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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 ...

and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...

on an evidenced based evidence based practice and the development of increased individual accountability in the area of clinical g...

The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...

Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...

program will foster my highest level of achievement and help me focus on both the immediacy of my educational process and the deve...

particular condition because he at least is aware of his condition. About one-half of those with this disease are not as fortunat...

economic positions (McGinn and Murr, 2006). All of this development in the past several years has led to a restatement of Shannon...

and Cox, 2001; p. 375). The ascending colon, which is approximately six inches long, extends upward to the hepatic flexure....

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

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...

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...

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...

activities" (Orems Self-Care Model Concepts) that patients need to undertake to meet their own health care needs on a routine basi...

classifies the stroke patients needs in four domains: 1) medical/surgical issues; 2) mental status/emotion/coping behaviors; 3) ph...

want to accept glib explanations for the signs of abuse because they do not want to feel that they have to get involved in a domes...

The act of faxing patient information to another care-providing organization or third-party payer comes under privacy regulations ...

nonverbal and behavioural signals and information relating to the clients support system. Objective data could include observation...

have enacted certain laws on their own which sometimes provide for testing in a much wider arena. Consider Idaho as an example. ...

in decision making (Thomas Group, 2004). The leadership team appointed a steering committee to develop a plan for empowering nur...

McKenna (1997) points out that mid-range nursing theories tend to focus on concepts of interest to nurses. This can encompass pati...

many people have these factors in common within their personal value sets, but I believe that the nurse possesses them in specific...

A nurses dedication and selflessness recall a mothers sacrifice and care (Dworkin, 2002). Furthermore, Dworking (2002) points out ...