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This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

Decision-making, critical thinking and advocacy are all important in the modern hospital experience. This paper examines a patient...

report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...

of diabetes care, including blood/glucose monitoring, food intake monitoring, exercise monitoring, and insulin administration. Be...

agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...

Alcohol poses a direct risk as a result of the physical impact it has on the body. The use of alcohol is often seen as a social ...

what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what desperate enterprise I will?" (Marlowe). He consciously and actively ch...

homes. Rather, it is a high-quality facility dedicated to providing the best of care to its residents. Staff members are employe...

authors state that research "and theory are key underpinnings that guide safe, effective, and comprehensive" (p. 35) practice. As...

nurse seeks to preserve any culture-specific aspect of the patients life everywhere possible. When some culturally-linked aspect ...

the question of what effect an aging nursing work force has on American healthcare in general. First and foremost, the aging of ...

pilot study was performed first, in which the research tested the methodology. This also involved developing an interview schedule...

imply, a standardized nursing language provides a "uniform nomenclature for the diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation components...

quality and care" of health services that offered to rural areas throughout the US (Clinton, 2007). In addition to providing fun...

30 months, as this is when between 13 and 28 percent of senior nurses are due to retire (Sibbald, 2003). Currently, close to a thi...

generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women would even ...

socially isolating, as outside opinion is discounted. The team adopts a "defensive posture," which is evidenced by "derogatory, de...

graduate nursing hires (Truman, 2004, p. 45). The novice nurses participate in six hours of classroom instruction, plus thirty hou...

endeavor. Nursing in any context requires a detailed knowledge of individual patients. Specifically, a forensic nurse will have a...

to protect their anonymity; however, the actions and attitudes that Glittenberg describes reflects the cultural orientation of the...

embarrassment in front of others, withheld pay increases, and termination" (Marriner-Tomey, 2004, p. 118). While conferring reward...

defining the leadership characteristics that would be the focus of this educational effort (Pintar, Capuano and Rosser, 2007). As ...

2001). Toms condition remained so precarious that personal care for him had to be done very tentatively. For example, brushing his...

less people living in rural communities and the "more remote geographical regions" of Australia than in urban locales (Bushy 104)....

age. Therefore, the patient population is increasing. This factor is also influenced by the fact that that the huge lump in the Am...

chosen. The Metropolitan Museum of Art indicates two events that would be appropriate for a humanities-oriented fieldtrip geared...

self-knowledge (Simpson, 2004). While anecdotal evidence is not regarded as conclusive, the experience of individual nurses in reg...

promotion can address a variety of nursing clients in a variety of circumstances. For example, Richardson (2002) acknowledges that...

numbers of young students came to believe that perhaps nursing would provide an outlet for caring natures as well as support a fam...

(Domrose, 2001). However, current trends have developed that have greatly expanded the scope of med-surg nursing, which includes a...