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required qualified, competent staff. This resulted in the establishment of training schools for nurses (Formal training, 2005). Un...

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...

result that nursing pays well enough to support a family now, which is in great contrast to conditions in the distant past. The p...

The concept of health also has undergone change over the years. It formerly referred to absence of disease, but now it generally ...

for APNs. One such path is to be a nurse anesthetist, who is a licensed APN who is considered to be using personal professional ju...

drugs and to administer those drugs in a manner that is beneficial to our patients as well as being put into a positions where we ...

most often have a great deal of training and, in most mainstream settings, are also nurses or nurse-midwife practitioners. Many ar...

workplace is a critical component of occupational rehabilitation (Morrison, 1993). In one study it was found that employees of inj...

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

have more opportunity to encounter difficulties involved in nursing the critically ill. "How frequently a given stressor occurs d...

In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic acci...

patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...

different that needs attention, but many have been able to prepare for the changes that are happening to them. Geriatric patients...

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

individual, regardless of that individuals station in or stage of life. Todays nurse has many duties and answers to people and ad...

they are working in the field now indicates that they understand the concepts and were successful in completing the ranges of stud...

techniques or theories as they pertain to the medical world, and it is as if the prison setting is the last place where these tech...

or other special attention to the wounds caused by burns. Each day s/he spends in the hospital is creating another reason for the...

and settings. Individuals reactions to the same stressors can be quite different, with one stressor creating significant stress r...

the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...

Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those...

or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...

2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...

gives the appearance of increased attention to theory and evidenced-based nursing in an atmosphere of caring for the individual. ...

the realization of the "dehumanizing" of patients that led to them being referred to as "Bed x," "Case x" or some other nameless, ...

expressing his or her misery. Such caregivers may have experienced patients who are as likely to cry out, thrash around, or simply...