Essays 121 - 150
an advanced practice nurse. The benefits that a nurse midwife can bring to a first-time mother include information that the mothe...
Fifteen pages and 8 sources. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the information available about job opportunities fo...
(Cunningham, 2008). Observed Results Cortez (2008) states that in the past, patients had been known to call 911 from their ...
reality of the profession. It needs a makeover much as it had in the 19th century in Brittan when nursing reformers struggled to h...
This essay includes three sections. The fist section reflects on tempered change strategies as described in a journal article. The...
homes. Rather, it is a high-quality facility dedicated to providing the best of care to its residents. Staff members are employe...
have otherwise been a lingering existence in private homes or disreputable hospitals. Inasmuch as the nurse is "temporarily the c...
practitioner surgeries are run by practice nurses, only making referrals to other members of the healthcare team when required, Th...
to nursing practice in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as the welfare of each high-needs baby is intrinsically tied to fami...
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...
based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...
that they are often asked to take care of more patients with higher acuity levels than they have in the past (Hassmiller and Cozin...
quality and safety for the care they can expect to receive from nurses and midwives and other health professionals are the same" (...
individual family member are considered within this context (Friedman, Bowden and Jones 37). In analyzing the various theories th...
supply and the importance of fruit and vegetables in the patients diet. She authored over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on nurs...
include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...
Sometimes the ability to perform foot self-exams for follow-up education or acute illness (Nettles, 2005, p. 44). Additionally, ...
task forces, committees, and organizational projects," while also serving as "resources to other nurses to facilitate advancing sk...
nurses are part of this generation and a large majority of nurses are retiring. It has been estimated that 50 percent of the count...
are possess "awareness and intention," and can construct a sense of self-identity and meaning," which includes the ability to choo...
background of hospital RNs is a significant factor in providing quality nursing care, as this study showed that the level of educa...
patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...
the ability of an institution to deliver quality, error-free care. At the Six Sigma level, there are roughly "3.4 errors per one m...
(Allmark, 2003, p. 4). Poststructuralism: This perspective takes a deconstructive view of structuralism and "sees inquiry as ine...
serve to mentor teens and provide socially positive guidance and support. Diagnostic and screening exams will also be available, b...
and * Student presentations (50.6 percent" (Burkemper, et al, 2007, p. 14). Less than one third of the courses surveyed indicat...
report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...
their web site with which this nursing organization is involved. For instance, the AACN promotes a specific cardiovascular health ...
that is, a full-fledged study, the independent variable refers to the part of the methodology that is manipulated and the dependen...