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to reach the disease" (Colwell; 2). The author also examines aspects of surgical treatment, indicating that a particular type of s...

Johns Hopkins University and member of the IOM research team that authored the report, said that "fatigue was a major cause of mis...

ratio, the mortality rates are 44 percent lower (Degree-level nurses, 2005). Substantiating this research, a Canadian study cond...

of hospital environments is driving many nurses away from hospital nursing and some are leaving the profession entirely. In 2000, ...

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

and specific therapy" (Newswanger and Warren, 2004, p. 2405). As patients advance through the acute phase of the illness, supporti...

and how discharge instructions should cover these contingencies. "Health" has historically been used to describe the "absence of d...

This PowerPoint presentation includes 9 slides plus a bibliography. The topic is the nursing shortage. Bibliography lists 1 sourc...

increase; third-party payers strive to keep payments as low as possible; individuals seek to enhance performance or gain the great...

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

now regarded as a crucial and defining component of nursing, as caring defines "nursings unique area of practice and provides dire...

any incident that requires an increased level of response beyond the routine operating procedures" (NASN, 2006). Natural disasters...

and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...

weaker, less developed than the other. This delayed his walking, and, even after he walked successfully at age 3, it took several ...

need of treatment following tours in Rwanda, the Balkans and Somalia" (Auld). Mental health problems in regards to soldiers retu...

2001, p. 24). While the ancestors of many Americans of Czech extraction came to the US in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries...

trends. This peer-reviewed journal also offers its readership a forum for sharing their experiences with their peers, as well as l...

factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...

p. 364). Due to the fact that eating behaviors tend to be established by early experience, it is important for healthy eating habi...

necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). U...

properly, nursing staff is highly aware of this lack. Research into nursing staff retention has found that the quality of housekee...

there is no cure either for Alzheimers disease or the various forms of dementia on the horizon, healthcare practitioners should "i...

an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...

care is to formulate a health care system and workforce that possesses the skill and understanding required to deliver quality hea...

was breached," the third is to prove that there was an injury incurred by the patient and the fourth must prove that this "injury ...

"three important hormones: erythropoietin ... or EPO, which stimulates the bone marrow to make red blood cells; renin, which regul...

study intervention that addresses strategies for helping student nurses cope with high levels of stress. This studys findings stre...

feet. Based on the assertion that nurses fall into this category of workers who spend long periods of time on their feet, this st...

caregiver can also ask if they belong to a spiritual, community or religious group (involvement); if the children attend religious...

The theory is "rooted in an agentic perspective," meaning that humans are the agents of change in their lives (Pajares, 2004). Peo...