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their infants, and this factor is associated with increased morbidity and mortality, as well as significant financial expenditures...

and Kramer (2008) to describe the ability of nurses to be cognizant of and reflect upon the wide variety of cultural, social and p...

They are in the community and spreading bacterial infections to the general public. Appropriate health care could greatly improve ...

percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...

client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...

a profession, nursing theory has responded to meet the needs of nurses. For example, from the mid-1970s through the 1980s, the foc...

derives from Greek mythology, as it was the character of Mentor in Homers great epic poem who served Odysseus as a faithful adviso...

in the overall quality of care delivered by community health nurses (CHNs) is providing end-of-life care that is holistic and cong...

Alcohol poses a direct risk as a result of the physical impact it has on the body. The use of alcohol is often seen as a social ...

rate at the hospital soon declined by two-thirds (Garofalo and Fee, 2010). This emphasis is immediately evident in Nightingales No...

in emergency nursing, as the my mentor expressed obtaining this certification would enhance my professional development. The Ped...

evaluated stated that they are predominantly "hands-on learners." Eight of the 10 nurses evaluated stated they were hands-on lear...

agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...

also possess knowledge concerning a particular family as a whole, including the intricacies of its family system, the position of ...

nursing from the time when Florence Nightingale founded modern nursing in the nineteenth century. Since Nightingale, a variety of ...

for an expert mentor, which are "being an authority in the field, an educator, a counselor, a sponsor, and having personal commitm...

documentation towards the use of electronic medical records (EMRs). This frequently, however, causes conflict among nursing staff,...

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

County Community College (DCCC) located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serves the educational needs of 28,000 students annually ...

risen in the US population, there has been corresponding increase in the incidence of diabetes mellitus, which is associated with ...

This research paper is written as a journal account that records the response of the writer, who has been assigned to handle a hos...

This research paper discusses the problem of poor communication in regards to nursing handoff and describes two new tools to aid t...

This essay is about proposed policies and legislation that addressed the nursing shortage. It also brings in proposed changed to M...

The writer presents a proposal to support a plan for setting up and running a nursing agency, providing nursing and other healthca...

This essay describes traits and values that are associated with being a nursing educator, learner responsibilities and the profess...

environment is highly competitive and consumers have high expectations in regards to the quality and effectiveness of the services...

housing, case management, nutritional guidance and vocational rehabilitation, as well as the development of new approaches to prev...

the staff endeavors not only to care for our residents physical needs, but also for their psychological, social, and emotional nee...

of Health (NMDH) indicates that, as of 2007, it was estimated that 157,930 New Mexico adults, 18 years of age and older, had diabe...

a statement made early-on in the post, which is that nursing has the potential to make a huge contribution to the transformation o...