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their infants, and this factor is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, as well as significant financial expenditures...

client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...

a profession, nursing theory has responded to meet the needs of nurses. For example, from the mid-1970s through the 1980s, the foc...

It also is clear that readily accessible primary care services are essential to achieving effective health care reform. The World ...

the nursing paradigm of "Person" as it is perceived as an adaptive system, and "Environment" as it pertain to providing the stimul...

of literature pertaining to type 2 diabetes mellitus, begins by describing, summarizing and analyzing the study conducted by Barko...

a discussion and review of literature that focuses on hypertension (HTN) among minority ethnic groups, with a particular emphasis ...

nurses. These were all key people in leading the change (Stetler et al., 2009). These same people were not identified in the begin...

to gain experience as a member of the health care team. At the end of the two years, some students will have earned 14 college cr...

but that is not true. They set goals that are challenging but achievable. The goals influence their effort and ability (Accel-Trea...

and Kramer (2008) to describe the ability of nurses to be cognizant of and reflect upon the wide variety of cultural, social and p...

phenomenological, existential, and qualitative components (Cohen, 1991). These combine to create a theory that addresses the pers...

also possess knowledge concerning a particular family as a whole, including the intricacies of its family system, the position of ...

nursing from the time when Florence Nightingale founded modern nursing in the nineteenth century. Since Nightingale, a variety of ...

The SCDNT regards the meta-paradigm of "Nursing" as an art, that is, a "helping service," but also as a technology ("Dorothea," 20...

documentation towards the use of electronic medical records (EMRs). This frequently, however, causes conflict among nursing staff,...

being examined from the physical perspective it was also necessary to look at the falls from a practical, social and a psychologic...

falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...

regards to aiding nursing managers in achieving improved patient outcomes focuses on the current leadership style of the student r...

This paper is an annotated bibliography written in support of a nursing paper examining environmental factors which may influence...

for an expert mentor, which are "being an authority in the field, an educator, a counselor, a sponsor, and having personal commitm...

1930s that focused on the nature of leadership. This body of research identified three principal styles of leadership, which are a...

County Community College (DCCC) located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serves the educational needs of 28,000 students annually ...

risen in the US population, there has been corresponding increase in the incidence of diabetes mellitus, which is associated with ...

This essay presents and discusses the highlights of Leininger's transcultural nursing model. A case study is included. There are f...

This research paper is written as a journal account that records the response of the writer, who has been assigned to handle a hos...

* "HF-2 LVF assessment * "HF-3 ACEI for LVSD * "HF-4 Adult smoking cessation advice/counseling" (Overview, 2002). JCAHO e...

as a solution to the problem of developing reflective skills, Ferrario defines reflective thinking as: a) analyzing, synthesizing,...

many had very definite opinions on the matter as a whole, "none of the participants articulated what the process consisted of or h...

certification program (Policy statement, 1999). On the other hand, the additional education required to become a licensed NP may t...