takes one person in any organization to "make a difference" (Sanborn, 2004, p. 8). The second principle, Succe...

Based on their results, the authors suggested nurse educators add more critical thinking exercises to their classroom curriculum. ...

indicate the patients readiness for growth and movement" (Marchese, 2006, p. 364). Phase 1, orientation, describes the patient and...

various roles" (Meadows-Oliver, et al, 2007, p. 116). The stress involved in a teenage pregnancy and the associated pressure tha...

the factors that made up the CC situation. Analysis of the data identified 147 factors related to CC that could be classified into...

fact that Ross, who is associated with an established clinic, recommends this procedure and offers her an example of how this can ...