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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...

or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...

or other special attention to the wounds caused by burns. Each day s/he spends in the hospital is creating another reason for the...

scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic acci...

and settings. Individuals reactions to the same stressors can be quite different, with one stressor creating significant stress r...

In five pages this paper examines literature regarding the nurse's role in educating hospitalized patients on smoking cessation. ...

have more opportunity to encounter difficulties involved in nursing the critically ill. "How frequently a given stressor occurs d...

In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

patients, cleaning patients up, changing the beds for patients, helping patients go to the bathroom, and many other simple, but ne...

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

different that needs attention, but many have been able to prepare for the changes that are happening to them. Geriatric patients...

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

individual, regardless of that individuals station in or stage of life. Todays nurse has many duties and answers to people and ad...

they are working in the field now indicates that they understand the concepts and were successful in completing the ranges of stud...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...

verifies old knowledge (Wilkerson, 1998). As this suggests, the continuation of scholarly advances in the development of nursing t...

makes the point that EBP involves more than simply utilize research evidence; and Penz and Bassendowski emphasize this point by s...

many of the findings of nursing research have little or no relevance to their daily practice. Im and Meleis (1999) cite several re...

This involves intensive, one-on-one teaching, which enables autistic children to learn the intricacies of behaviors or skills via ...

interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...

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...

include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...

quality and safety for the care they can expect to receive from nurses and midwives and other health professionals are the same" (...

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...

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...