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Perspectives on Shortage of Nurses

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

Neuman and Rogers Systems Model Application

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

Theoretical Nursing Perspectives on Pain Management

from pain that began after radiation therapy that caused nerve damage (Fischman, 2000). After receiving therapy at a pain clinic, ...

Skin Cancer Literature Review

when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...

Emergency Room and Intensive Care Unit Nursing Retention

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

Pediatric Burn Care and High Acuity Nursing

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

Is There a Relationship Between Nursing Burnout and Shortage of Nurses?

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

Developments In Forensic Nursing

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

Florence Nightingale's Work

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

Nurse Role Definition

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

NJ's Advanced Practice Nurses

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

'Don't Call Me Sweetie!' Australia Nursing Study Reviewed

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

Career Objectives and Philosophy of Nursing

nursing is based significantly more within the psychological components of the patient/caregiver relationship than most people rea...

Primary Care v. Team Nursing

care. The team leader is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all of the elements of care and also delegates care of specif...

Rosemarie Parse's 'Human Becoming' Nursing Theory

transcendence is moving beyond the meaning moment with what is not-yet. Moving beyond is propelling with envisioned (Parse, 1998, ...

Studies and Recommendations on Burnout of Nurses in Oman and Other Countries

of the nurses and the nurse population ratio is considered higher than most in the region (MoH, 2002). Recent advances in nursing ...

Malpractice Lawsuits and Nursing

In eleven pages this paper discusses legal issues of which nurses should be aware, lawsuit avoidance, and the importance of malpra...

Critical Concepts in the Hospital Environment

Decision-making, critical thinking and advocacy are all important in the modern hospital experience. This paper examines a patient...

Advanced Practice Nurses and Their Significance

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the health care setting in an examination of the advanced practice nurse or nurse practition...

Epidural Analgesia and Nursing Practice

In seven pages this research paper discusses epidural analgesia in an overview that examines nursing practice and considers the Ce...

'Angel of the Battlefield' Clara Barton

in the 19th and early 20th century, the fact is even more remarkable. "Well and Strong and Young" Updike writes that in 1854 Bar...

Registered Nurse's Hospital Role

several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...

Nursing and Patient Dignity

the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nu...

Nursing and Chronicity

particular, resilience is also crucial because each instance is completely unique and may require a different response. In other ...

Twelve Hour Work Shifts and Nursing

fairly positive towards the 12-hour shift, but the nursing educators were extremely negative. The teaching staff opposed the use o...

Prescribing Nurses and the Treatment of Wounds

in which nurses had to request perceptions for certain types of dressing was a waste of time and resources, which in turn impacted...

Stroke Patients and Caring Assistance

have different concerns and worries which will need to be addressed prior to the tackling of the practical issues. The plan will...

Nursing, Management, and Stress

stress and exhaustion sets in (1992). Nurse managers are subject to continual stress as many of their tasks involve life an...

Interdisciplinary Management Factors, Training, and Nursing Competency

There is, in fact, an ongoing shortage of well-trained, competent, nurses. This shortage could be expected to intensify beginning...

Pain Management and Long Term Care Residents' Rights

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...