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the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...
Sharon Bernier, RN, PhD and President of the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, points out that Aikens study also...
The metaparadigms of nursing represent common concepts that are accepted throughout the profession and across international bounda...
In five pages this research paper takes a nursing perspecitve regarding the elderly's physical changes and increased dependence th...
which resulted in 47 practices taking part and two of these having two patients. The sample : 98 (75 male) consecutive patients w...
define what other mechanisms are brought into the healing process. For example, Gordon et al (2002) argue that depending on the v...
train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - an...
(1999), research shows that the level of education reached by an RN contributes to a sense of professional autonomy and those nurs...
lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...
balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...
to physicians. Increasingly, "evidence-based guidelines are becoming codes of medical practice" (Healy, 2005; p. 54). Superficia...
over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...
a nurses role as a change agent in data base management. Fonville, Killian, and Tranbarger (1998) note that successful nurses of ...
preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...
the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...
on an evidenced based evidence based practice and the development of increased individual accountability in the area of clinical g...
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...
and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...
considering this economic downturn, the numbers of undergraduates pursuing nursing careers began to also decline. In 1991, Canada ...
Working for the well-staffed working environment in itself is no small task, given the fact of the ongoing nursing shortage. The ...
reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...
learned long ago the value of yet another Deming (1986) exhortation, that of continuous improvement. By definition, the concept i...
a partnership approach where the discipline work together can be increased cost effectiveness in the overall treatment of a patien...
within these models. Definition of nursing model Semantic confusion abounds in the relevant literature as to what--precisely--is...
* "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...
They are: 1. "activity level 2. "diet 3. "discharge medications 4. "follow-up appointment 5. "weight monitoring 6. "what to do if ...