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Essays 1021 - 1050
begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...
change and its rationale (which was based on the results of empirical research), implemented the change and then "supported the c...
meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...
the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...
the mountains in California, ride a horse in the Grand Canyon, volunteer in a cancer center, finish painting his house, attend his...
there were no caregiver present to assist the elderly individual during the day and evening, the frail older person frequently fou...
In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....
reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...
they visited, and some tended to visit fairly frequently (Demling et al, 2002). Patients in general were very positive about thei...
a specialized body of knowledge, skills and experience that enables these nurses to offer a high standard of care to critically il...
prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...
that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...
patient to re-establish the self-care capacity. Orems model defines a "self-care deficit" as when a patients condition interferes ...
of the U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH), define an "Advance Directives," as "l...
a top priority for many hospitals; however, the competition among hospitals for these nurses is intense (Thomason, 2006). Problem...
This research paper investigates the relationship between the provision of futile care and the development of moral distress among...
This essay focuses on Watson's nursing theory of caring. It reports and explains the meta-paradigms, caratives, and how nurses dev...
This essay presents a summary and analysis of "Video on Interviewing Vulnerable Elders (VIVE)," which instructs nurses and long-te...
This 16 page paper outlines the elements that need to change for improving quality of nursing care. This paper explains that the p...
nursing care over the past decade and how do they support the argument for a continuum of educational practices for nursing profes...
it is discovered that her death was called by a massive pulmonary embolism. Two years later, her husband files suit against the n...
physical and social limits, functional components, and feedback mechanisms" (Reicherter and Billek-Sawhney, 2003). With regard t...
much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...
elderly population is finding it difficult to meet their own financial needs and have few choices but to pool resources with other...
culturally competent care. Well examine what the literature has to say about such standards and, with this background, and an unde...
Wagner 35). It is also suggested that the practitioner should, of course, thoroughly read the contract, but also that practition...
points out that patients with comorbidities have additional needs that serve to increase the complexity of care. Various models of...
In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...
Concepts, theories, principles and practices in managed care and the health services industry in regards to social, economic, and ...
2008). Incentive programs can actually have very positive outcomes if they are used correctly and ethically (Sabin, 2008). In so d...