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the religious fervor generated by the teachings of "love and mercy" by Jesus Christ resulted in a dramatic increase in charitable ...
first started to administer to the injured and the sick, the notion that nurses should be women has prevailed (Odendaul, 2004). T...
19th and early 20th centuries. Hughes and Romeo (1999) question the usefulness of education that does not address the growing div...
By the early 1930s, the issue had become politically viable and in 1938 "the struggle over control of health care spilled over int...
hospital stays (Cole and Soucy, 2003). While all ICU patients have serious and potentially life-threatening conditions, those ov...
and antibiotics" (Ersek, 2005, p. 48). Upon first glance, it would appear that euthanasia is an application that is in direct con...
degree (CBS News). Where 4.1 percent of new female nurses leave the profession after four years, 7.5 percent of new male nurses lo...
stability, while the goal of tertiary prevention "is to help the patient return to wellness following treatment" (Torakis and Smig...
that the government did not intend when establishing Medicare in the 1960s. At present, Medicare virtually rules all of Ame...
a video that presents the patients symptoms and are presented with the question "What is the most likely differential diagnosis ba...
their profession to be their career and it definitely requires career-long continuous professional development. Why then, does a...
the extent to which terminally ill individuals can be alleviated of languishing in such an inhumane state without involvement of l...
including critical attributes, communication processes, and the overall benefits of school-based support groups in addressing the ...
money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...
Unlike the nonprofit hospitals that are becoming increasingly rare, HMOs are not required to provide any service to anyone who is ...
the non-emergency sections of the hospital or when they are in the doctors office or the resident clinic! Heart attacks happen! ...
just need a positive touch from another human being. The student investigating the relationship of nursing contribution to patien...
2003, p. 50). Comments went on to say that it is disheartening when they arent acknowledged in any way for the hard work they do (...
for protocol and for adhering to standard practice. There are many aspects of the job for which the nurse is best suited to addre...
partners. The relationship dates back to at least 1945 when Harry Truman wanted to "wage war against infirmity" (Jones, 2003, p. 3...
the processes of care and generally utilizes claims data in order to discern rates of service delivery that are, in turn, linked t...
A nurses dedication and selflessness recall a mothers sacrifice and care (Dworkin, 2002). Furthermore, Dworking (2002) points out ...
preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...
lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...
to physicians. Increasingly, "evidence-based guidelines are becoming codes of medical practice" (Healy, 2005; p. 54). Superficia...
to nonadherence to medication in the mentally ill elderly is attempting to successfully pinpoint a single yet comprehensive connot...
and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...
the changes that have occurred since she founded modern nursing. "Florence Nightingale provided us with a framework, relevant tod...
in 2000, allowing a long comment period before the final rule was issued in February 2003. Five rules were published in 199...
can add to scarcity, such as time and income (Schenk, 2004). Furthermore, resources are limited, such as manpower, machinery and n...