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

that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...

left to deny anything connected with the loss, either before or after the fact. Those left behind also need to acknowledge the me...

report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

call for compliance with standardized procedures, health codes, and licensing requirements, all of which have been initiated to su...

has left the facility and has gone home to the comforts of home in order to spend the last days, weeks or months of their life in ...

Decision-making, critical thinking and advocacy are all important in the modern hospital experience. This paper examines a patient...

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

In seven pages the confidentiality issues nurses must contend with are discussed within the weighty context of the trust between p...

In seventeen pages this research paper examines the U.S. system of health care in terms of the empirical studies that indicate the...

long after all signs of consciousness have ceased. Is this "good"? Is this beneficent? The news tells us of parents confronting me...

This research paper pertains to actions that nurses undertake to aid heart failure patients in regards to self-care management. Th...

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...

All of the results of this reengineering, however, were not as positive. The process had not taken into consideration the fact th...

nurses by 2012 to eliminate the shortage (Rosseter, 2009). By 2020, the District of Columbia along with at least 44 states will ha...

several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...

In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...

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

the various roles and responsibilities that the specialty involves, they share the common quality that the nursing process is inhe...

well with Watsons care model. Watson has seven assumptions, the first is that care is demonstrated in an interpersonal level (Geor...

in which nurses had to request perceptions for certain types of dressing was a waste of time and resources, which in turn impacted...

to the wide-ranging aspect of nursing than merely administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise ...

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

The purpose - indeed the entire study - does not specifically identify variables that can be labeled as independent. It is not an...

in the study had suffered at least one urinary tract infection in the preceding 24 months. Wild (et al, 2010, p309) found an even ...

situation. As a provider of care, it is the role of the community health nurse to address the needs of Centerville adolescents i...

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

a discussion and review of literature that focuses on hypertension (HTN) among minority ethnic groups, with a particular emphasis ...