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

This essay provides a summary and analysis of the research conducted by Solum and Schaffer (2003), which involved a study sample o...

2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...

expected to develop some form of cancer "or another rapidly debilitating condition and well be dead within a year of getting the d...

1999). Lee and his family owned a small business and had no health or medical insurance. The family was urged to begin the process...

the question of what effect an aging nursing work force has on American healthcare in general. First and foremost, the aging of ...

30 months, as this is when between 13 and 28 percent of senior nurses are due to retire (Sibbald, 2003). Currently, close to a thi...

generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women would even ...

socially isolating, as outside opinion is discounted. The team adopts a "defensive posture," which is evidenced by "derogatory, de...

this development and left orders for both analgesia and sedation, which helped at first, but became less effective as the hours pa...

quality and care" of health services that offered to rural areas throughout the US (Clinton, 2007). In addition to providing fun...

be seen as the embodiment of the norms, values and beliefs. These may be seen as isolated within the company, or reflections of th...

are RNs who are "prepared, through advanced education and clinical training, to provide preventive and acute health-care services"...

2000). Here is an example: A young person is in an accident and has been in a persistent vegetative state for months. The family...

numbers of young students came to believe that perhaps nursing would provide an outlet for caring natures as well as support a fam...

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

ethical theory, utilitarianism and deontology often enter the picture. Mill (2001) for example, who is a utilitarian, claims that ...

defining the leadership characteristics that would be the focus of this educational effort (Pintar, Capuano and Rosser, 2007). As ...

self-knowledge (Simpson, 2004). While anecdotal evidence is not regarded as conclusive, the experience of individual nurses in reg...

promotion can address a variety of nursing clients in a variety of circumstances. For example, Richardson (2002) acknowledges that...

chosen. The Metropolitan Museum of Art indicates two events that would be appropriate for a humanities-oriented fieldtrip geared...

less people living in rural communities and the "more remote geographical regions" of Australia than in urban locales (Bushy 104)....

2001). Toms condition remained so precarious that personal care for him had to be done very tentatively. For example, brushing his...

but also data from the client that can be seen as personal, not only qualifications and experience, but more personal issues such ...

we had a helper who came in during the day and a nurse at night. Both of them were kind, experienced and very caring, and I could ...

Nightingale as power-crazed and iron-willed. Salvage (2001) tends to believe that these criticisms of Nightingale reflect lingerin...

But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...

Empirical research ahs consistently reported that when communication between the two professions is good, which includes doctors ...

be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...

This nurse that leaving the acute care facility had to do with "When youre constantly short-staffed and feel your managers arent s...