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between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...

risk factors that can be altered, with special attention to lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. B. Treatment of ischemia usua...

interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

The most recent trend in nursing home care is client-centered treatment. This paper examines statistics in elder care, with almost...

In eight pages this essay discusses the ethical conflict between a patient's 'right to die' and the Nurse's Code. Five sources ar...

ethics are a part of the concern. The hospital should not accept a patient load that it cannot handle. Another example of an issue...

using similar tests and with mixed variables such as aromatherapy and hypnosis. All of the studies mentioned concluded that massag...

the signs of illness in order to maintain prolonged contact with healthcare providers (Criddle, 2010). History and Statistics Ph...

how to achieve restorative health within an environment of compassion, benevolence and intuitiveness. Indeed, the fundamental bas...

Dixs problems with mental health may have inspired her passion for aiding those who were diagnosed as being mentally unstable or i...

individual is an "open system," which includes "distinct, but integrated physiological, psychological and socio-cultural systems" ...

Background/Review of Literature The eight articles/studies that constitute this literature review encompasses several key concept...

in the U.S. stands at 8.5 percent to over 14 percent, depending on the specific area of specialty (Letvak and Buck, 2008), by 2020...

nurses can become political active, as these organizations frequently play an active role in establishing public policy by publica...

upholding the human dignity of the people involved, as well as their "unique biopsychosocial, cultural, (and) spiritual being" (LM...

staff that can result in moral stress or stress of conscience (Fry, Hurly & Foley, 2002). Because unresolved ethical issues can ...

This paper pertains to legal issues that pertain to rape charges. Rules pertaining to motions of severance and continuance are des...

with other organizations in order to achieve health objectives. For example, community-based resources may be used in conjunction...

This research paper pertains to the standards published by the Joint Commission on the issue of bullying in the hospital workplace...

This research paper pertains to various issues in transcultural nursing, such as support for pregnant women and characteristics of...

This research paper presents a comprehensive discussion of nurse manager responsibilities, which includes addressing nurse empower...

This research paper offers discussion of a various issues that pertain to advance practice nurses (APNs), such as their involvemen...

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

embarrassment in front of others, withheld pay increases, and termination" (Marriner-Tomey, 2004, p. 118). While conferring reward...

This research paper pertains to a nursing education classroom scenario in which the students are experiencing learning problems. T...

This 6 page paper explains how there should be more of a standard for education for people studying to be nurses and how nurse edu...

had to have gone through surgery (orthopedic, gynecological, urological, vascular) of at least twenty minutes in duration. They ha...

when he cannot feel a pulse. A new nurse, a first year graduate, Sally enters the room, sees Long and runs out. She encounters Nur...

today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...