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is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...

MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...

states, "The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient" (Code of Ethics f...

improve it, then nursing can truly be an invaluable profession to choose. This leads us to the reality of helping people. Perha...

military personnel and other non-combatants. While McConnell was seeing her charges safely to Japan, General Douglas MacArthur was...

At the heart of nursing is the nurse-patient relationship, which provides the foundation for nursing care (Patusky, 2003). This r...

achieved that the critical care nurse may address the bio-psycho-social implications of the event (Alfafara and Hedges, 1996). Fur...

reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...

with "depression, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and decreased overall physical and mental functioning" (Hearn, 2001). Problem Stat...

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

in terms of the diagnosis and the aggregate. Discussion of Nursing Diagnosis The nursing diagnosis for this study, kno...

etiology of the disease is not well understood, but substantive research suggests that individuals who suffer from ALS have mutati...

between states and federal regulation. The purpose here is to determine whether the USAF advanced nurse practitioners are "functi...

been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...

is understandable given that MRSA is one of the primary threats in terms of diseases encountered in ICUs in the US. Over fifty pe...

and their insurers by operating under two distinct fee schedules. Medicare requires that care providers fees be "normal and custo...

Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...

are often called upon to provide comfort where there seems to be none, patience in the face of adversity, and grace under fire. Th...

should all be considered (OConnor and Walker, 2003). Traditionally, societys influence on educational planning has meant that the...

already has been diagnosed as having some form of heart disease. In that sense, primary prevention is not possible. The goals of...

undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Gale...

risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...

Bell (2000) reports that when an Australian hospital instituted shared governance, nurse managers responded "by developing a teamw...

cross to bear and they would be shamed to bring it to someone else. The healthcare worker must not attempt to alter the patients r...

(called IgE) (ONeill, 1990). This then sticks to other cells such as the mast cells or the basophils, this is a chain reaction as ...

the medical team with which these patients have surrounded themselves. It is the patients responsibility to cooperate and do ever...

completing the ranges of study required to attain the licensing level each holds. Aides are not licensed individuals and may or m...

significant changes to the existing system but have not yet covered too much ground where modifications are concerned. This is pa...

routine activities necessary to their own care. The purpose is that with a nurses direction, encouragement and initial supervisio...

within the academic curriculum (Thomson, 2003). Therefore, this one are of research demonstrates how nursing research impacts many...