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in the uterus, it has become a blastocyst and the layers of the blastocyst begin to differentiate, with the outer layer becoming t...

Beyond the actual symptoms of depression, psychologists and psychiatrists have also developed several models of depression. One of...

Advances in technology have changed everything from how patients are diagnosed to acute care to managing chronic illnesses. Techno...

history of prostate cancer should be aware that they have a higher risk of developing this disease. It is unknown why, but Black m...

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

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...

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...

not the case that there is a greater likelihood of both twins being afflicted with schizophrenia; often, one twin has it but the o...

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

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

should be political informed by drawing on a variety of sources for information; vote for the candidates and/or ballot issues that...

the population than does acute forms of leukemia (Mayo Clinic, 2009). Acute leukemia typically occurs in younger individuals wher...

other organs. Renal damage is of particular concern. Addressing hypertension first demands identifying the condition. Unfortun...

nurses are part of this generation and a large majority of nurses are retiring. It has been estimated that 50 percent of the count...

supply and the importance of fruit and vegetables in the patients diet. She authored over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on nurs...

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

patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...

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...

(one of the complicating factors in coronary artery disease) on an annual basis (Woods 27). Unfortunately, even more go untreated...

Being a temporary mood lifter, marijuana actually creates even more of a problem for someone experiencing the throes of major depr...

in any other state must, as of January 1, 2008, have a masters or another advanced graduate degree in nursing (Phillips, 2005). Wi...

sent them scrambling to revise the law to include only infants. This was also a lesson for other states offering or considering t...

Background/Review of Literature The eight articles/studies that constitute this literature review encompasses several key concept...

When researchers looked into what might cause this shrinkage, it was found that it could be the result of having loss of glia, whi...

from colds to cancer (AFP, 2005). The researchers discovered that during periods of stress, the body releases a hormone called neu...

The asymptomatic form of the disease, meaning the disease without symptoms, can be diagnosed by the presence of thousands or even ...