Essays 511 - 540
or chronic illness; however, nurse practitioners also have additional intensive education that involves risk reduction and prevent...
help each other by merely listening and offering words of encouragement. My psychologist friend firmly believed that lifestyle ch...
for the precise coding of medication in order to avoid the errors listed above (Woods and Doan-Johnson, 2002). Cohen, Robinson and...
and was replaced by the broader term, telehealth (Maheu et al 7). The definition has also evolved to encompass all types of healt...
thinks is, to a certain extent, a result of genetic influences; however, this capacity is also highly influenced by the process o...
today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...
arise during this absence. Not only is this practice unacceptable professionally, but it is also problematic legalistically, as th...
the risk of medical errors, such as dispensing the wrong medication or the wrong dose (Nursing overtime, 2004). The study, which w...
own paper. Specify the institution, the type of degree, and precisely what your GPA was, not simply "greater than 3.5." I have f...
is simply to require that their nursing staff make up for understaffing by working mandatory overtime on a more or less permanent ...
trying times of their lives. Nurses have the capacity to improve lives. Nothing could be more meaningful or provide a greater sens...
rely on "surrogate" decision-makers, family members capable of making treatment decisions on their behalf. As a result, this stud...
1999). Lee and his family owned a small business and had no health or medical insurance. The family was urged to begin the process...
that is, a full-fledged study, the independent variable refers to the part of the methodology that is manipulated and the dependen...
define what other mechanisms are brought into the healing process. For example, Gordon et al (2002) argue that depending on the v...
on diabetes into categories and addresses these topics on separate web pages, as does the first site. The homepage explains that t...
required qualified, competent staff. This resulted in the establishment of training schools for nurses (Formal training, 2005). Un...
not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...
"significant anxiety, particularly before they discover the most effective symptom management" (Moloney, et al, 2001, p. 19). In o...
their own condition. Judkins and Ingram (2002) designed a self-paced learning module in order to determine whether knowledge relat...
result that nursing pays well enough to support a family now, which is in great contrast to conditions in the distant past. The p...
be more enlightening and convey a more precise meaning than an extended descriptive passage. At this point, the student researchin...
Hanson (2004) recommends a toothbrush, but specifies that it should be soft and that non-abrasive toothpaste should be selected. P...
(1999), research shows that the level of education reached by an RN contributes to a sense of professional autonomy and those nurs...
lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...
a nurses role as a change agent in data base management. Fonville, Killian, and Tranbarger (1998) note that successful nurses of ...
Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...
her, per se, but rather with her expectations of Madeline, which are not age appropriate. The scenario says that Madeline knows be...
and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...
for APNs. One such path is to be a nurse anesthetist, who is a licensed APN who is considered to be using personal professional ju...