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with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to support a level of pro...

Hanson (2004) recommends a toothbrush, but specifies that it should be soft and that non-abrasive toothpaste should be selected. P...

authors state that research "and theory are key underpinnings that guide safe, effective, and comprehensive" (p. 35) practice. As...

Developing Clinical Guidelines by Allen et al (1997) set out to determine the disparities that exist within the resolution process...

2006). The activities of UAPs, unlike those of nurses and other licensed caregivers, is defined through job description and not re...

The metaparadigms of nursing represent common concepts that are accepted throughout the profession and across international bounda...

Irelands influence in reflective practice is now beginning to be felt around the country. Among other developments, the English N...

various formal, stated ethics codes of nursing associations; nurse education programs; health care organizations; and certainly he...

MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...

(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 ...

practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...

In twenty pages this research paper discusses management practices as they pertain to nursing homes in a consideration of ideologi...

In fourteen pages this research paper discusses rehabilitation in terms of nursing practices with a detailed literature review fea...

In six pages this paper examines nursing practice through a definition, literature review, and implications of immobility. Five s...

1997). It is generally believed that atherosclerosis results from a combination of factors, which include: hemodynamic stress (hyp...

a lingering distrust of the qualitative approach, one that often has not been done well and has resulted in works that cannot be c...

In five pages this paper discusses the medication prescribing of practical nurses in Europe. Ten sources are cited in the bibliog...

In five pages this research paper discusses the nursing profession in a consideration of the connection between research, practice...

on Nursing" in 1860 which not only documented basic concepts of nursing care but also included basic research strategies such as o...

individual, the eight values of the CNA Code provide a framework for guidance regarding nursing behavior. The Code states that the...

inpatient facility (Entry-Level). There are advantages and disadvantages to having three entry levels into nursing. An advantage...

significantly as ethnicity and can encompass many different forms of beliefs. Spirituality plays a major role in how individuals...

to reach the disease" (Colwell; 2). The author also examines aspects of surgical treatment, indicating that a particular type of s...

ratio, the mortality rates are 44 percent lower (Degree-level nurses, 2005). Substantiating this research, a Canadian study cond...

Germany. The period of time was one that introduced a period of ethnic intolerance (Kunovich and Hodson, 1999). The object...

need of treatment following tours in Rwanda, the Balkans and Somalia" (Auld). Mental health problems in regards to soldiers retu...

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

official entity until 1993. Today it addresses an array of nursing issues. The goals of the program are: * "Promoting quality in...

Additionally, at the completion of this study intervention, evaluation of results showed that the project also resulted in improve...