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goes way beyond the paradigm of nursing as simply a "handmaiden" to physicians. The nursing professional is required to know virtu...

to a patient over the phone and trying to convey the urgency of that patient coming in for a consultation. The patient resists, so...

This research paper presents an overview of nursing liability. The writer defines terms and describes risk management procedures. ...

with humanity, that is, to be humanistic in ones orientation refers to the principles of humanism, which has been given a variety ...

begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...

expectancy is increasing and more people are surviving serious illness and living longer with chronic illness. At the same time, t...

2008, p. 208). The purpose of the study designed by Sorensen and Yankech (2008) was to investigate whether a "research-based, th...

Programs and Addiction Treatment Centers, 2007). Breaking addiction to these and other abused drugs often requires medical interv...

increase; third-party payers strive to keep payments as low as possible; individuals seek to enhance performance or gain the great...

period of restructuring in many industries, including healthcare. Managed care organizations and changes in reimbursement rates f...

This 3 page paper looks at the type of mental models which may be used by a chief finance officer in a healthcare organization whe...

accomplish beneficial behavioral change. As Kurt Lewins pioneering work with change theory points out, any change initiative ent...

and Goshall, 1989). Antal (2000) argues that in order to develop the skills and ability to respond to these challenges there are ...

design. It is "not grounded in research that supports the therapeutic efficacy of this intervention, but upon the observation tha...

to increase sales even more outside the country, emphasizing both the U.S. and Britain first and then, considering other European ...

control in place. Question 1.3; Economic Darwinism When Darwin developed his theory of evolution he described it as the survival...

principals expressed views and their actual observed behavior Holland and Weise found numerous discrepancies. First of all, the pr...

be made under the human rights act, but even without looking at this is becomes apparent that the employers is undertaking this no...

1930s that focused on the nature of leadership. This body of research identified three principal styles of leadership, which are a...

There have been several reports over the last several years that included ideas and proposals for changes in the U.S. Army. it is ...

This essay presents a summary and analysis of "Video on Interviewing Vulnerable Elders (VIVE)," which instructs nurses and long-te...

This essay comments on four aspects of education in health care beginning with using the COPA model for basic nursing education an...

This paper reports one change that was made in a hospital. An announcement was made that nursing staff would be required to use ev...

Introduction When patients experience cardiac arrest, the response of healthcare workers can have a significant impact on patient...

the context of severe nursing shortage, it is imperative that employment strategies are designed to persuade older nurses to remai...

number of patients, in other words) and the incidence of injury at nursing homes, making this correlation a worthwhile problem to ...

for example, a terrorist attack. iii. Where a nurse is involved in a ongoing medical or surgical procedure which takes the hours i...

more, agencies to supply staff on a temporary basis. This may be for a day, a few weeks, and in some cases employees may work for ...

and simplification (Huczyniski and Buchannan, 2007). This made the employees cheaper to hire as craftsmen were no longer required,...

staffing plans need to include "planned family medical leaves, nurse retirements and other types of turnover" (Morgan and Tobin, 2...