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are necessary for patient survival" (Kelley, 2005, p. 2). When the blood volume in the body is too low, it activates "compensatory...

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

in death is a wise safeguard. In the early part of the twentieth century, rationalizations abounded in medical literature that def...

Rural Nurses, represented by registered nurse and practicing attorney Jacqulyn Hall, filed an amici curiae (friends of the court) ...

nursing care over the past decade and how do they support the argument for a continuum of educational practices for nursing profes...

a long period, have the opportunity to build relationships with them and are able to come to know the individual patients response...

over the course of several years of research into the issue. Most styles also depend on an array of variables including "organiza...

will--in all likelihood--result in a professional negligence suit, rather than criminal charges. Suits against nurses result from ...

NAON recognizes that learning and developing professional is a life-long processes and it helps orthopedic nurses achieve the goal...

Smith, et al. (2002) explain that their purpose "was to investigate the effects of therapeutic massage on selected outcomes relate...

legislation that authorizes a Nurse Licensure Compact (National Council of the State Boards of Nursing, Nurse Licensure Compact, 2...

Additionally, the model also "incorporates a life span continuum, where the individual passes from fully dependent at birth, to fu...

nurse seeks to preserve any culture-specific aspect of the patients life everywhere possible. When some culturally-linked aspect ...

which a person demonstrates fundamental functioning in their life environment (Jones and Kilpatrick, 1996). In other words, the c...

of the greatest areas of concern. Finding sufficient time for school, as well as all other activities required of the student, was...

recognition of cultural and social influences on health care outcomes. As a result, advanced practice nurses have also become int...

considered one of a number of high stress jobs, and stress is problematic, causing inefficiencies, high staffing turnover rates an...

the central problem is often the inappropriate use of unlicensed personnel in the workplace setting. Though nurse mangers are ins...

required qualified, competent staff. This resulted in the establishment of training schools for nurses (Formal training, 2005). Un...

prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...

result that nursing pays well enough to support a family now, which is in great contrast to conditions in the distant past. The p...

member with a meaningful recovery experience? When did you first realize that you wanted to help others? Relating personal details...

individuals personal integrity, which is defined as a "sense of worth which can be conserved through consideration of cultural, et...

issue of regulatory interest when attached to direct patient care (Nursing, 2004). As few nurses with no patient responsibilities...

nurse, 2005). In addition to basic educational preparation at the RN level, oncology nursing practice also requires cancer-speci...

influential resource and is a resource in which the patient will rely. Ethics Issues In this paper the treatment of a pati...

students. Why is there a nursing shortage? Basically, there is a nursing shortage because governments have not done what was requ...

2003). Most international nurses coming to the US come from the Philippines, but many also come from Canada and India with addit...

up billboards offering cash incentives, while nursing schools also originated creative means of recruiting more students (Wells). ...

the very act of following the "law" (i.e., supply and demand) of economics now has exacerbated the shortage of nurses who also are...