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whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...

healing. Respondents who reported moderate stress before group (56.3%) experienced a decrease (43.8%) after group that dropped th...

such as tragedies, deaths, serious injuries or threatening situations, require the human being to respond in a way that intensifie...

but for these to be out into place it is essential that those managing the changes understand the organization and the way that it...

"interactive, systems, and developmental" approaches (Tourville and Ingalls 21). The systems model of nursing perceives the meta...

stressor pileup. Therefore, in their model, they double the concepts labels, using a capital letter behind each of the original la...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

age. Therefore, the patient population is increasing. This factor is also influenced by the fact that that the huge lump in the Am...

is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...

long after all signs of consciousness have ceased. Is this "good"? Is this beneficent? The news tells us of parents confronting me...

and retention" (Andersen, 2002, p. 603). This then should be the first priority: to design a study that will accrue and retain ...

operating room to recovery, the tracking of patient information becomes an imperative part of this process (Beyea, Hicks and Becke...

deemed insane but they did try to keep inebriates out of their institutions (2002). Dr. Thomas Kirkbride explained in 1840 why h...

directly against another California law - termed a crime of sexual exploitation (Anderson, 2000), which is part of 42 C.F.R. ? 100...

through the administration of pain medication. It is not to end that suffering through medically-induced suicide. In fact, the C...

In eight pages this essay discusses efforts to reconcile euthanasia and the Nurse's Code in a consideration of the ethics nonmalef...

providers and also provide a well-balanced outline about the issues involved in a patients "right to die" (Hendin, Foley and White...

policies in regard to the PSDA. I have been fortunate in that I was chosen to be a member of that team. Consequently, I have at ...

This paper is made up of three sections, with each section pertaining to a significant hospital administration issue. These topics...

This nursing practicum proposal focuses on the mandated nurse-to-patient ratios that have been implemented in California. The writ...

Hospital readmissions of patients is upsetting to patients and families, especially when that readmission occurs within 30 days of...

Case study: a man was diagnosed with untreatable TB. The CDC enforced the law to isolate him, thereby taking away his freedom. Sho...

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on an article entitled: Providing Patients with Information on Caring for Skin. T...

This 10 page paper gives an overview of childhood obesity. This paper includes how combining mental health treatment with family h...

Dementia is a debilitating disease that strikes mostly older people. The focus of this essay is Spiritual care for people with dem...

While a vaccine has yet to be developed, an effective treatment has. The problem is finding those that are affected so that they c...

(Himma, 2003). Throughout their lifetime, individuals are presented with moral dilemmas and situations in which they must make a ...

have reason to hold such fears. Womens advocates have made headway over the years, however, in disseminating the information that...

facility grew to over 1,000 beds and the addition of a many barracks-style buildings. The design for a new facility began in 1942 ...

with physicians to "Yes, doctor," the still-proceeding transitions in healthcare continue to elevate the position of nurse while n...