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years, or so, and according to the Corporate Development Group (1999),providers of a leadership diagnostic system, the alignment ...
the changes that have occurred since she founded modern nursing. "Florence Nightingale provided us with a framework, relevant tod...
in 2000, allowing a long comment period before the final rule was issued in February 2003. Five rules were published in 199...
and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...
preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...
lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...
to physicians. Increasingly, "evidence-based guidelines are becoming codes of medical practice" (Healy, 2005; p. 54). Superficia...
the risk of medical errors, such as dispensing the wrong medication or the wrong dose (Nursing overtime, 2004). The study, which w...
Leaders create the future rather than simply become its victims (Kerfoot, 1998). They are generally thinking several months ahead,...
19th and early 20th centuries. Hughes and Romeo (1999) question the usefulness of education that does not address the growing div...
the religious fervor generated by the teachings of "love and mercy" by Jesus Christ resulted in a dramatic increase in charitable ...
first started to administer to the injured and the sick, the notion that nurses should be women has prevailed (Odendaul, 2004). T...
a video that presents the patients symptoms and are presented with the question "What is the most likely differential diagnosis ba...
and antibiotics" (Ersek, 2005, p. 48). Upon first glance, it would appear that euthanasia is an application that is in direct con...
including critical attributes, communication processes, and the overall benefits of school-based support groups in addressing the ...
the extent to which terminally ill individuals can be alleviated of languishing in such an inhumane state without involvement of l...
act as integral members of healthcare teams, provide direct and indirect patient care, and address central issues for patients, in...
change, understand the reasons for this change and hare a vision of the future" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). The catch is that these g...
turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...
Not only are the direct health impacts to the nurse deleterious, impaired nurses cannot meet their responsibility to provide top q...
parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...
reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...
interactions with their patients and with each other have. Kurt Lewins change theory holds that change is incremental. It occurs...
2003, p. 50). Comments went on to say that it is disheartening when they arent acknowledged in any way for the hard work they do (...
for protocol and for adhering to standard practice. There are many aspects of the job for which the nurse is best suited to addre...
money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...
and was told not to consider having children for fear of passing on defective genes (Sheldon, 1997; p. 34). This occurred d...
opportunity to do. The earliest nurses were to provide patient comfort and care for patients in the manner that physicians expect...
the issue of work stress, noting that it is often difficult to strike a balance between beneficial and detrimental stress. Writin...
exist for generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women w...