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falls. Of course, performance measures must utilize meaningful metrics if the performance they measure is to be of any use to the ...

This essay presents and discusses the highlights of Leininger's transcultural nursing model. A case study is included. There are f...

ensure that any data given is not capable of identifying any of the respondents, although this is unlikely, there is also the way ...

This research paper describes a patient with congestive heart failure, giving a case study overview of nursing care. Six pages in ...

the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

process that requires "interpretation, sensitivity, imagination and active participation" (Jenner, 1997). Scientific knowledge, o...

own studies in numerous areas, such as formal logic, metaphysics, action theories, and to her readings of Aristotle, Aquinas and m...

feel as if they are not being given proper treatment if a CNA is assigned to their case instead of an RN (Sullivan, 1998). Thus, t...

of anxiety due to the diagnosis. She is single but hoped to one day get married and have children. The sudden onset of symptoms an...

individuals belief, values, and membership in family and social groups. Brodie (2001) asserts that it is the hallmark of professio...

the medical team with which these patients have surrounded themselves. It is the patients responsibility to cooperate and do ever...

is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...

states, "The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient" (Code of Ethics f...

Both of these individuals have limited education. Ms. A. graduated from high school but Mr. B. did not, and dropped out at the en...

a patient to keep her own supply steady? Will she make a mistake and do something wrong as a result of substance abuse? So many th...

condition, her lack of awareness of her own limitations or lack of limitations in activity, and her response to various types of p...

(Wichowski, 2004). This certainly appeared to be the case for Elvis, as he complained about the "Croatian people" in his head who ...

of a break in the skin (a cut, a crack in dry skin) becomes infected by bacteria or fungi (Monroe, 2003). Cellulitis can also occ...

particular condition because he at least is aware of his condition. About one-half of those with this disease are not as fortunat...

become stressed and this lowers morale. A nurse manager writes that at her hospital, her job has become overwhelming, but when dis...

and Cox, 2001; p. 375). The ascending colon, which is approximately six inches long, extends upward to the hepatic flexure....

paradigm but without the fantasy that acceptance is the ultimate outcome. In treating this patient, a student writing on the subje...

that caring is good. Some nurses might object to allowing themselves the luxury because it makes them vulnerable, but in some prof...

may have produced the desired results, the issue of promoting healing in extremities is one that is difficult at best (Wound Care ...

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

In ten pages a home healthcare case study is employed to examine what nursing approaches would best be used in this scenario and a...

In eleven pages this paper discusses the influence of Carl Rogers' Client Centered Therapy upon the 1964 development of Lydia Hall...

which initiates a series of events that will either successful contain the infection or prompt it progression toward active diseas...

be discussed relative to both previous research and the studies that have come after it. This research tends to substantiate the s...