Essays 271 - 300
field of nursing and in particular for nursing home facilities. Valid data could put pressure on nursing homes to hire an adequate...
have access to a range of drugs. Bennett (et al, 2000) argues that the overall rate of substance abuse in the nursing popualtion r...
in those nursing homes that maintained adequate staffing, but beyond that, the administrative climate of the nursing home facility...
MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...
(Walsh, 2003; p. 22). The intended role is that of partner with an MD in providing direct patient care in terms of serving in rol...
legal errors (Fackelmann, 2002). Furthermore, the AMA study demonstrated that there is a direct statistical connection between th...
development of nurse-operated continence centers, which provide conservative management for UI (Bernier, 2002). Continence nurses...
the educational setting, and considers the role of school nurses. At a time when an increasing number of students are receiving s...
with "depression, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and decreased overall physical and mental functioning" (Hearn, 2001). Problem Stat...
Medical Center, 2002). It is estimated that 13 to 18 million adults suffer from incontinence at some time or other (Mercy Medical...
that nurse is guilty of doing something unethical. Nurses must impose a high standard of care in the office, hospital or home sett...
1999). Elderly patients who are alert, and not declared incompetent, have the right to refuse treatment, which includes turning or...
US shortage has caused many healthcare institutions to look for nurses outside their countrys borders and many nurses are leaving ...
for registered nurses by 2010 (Feeg 8). While statistics such as these have received a great deal of press, what is less well kno...
if the individual discovers that he or she has thoughts and feelings that are "very basic and very strong" with regard to others o...
the risk of medical errors, such as dispensing the wrong medication or the wrong dose (Nursing overtime, 2004). The study, which w...
make a real difference. In helping professions, such leadership is desirable. The health care industry today is fraught with probl...
their own condition. Judkins and Ingram (2002) designed a self-paced learning module in order to determine whether knowledge relat...
familys emotional state through observation and empathic listening. They can explore their own emotions through self-examination a...
p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...
versatile medium, learning how to create web pages and make them interactive and user-friendly. It is important that care provid...
This paper is basically about nurse leadership. A scenario was presented in which a nurse director needed to present a new annual ...
that they are often asked to take care of more patients with higher acuity levels than they have in the past (Hassmiller and Cozin...
whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...
between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...
to nursing practice in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as the welfare of each high-needs baby is intrinsically tied to fami...
organization, impacting in the strategies that are adopted, determining goals and creating or influencing culture (Mintzberg et al...
the ability to benefit from economies of scale. In order to develop a strategy to deal with the HRM issues that have arisen it is ...
CEO of the Wireless Telecom Company is forwards looking, looking for projects in which to invest. It appears that he has some very...
et al, 2004). The plan did not go as expected as the firm over positioning itself, the marketing if the quality and the premium po...