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ventilation. This included placing hip pads with egg crate foam under the patients iliac crest to prevent hyperextension of the lo...

characteristics of metal disorders may include abnormalities in cognition, mood or emotions; it may include abnormalities in integ...

the nGMS as an assessment instrument. This computer program provides a check list that the nurse can use to cover all pertinent in...

differences between these two classifications are then described and three factors that are believe to influence the formation of ...

In ten pages this research paper presents a literature review on team nursing as a way of increasing patient satisfaction. Thirte...

parents of children with cancer regarding the needs of siblings and on the support that was offered by hospital staff. The results...

often a factor in nurse/doctor communication. Nurses can bring power to nurse/doctor interchange by harnessing the power of lang...

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

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

disagree with his wife could disrupt their marital relationship at a time when he needs this support, which is undoubtedly one of ...

an adolescent client (Wallis, 2004, p. 59). Data on the development of abstract reasoning skills, as well as of the "recognition o...

that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

Such a person would not have felt any need to leave his beloved homeland, and his sons desire to do so would have been traumatic f...

what was said in the first sentence of this essay - nurse shortages results in nurses being given unrealistic workloads (DPE Resea...

is simply to require that their nursing staff make up for understaffing by working mandatory overtime on a more or less permanent ...

prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...

Sharon Bernier, RN, PhD and President of the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, points out that Aikens study also...

which resulted in 47 practices taking part and two of these having two patients. The sample : 98 (75 male) consecutive patients w...

on diabetes into categories and addresses these topics on separate web pages, as does the first site. The homepage explains that t...

proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...

also as a result of the environment in which they are cared for, where smoking is banned. Teaching patients may be seen as a funct...

only one group, no control group. Group exposed to treatment and then measure (Creswell, 2003). Measured participants blood gluco...

with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of ...

many had very definite opinions on the matter as a whole, "none of the participants articulated what the process consisted of or h...

moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...

charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...