Essays 901 - 930
issue of regulatory interest when attached to direct patient care (Nursing, 2004). As few nurses with no patient responsibilities...
the very act of following the "law" (i.e., supply and demand) of economics now has exacerbated the shortage of nurses who also are...
to the wide-ranging aspect of nursing than merely administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise ...
and continues to do so, over the past two decades, as it was first published in 1979 (Falk-Rafael, 2000). In formulating her theor...
member with a meaningful recovery experience? When did you first realize that you wanted to help others? Relating personal details...
different that needs attention, but many have been able to prepare for the changes that are happening to them. Geriatric patients...
individual, regardless of that individuals station in or stage of life. Todays nurse has many duties and answers to people and ad...
from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...
relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...
patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...
In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...
gives the appearance of increased attention to theory and evidenced-based nursing in an atmosphere of caring for the individual. ...
2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...
the realization of the "dehumanizing" of patients that led to them being referred to as "Bed x," "Case x" or some other nameless, ...
or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...
of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...
risk factors that can be altered, with special attention to lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. B. Treatment of ischemia usua...
such as medical history as well as their role in consultation and also in the way that preventative healthcare is delivered, the ...
drugs and to administer those drugs in a manner that is beneficial to our patients as well as being put into a positions where we ...
when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...
in the 19th and early 20th century, the fact is even more remarkable. "Well and Strong and Young" Updike writes that in 1854 Bar...
ethics are a part of the concern. The hospital should not accept a patient load that it cannot handle. Another example of an issue...
in scientific reasoning that she changed the face of nursing. She made use of statistical analysis in order to demonstrate the way...
I replied that I could develop a program with her supervision, that nurses were more interested in furthering their training than ...
not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...
result that nursing pays well enough to support a family now, which is in great contrast to conditions in the distant past. The p...
This paper offers answers to three nursing questions that address the role of nurse practitioners, the Consensus Model for APRN Re...
a statement made early-on in the post, which is that nursing has the potential to make a huge contribution to the transformation o...
evolved through various versions of the ANA Code. In addition to describing the duties and obligations that provision 1 entails, T...
is commonly utilized in other discourse in relation to the management of energy resources not related to human physical function. ...