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reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...

that the doctrine of informed consent is "hopelessly flawed--or at least misguided," as it is often not possible to truly inform ...

Sharon Bernier, RN, PhD and President of the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, points out that Aikens study also...

The ANCI Competency Unit 4 demands that nurses accept accountability and responsibility for their actions in nursing. To do so we...

greater demand on health care services as more of them cross that line from employed to retired. Projections are just that,...

the basic paradigms of nursing professional theory are considered within a social context. For example, health is defined as a "dy...

considering this economic downturn, the numbers of undergraduates pursuing nursing careers began to also decline. In 1991, Canada ...

which resulted in 47 practices taking part and two of these having two patients. The sample : 98 (75 male) consecutive patients w...

The metaparadigms of nursing represent common concepts that are accepted throughout the profession and across international bounda...

In five pages this research paper takes a nursing perspecitve regarding the elderly's physical changes and increased dependence th...

define what other mechanisms are brought into the healing process. For example, Gordon et al (2002) argue that depending on the v...

on diabetes into categories and addresses these topics on separate web pages, as does the first site. The homepage explains that t...

measure "how much students should know and be able to do" (Stites). These standards tell math teachers, for instance, what "mathe...

for the precise coding of medication in order to avoid the errors listed above (Woods and Doan-Johnson, 2002). Cohen, Robinson and...

and allows the receiver to observe non-verbal cues as to the messages meaning. Feedback "reports back to the sender that the recei...

is a very important consideration in nursing. Indeed, some four thousand of so documents were published annually about pain in th...

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

in 2000, allowing a long comment period before the final rule was issued in February 2003. Five rules were published in 199...

or chronic illness; however, nurse practitioners also have additional intensive education that involves risk reduction and prevent...

help each other by merely listening and offering words of encouragement. My psychologist friend firmly believed that lifestyle ch...

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

be more enlightening and convey a more precise meaning than an extended descriptive passage. At this point, the student researchin...

suggestions for future action in regards to this problem. Section A: Problem identification The Problem and its importance The G...

make a real difference. In helping professions, such leadership is desirable. The health care industry today is fraught with probl...

"significant anxiety, particularly before they discover the most effective symptom management" (Moloney, et al, 2001, p. 19). In o...

their own condition. Judkins and Ingram (2002) designed a self-paced learning module in order to determine whether knowledge relat...

train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - an...

(1999), research shows that the level of education reached by an RN contributes to a sense of professional autonomy and those nurs...

lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...