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and each staff member were knowledgeable of hospital standards and policies in preparation for TJC or DHS inspection. We always ha...

Hospital. The purpose here is to describe and evaluate the restructuring of St. Vincents ICU to gain one-on-one nursing and so im...

recognized categories for APNs within this state (TBoN, 2006). The scope of practice for Tennessee APNs includes the legal abili...

allows justification for greater technological expenditures as well, because the patient base is not limited only to the immediate...

Tylor asserts that in order to assess a culture, one must approach it from an objective standpoint: if one does not do so, ones ow...

In five pages tis paper discusses a day in Charlemagne's life from the point of view of one of the King's cautious friends....

her mother does not always know the time of day. "He just left five minutes ago"; "That was this morning, Mother. Its night now" ...

that not only were nurses retained but that everyone on staff is motivated to be actively engaged and involved in the work environ...

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

This paper discusses a documentary film that follows eight Rweandan children as they go to a hospital for cardiac surgery. The chi...

some determining the study was inconclusive, others saying certain interventions should be made universal and still others stating...

creates a document that addresses the extent to which the program is in compliance with the standards for accreditation published ...

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

A scenario of disaster plan at a hospital is used as the basis for this essay. The scenario is described briefly, including commen...

In ten pages this paper discusses Alabama's rural hospital in a consideration of how the standards of the Joint Commission on Acc...

(Cunningham, 2008). Observed Results Cortez (2008) states that in the past, patients had been known to call 911 from their ...

(Chen et al, 2003). Accreditation has been identified as a measure of quality, but whether this results in measurable difference...

looking at a potential scenario where a patient seeks the provision of narcotics with the intention of ending their life the nurse...

The NYSNA representative agrees, suggesting that closing hospitals is not a good way to deal with the health care crisis ("Prevent...

higher salary would increase job satisfaction, the ability to raise nurses salaries in light of successful budget performance woul...

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

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

Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...

scope of service" (Eaton, 2001, p. 38). As this suggests, a college or university specializing in a specific field of study would ...

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

This paper addresses the new and growing field of forensic nursing. The author contends that forensic nursing is a necessity in t...

Empirical research ahs consistently reported that when communication between the two professions is good, which includes doctors ...

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

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) are licensed registered nurses (RNs) who have advanced graduate degree education. They ...

which are factors that are likely to have a beneficial affect on the chronic nursing shortage that is currently affecting the heal...