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generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women would even ...

socially isolating, as outside opinion is discounted. The team adopts a "defensive posture," which is evidenced by "derogatory, de...

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

30 months, as this is when between 13 and 28 percent of senior nurses are due to retire (Sibbald, 2003). Currently, close to a thi...

the question of what effect an aging nursing work force has on American healthcare in general. First and foremost, the aging of ...

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

a company rather than career corrections officers, they are underpaid, demoralized, and the turnover is high (Friedmann, 1999). Pr...

he were tidying up and cleaning his cell, it is unlikely that he would strew items about. Rather, it is quite likely that he woul...

to 75 percent of inmates presently serving drug related sentences (What Causes Overcrowding in Jails and Prisons). Next, mandator...

after which he cleans the room, which is his "job," apparently, in the prison (Myers, 2007). After that, he goes to the exercise r...

are not always paragons of virtue; they may use methods of unfair intimidation against certain inmates while allowing the actions ...

sums up this code very well: Even if you do not feel tough enough to cope, act as if you are. Suffer in silence. Never admit you a...

Ron Wiebe (2000) flatly states that the major security problem that prisons face is "contraband control and the management of drug...

30 of the respondents or 32.6% had no history of abuse. 24 respondents equating to 26.08% of the sample had a history of abuse as ...

This essay provides a summary and analysis of the research conducted by Solum and Schaffer (2003), which involved a study sample o...

brings up the question as to "What kind of society could justify locking up so many of its young men," who are the principle demo...

to become productive citizens upon their ultimate release back into society. Advocates of these programs have long argued how the...

and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...

expected to develop some form of cancer "or another rapidly debilitating condition and well be dead within a year of getting the d...

1999). Lee and his family owned a small business and had no health or medical insurance. The family was urged to begin the process...

can symbolize aspects of society that a community would just as soon forget, such as prison inmates. When social ills as poverty,...

effective. The differences which exist between men and women inmates in the prison system range from differences in need fo...

gang situation for most of the nation has escalated and California reflects those trends. As a result, specific laws pertaining on...

punishment.iv It was a close vote of 4 to 3, which means that not all justices on that court believed electrocution to be cruel an...

he could use public transportation to visit his parents nearby town. In short, the argument that Mr. Paul depends on his dr...

For countless numbers of women, their crime and subsequent incarceration are the outcomes of other painful life experiences. Lopez...

and 7) is noteworthy and requires further study" (Vlahov et al. 1129). In addition this study found that "The incidence of HIV-...

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

that there is a growing body of research data that indicates that rehabilitation and/or reformation through the process of incarce...

2010). The first provision of the ANA code specifies that nurses should show "compassion and respect" in regards to the "dignity, ...