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dependency upon others for assisted daily living skills, and institutional care. Rockwood (1997) defined frail elderly people as t...

level of education, the impact of traditional culture is also highly influential. The concepts of health are based on the cultural...

Stimulus for developing of the students personal philosophy The process of nursing education exposes students to diverse clinical...

is in charge of all domestic affairs. Younger newly wed couples will often live with one set of parents, even if they are going to...

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

fewer than 200,000 inmates (Golembeski and Fullilove, 2005). The Washington Post reported on December 1, 2006 that the U.S. prison...

of every single employee. If youre not thinking all the time about making every person more valuable, you dont have a chance. Wh...

view as well, developing theories of nursing that focus on nursing and its components as systems of varying degrees. Some, such a...

reporting and administrative reporting so that the owner can have confidence that HHH is providing superlative patient care and me...

change, understand the reasons for this change and hare a vision of the future" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). The catch is that these g...

"low-fidelity, moderate-fidelity, and high-fidelity" (Sportsman et al., 2009, p. 67). Low-fidelity are introductory, moderate-fide...

While CHF has a mortality rate that ten times that of AIDS and is also responsible for far more hospitalizations than cancer, even...

to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment" (Miller-Boyle, 2006, p. 6). Miller-Boyle wri...

inflamed, tender to the touch and evident of a small amount of pus (DAlessandro et al, 2004), becoming more painful as time progre...

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

original consensus among mental health professionals the schizophrenia developed during late teens or early adulthood. However, a...

with other organizations in order to achieve health objectives. For example, community-based resources may be used in conjunction...

Nursing has evolved over the decades primarily as a result of research (Director, 2009). Nurses recognize a problem and introduce ...

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

apply to the many diverse factors related to teen suicide attempts and completions. Three of these objectives are: 1. Reduce fire...

et al, 2007). Over the last several decades, clinicians have come to regard treatment decisions in terms of quality of life "ben...

legislation that authorizes a Nurse Licensure Compact (National Council of the State Boards of Nursing, Nurse Licensure Compact, 2...

who is the legal guardian, as this pertains to the legality of admitting a minor for psychiatric care. If the patient is accompani...

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

This paper addresses the new and growing field of forensic nursing. The author contends that forensic nursing is a necessity in t...

In ten pages this pediatric nursing issues focuses upon young children's health and the environmental effects of secondhand smoke....

In five pages the cultural aspects of the nursing profession are considered in a discussion that while Canadian and U.S. nurses mi...

In five pages this paper examines the images of nursing and nurses within the context of the Carative model with individualized, d...

Adams maintained that her experiences with nursing care and the structure of nursing services has changed in the past decade, and ...

This research paper begins by discussing the roles and core competencies of various advanced practice nursing specialties. The wri...