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Atrial Fibrillation

percent of al cardiac surgery patients (Brantman and Howie, 2006). While this postoperative condition is typically well-tolerated ...

Non-Clinical Director Functions

properly, nursing staff is highly aware of this lack. Research into nursing staff retention has found that the quality of housekee...

APN Roles, an Overview

This research paper explores nursing literature pertaining to the role of advanced practice nurses (APNs). The writer first discus...

Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing

This research paper discusses ten different topics that pertain to advanced practice nursing. The topics discussed include Watson'...

The Future of Nursing, The IOM Report

This research paper discusses the Future of Nursing, which is a report issued by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the...

EBP from Three Perspectives

This essay provides a student with a hypothetical guide to discussing interviews with RN, a nurse practitioner and a patient conce...

Nursing Practice Theories

This 2 page paper gives an overview of using middle range theory on regards to the nursing practice. This paper explains how evalu...

APN Posts, Definition and Roles

This essay pertains to how the International Council of Nurses defines advanced nursing practice and it also discusses the confusi...

Nursing and Bullying

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

Interpersonal Relations Model, Peplau

describe the utility of Peplaus model in working with a 62-year-old man, Jason, who was suffering from depression and anxiety resu...

An Annotated Bibliography of Nurse Research

prevent the potential of incidences of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. The authors maintained that pre-participation card...

Pain Management and Music Therapy

a role, as well as the elements of the music itself. Studies show that slow rhythms tend to be calming, while faster tempos tend t...

Nursing and Communication Theory

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

NJ's Advanced Practice Nurses

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

Florence Nightingale's Work

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

Nursing Theory Selection and Implementation

are, meaning that their immediate physical conditions affect the likelihood of success of the procedures they are about to undergo...

Clinical Nursing Ladder System Development

process variation, foster awareness of the impact of different clinical decisions, and encourage reduction in undesirable practice...

Homosexuality in the Male From a Clinical Perspective

characteristic. Subsequent psychological researchers and theorists were then able to elaborate on such factors in order to determi...

Temporary Agency Nurses' Accountability and Competence in a Hospital Setting

not only better oriented overall to do the job but who also would be paid enough to have an incentive to stay in the job or put ma...

Nursing in Great Britain, Clinical Supervision

patient care" (p. 438). Prior to 1970, nursing training in the UK could be described as rigid and highly structured. After...

Pain Management and Long Term Care Residents' Rights

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...

Comparison of Integrative, Quantitative, and Qualitative Research Designs

to be exclusionary in terms of acceptable methods and resulted in what Taylor called "the great fault of modern psychology ... tha...

Advanced Practice Nurses and Their Significance

In fifteen pages this paper discusses the health care setting in an examination of the advanced practice nurse or nurse practition...

Epidural Analgesia and Nursing Practice

In seven pages this research paper discusses epidural analgesia in an overview that examines nursing practice and considers the Ce...

Clinical Skills Evaluation and the Teaching Role of Nurses

In seven pages this research paper discusses the new teaching approaches in nursing education and how the ever growing field will ...

Responsibilities of Nursing Directors

In five pages Directors of Nursing are examined in terms of their many responsibilities which include business management, human r...

Critical Care Settings and Nursing

In five pages this paper discusses ethical situations that typically arise for nurses in clinical care environments. Six sources ...

Pregnancy, Drug Use, and Nursing

In six pages this research paper discusses substance addicted pregnant mothers and the positive impacts of nursing practice and nu...

CNS' Function and Role

This paper examines a Clinical Nurse Specialist's function and role with leadership, specialization, and changing role among the t...

Overview of Family Nurse Practitioner

crosses over all these disciplines (Warda, 2001). Family is defined broadly to incorporate the diverse structures of family in to...