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

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...

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

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

some problems that can be encountered include "breast engorgement, nipple soreness, and latch-on" (Hurst, 2007, p. 207). An interp...

result in septic shock. Of that 200,000, approximately half result in death due to the onset of sepsis and the subsequent septic ...

"ICU syndrome" (Elliot and Wright, 1999). In its milder form, ICU syndrome was characterized by the presence of confusion and memo...

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

(Cardozo, 2003, p. S35). Within a few hours of being admitted to the ICU, Jacks condition was evaluated using the Waterlow risk as...

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

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

Kanters position that the situational aspects of a working environment have the ability to influence worker attitudes and behavior...

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

and nurses need to be and has generated capacity and energy within that body of nursing to reach that vision" (Ralko 6). A princip...

those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

in which nurses had to request perceptions for certain types of dressing was a waste of time and resources, which in turn impacted...

to identify and to relate in terms of actual patient care. Ida Jean Orlando created a conceptual view of the nursing process whic...

are under our care. By promoting healthy and better communication between us and the patient, we do not need to involve the famil...

the associates course of study to address the very things that can make the greatest difference in patient outcomes and satisfacti...

and nursing literature abounds with how such theories influence and guide nursing practice in all of its varied aspects. For exa...

and Ingalls (2003) describe the four metaparadigms allegorically as the "roots" of a living tree, emphasizing that the metaparadig...

images represent some aspect of nursing? Examination of this question shows that two of these images are particularly helpful in d...

The concept of health also has undergone change over the years. It formerly referred to absence of disease, but now it generally ...

and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...

today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...

In five pages the cultural aspects of the nursing profession are considered in a discussion that while Canadian and U.S. nurses mi...

This research paper examines the arguments both pro and con in regards to unionizaion within the nursing profession. The writer in...

Nursing ethics and autonomy are considered in this discussion of the position statement by the ANA regarding nurses' rights to acc...

Nursing and the training of nurses through reflective practice techniques are examined in 11 pages with the importance of applying...

In ten pages this paper examines the increased visibility of a nurse's role and also considers the enhancement of nursing document...