Essays 421 - 450
MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...
The link between nurse caring and patient satisfaction has been reported numerous times. For instance, the AORN journal reported a...
At the heart of nursing is the nurse-patient relationship, which provides the foundation for nursing care (Patusky, 2003). This r...
achieved that the critical care nurse may address the bio-psycho-social implications of the event (Alfafara and Hedges, 1996). Fur...
reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...
international trade, has also increased pollution from diesel engines (Bostwick, 2004). A 20 parts-per-billion increase in ozone l...
not unusual given that there is a common perception that the higher a persons educational attainment the greater level of employme...
has focused on two corollary components: 1. the accuracy of body size estimations and 2. the attitudes and feelings individuals ...
the mountains in California, ride a horse in the Grand Canyon, volunteer in a cancer center, finish painting his house, attend his...
the word alone that Watsons ideology is based not just upon clinical actions but upon the implementation of emotional availability...
money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...
accomplishing the task or objective rather than on people (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004). They make the policies and rules ...
This left Mee with little opportunity to connect with these patients as human beings and she started "to feel like a machine," whi...
for nurses who come into intimate contact with clients from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Ott, Al-Khadhuri and Al-Junaibi...
are working, for example, in pediatrics(Sherman 2004). Therefore, she suggests, as many have, that the nursing professional learn ...
and can be applied in a variety of clinical settings, as well as in educational programs and research. Orems theory is bas...
differences between Orems theories and those of others. The intention of this paper is to work through each of these steps and to...
practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...
to are not likely to be illicit drugs but rather the same prescribed drugs with which they treat their patients (Texas Medical Ass...
effectiveness has been studied extensively, and that studies consistently conclude that NP-based care is comparable to that origin...
in those nursing homes that maintained adequate staffing, but beyond that, the administrative climate of the nursing home facility...
associated with a considerable change in the traditional locus-of-control can be safely confronted, and professional practice can ...
the term public health nurses" (JWA - Lillian Wald, n.d.). The public health nurses at the turn of the 20th century visited...
basic assumptions surrounding specific topics. My short-term goals include developing Consultants in Complex Neurodisability, a h...
and nursing literature abounds with how such theories influence and guide nursing practice in all of its varied aspects. For exa...
led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...
and Ingalls (2003) describe the four metaparadigms allegorically as the "roots" of a living tree, emphasizing that the metaparadig...
Understanding that there is a step by step progression, both physically and psychologically, can be part of the nurses role in thi...
how change can be effectively managed and challenges in the transformation of nursing and health care delivery. Clearly, Roys mod...
and with others interacting with the patient. Mezirow (1991) promotes the use of critical reflection in building new knowle...