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there is no cure either for Alzheimers disease or the various forms of dementia on the horizon, healthcare practitioners should "i...

"become a universal law" (Kant, 1993, p. 30). In other words, Kants main criteria for action is that the individual should conside...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

a specialized body of knowledge, skills and experience that enables these nurses to offer a high standard of care to critically il...

lawyers, uncaring nurses and pedophile clergy is to cut back on scientific research--a tenuous conclusion at best. Where the art...

the mountains in California, ride a horse in the Grand Canyon, volunteer in a cancer center, finish painting his house, attend his...

This research paper/essay addresses the topic of nursing delegation within the context of a sub-acute unit located within a nursin...

caregiver can also ask if they belong to a spiritual, community or religious group (involvement); if the children attend religious...

design. It is "not grounded in research that supports the therapeutic efficacy of this intervention, but upon the observation tha...

food, clean water and - most important for some people who did not survive - electricity to keep their life-sustaining equipment r...

Dementia is becoming more prevalent because more people are living into older ages. As we age, we have a greater risk of getting o...

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

(in English) between the years 1989 and 2004. The extent of the literature review appears to be sufficient to support the research...

leaders should facilitate their development of trans-cultural nursing skills such as being able to assess patterns that are eviden...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...

This paper explains, describes, and discusses three specific therapies that can be used with dementia patients. They are: reality ...

charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...

carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...

the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...

also a former student of Vivians is now in the rather awkward position of also being one of her doctors, as he is an intern and re...

pilot study was performed first, in which the research tested the methodology. This also involved developing an interview schedule...

hospital stays (Cole and Soucy, 2003). While all ICU patients have serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, those ov...

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

differences between these two classifications are then described and three factors that are believe to influence the formation of ...

This research paper describes a patient with congestive heart failure, giving a case study overview of nursing care. Six pages in ...

This paper considers how nurses can become an agent of change in regard to ageism, the myths surrounding it, and the care of older...

explained the process further and made it clear that he would perform the catheterization, the man approved. As this indicates, fr...