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between those who supported mandatory staffing ratios, based on research such as the study conducted by Linda Aiken, and the stanc...

that they are often asked to take care of more patients with higher acuity levels than they have in the past (Hassmiller and Cozin...

whoever the client might be, that is, an individual, family, group or community. The third provision indicates that nurses are als...

Budget cutbacks, burnout and lack of student enrollment have precluded sufficient staffing in many critical areas of healthcare. ...

the nurse is uncertain of which tasks are appropriate to delegation, as well as the skill level of UAPs, their reluctance becomes ...

the "niche were multiple members encounter and respond to disease and illness across the life course" (Denham, 2003, p. 143). Nurs...

expectancy is increasing and more people are surviving serious illness and living longer with chronic illness. At the same time, t...

(2003) gives the example of an nurse assigned to a busy intensive care unit (ICU) began experiencing clear signs of traumatic stre...

nurses should understand these patients thoroughly, "who they are, where they live and with whom, their current health status and ...

either ill or injured, and therefore requires the aid of health care professionals. One might also feel that "person" underscores ...

It is well known that there is a significant shortage of registered nurses that will continue to grow. There is a difference of op...

The paper begins by briefly identifying and explaining three of the standard change theory/models. The stages of each are named. T...

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

"interactive, systems, and developmental" approaches (Tourville and Ingalls 21). The systems model of nursing perceives the meta...

in grades Kindergarten through 8 (Erford and Hase, 2006). It has 24 items that are rated on a scale of 1 to 5, almost never to alm...

by persistent discomfort with ones sex" (Meyenburg, 1999, p. 305). This gender identification with the opposite sex typically com...

patients experiencing either symptoms or full episodes of depression much more frequently than those of mania or hypomania" (Micha...

This 5-page paper examines the disease of multiple sclerosis, the symptoms, treatment options and other factors. Bibliograpy lists...

diagnosis. There is insufficient data to asses this criteria. The third criteria is identity disturbance, such as unstabl...

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

body" (What causes anemia?, 2009). The symptoms of this condition include pale skin and fatigue, and the causes include "[A]n iron...

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

a relatively new mental illness category. Gunderson (2001) explained that borderline personality disorder "is layered between neur...

The general symptoms of strokes, both ischemic and hemorrhagic, and transient ischemic attack will have a sudden onset (Caplan, 20...

This paper offers an abstract for study that pertains to the under-diagnosis of obesity. One page in length, no sources are cited....

This 8 page paper lists the notes for a series of power point slides concerning the problem of bacterial conjunctivitis. This pape...

The writer looks at a range of three different tools which can be used as a framework to examine an organization. McKinsey's 7 S's...

or anything else they can think of to explain away the event. After the denial is no longer possible, anger sets in. This stage mi...

disorders (Axis I), as well as the presence of pervasive or personality conditions (Axis II). The third axis allows for the ident...

of Bipolar II are more likely to develop the disorder, and this hereditary component has become the center of genomic research int...