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p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

nature have cropped up. Is a 60 year old woman too old to raise children? Is it ethical for a woman to carry her own grandchildren...

reasons given by nursing staff for not providing this care (Kalisch, 2006, p. 306). At the end of the study article, in the "Di...

also occupied a role or part in the setting, reflecting how participant observation is both extensive and intuitive by nature. In...

cardiac monitor, a seizure, drug reaction or other sign of a critical condition...(They) are expected to fill out reports" that we...

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

weaker, less developed than the other. This delayed his walking, and, even after he walked successfully at age 3, it took several ...

does not address the topic of specific competencies. In other words, the most recent literature that is even remotely related to t...

methods with measurable outcomes, creating a link between existing research and nursing process, define the role of nurse educator...

and how discharge instructions should cover these contingencies. "Health" has historically been used to describe the "absence of d...

period of restructuring in many industries, including healthcare. Managed care organizations and changes in reimbursement rates f...

is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...

of family such as the one cited above. In many instances hospitals adhere to the traditional definition, which means that the poli...

explained the process further and made it clear that he would perform the catheterization, the man approved. As this indicates, fr...

inflamed, tender to the touch and evident of a small amount of pus (DAlessandro et al, 2004), becoming more painful as time progre...

of hospital environments is driving many nurses away from hospital nursing and some are leaving the profession entirely. In 2000, ...

the "inability to determine the meaning of illness-related events" (McCormick, 2002, p. 127). Furthermore, Chinn and Kramer (1999)...

of use) of sunscreen at the beach are important considerations. Other factors that should be assessed relative to subjective data...

FTE RN Demand Projected Growth Setting 2000 2010 2020 2000 to 2010 2000 to 2020 Total 49,200 59,900 69,600 22%...

factor in childhood obesity is the fact that television viewing tends to be accompanied by the consumption of high-calorie, high s...

p. 364). Due to the fact that eating behaviors tend to be established by early experience, it is important for healthy eating habi...

to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment" (Miller-Boyle, 2006, p. 6). Miller-Boyle wri...

now regarded as a crucial and defining component of nursing, as caring defines "nursings unique area of practice and provides dire...

This PowerPoint presentation includes 9 slides plus a bibliography. The topic is the nursing shortage. Bibliography lists 1 sourc...

increase; third-party payers strive to keep payments as low as possible; individuals seek to enhance performance or gain the great...

any incident that requires an increased level of response beyond the routine operating procedures" (NASN, 2006). Natural disasters...

and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...

trends. This peer-reviewed journal also offers its readership a forum for sharing their experiences with their peers, as well as l...

2001, p. 24). While the ancestors of many Americans of Czech extraction came to the US in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries...