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goes way beyond the paradigm of nursing as simply a "handmaiden" to physicians. The nursing professional is required to know virtu...

indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...

and more nurses are standing at the front lines of managed care, acting somewhat as liaison between the patient and managed care o...

health of the individual and to their success in recuperation. The Association for Spirit at Work is comprised of medical profess...

that make use of color, but even these efforts have not typically met with good response by patients or hospital administrators (S...

as HMO, PPO, POS, EPO, PHO, IDS and AHP (IHA, 2002). This is creating a service that can be seen as dividing...

services. It was a clear presumption that womens contributions -- no matter how physically or mentally trying -- did not carry an...

to the bill as did many nursing executives, arguing that there was sufficient legislation already on the books that dealt with sta...

or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...

the same holds true about the theories with which these people are treated. In the United Kingdom, nurses specializing in forensi...

In seven pages this paper presents a case scenario featuring a nursing care situation and possible change of employment environmen...

prevention. Today, researchers are not disregarding the genetic component, but see this component as working in conjunction with o...

Hendersons definition of the Orem model as being the "practice of activities that individuals initiate and perform on their own be...

How governments accomplish this purpose, of course, varies considerably. In Great Britain, the government via the National Health...

issues along a continuum of health and good health is defined as a "state of complete physical, mental and social well-being" (Ada...

the problem and to eliminate it where possible. Nester (1998) quantifies the extent of the problem relating that an estimated 1,2...

making a critical separation between their medical and social responsibilities within the short time allowed in an office visit. ...

In six pages this paper considers studies that explore the link between patient care quality and nurse staffing. Five sources are...

long been an integral component to the standard of care provided at hospitals, nursing homes, home care and other situations where...

In five pages the effects of various health care practices and trends upon the nursing field are examined. Five sources are cited...

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

and sustaining without yielding, they contend that bearing is a reaction which is more passive than coping but an activity which p...

governor should strive to at least make a dent in the problem in the next four years. It seems that the most pertinent problems ar...

or reject MEDITECHs suggestions as they see fit. Whether users accept or reject the suggestions made by MEDITECH, care prov...

the medical team with which these patients have surrounded themselves. It is the patients responsibility to cooperate and do ever...

the same sort of indirect methods that they have advocated will aid the economy. For example, the Republicans are pursuing putting...

achieved that the critical care nurse may address the bio-psycho-social implications of the event (Alfafara and Hedges, 1996). Fur...

undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Gale...

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

the most frequently reported intervention classifications for NPs were patient education, drug management, nutrition support, risk...