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the risk of medical errors, such as dispensing the wrong medication or the wrong dose (Nursing overtime, 2004). The study, which w...

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

of the greatest areas of concern. Finding sufficient time for school, as well as all other activities required of the student, was...

While these definitions are extremely similar, a differences in emphasis can reflect a differing philosophical stance. The manner ...

face and chest that it causes, and it is characterized by chills, fever, headache, vomiting, rapid pulse, red rash and an inflame...

influential resource and is a resource in which the patient will rely. Ethics Issues In this paper the treatment of a pati...

In fourteen pages this research paper considers how a nursing intervention can be designed to assist adults with PTSD resulting fr...

of a unified health care organization that included both Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH...

recognition of cultural and social influences on health care outcomes. As a result, advanced practice nurses have also become int...

advocates, providing medical treatments prescribed by physicians, and keeping accurate records of changes in patient status (Nurse...

the central problem is often the inappropriate use of unlicensed personnel in the workplace setting. Though nurse mangers are ins...

which a person demonstrates fundamental functioning in their life environment (Jones and Kilpatrick, 1996). In other words, the c...

when he cannot feel a pulse. A new nurse, a first year graduate, Sally enters the room, sees Long and runs out. She encounters Nur...

US shortage has caused many healthcare institutions to look for nurses outside their countrys borders and many nurses are leaving ...

after the exposure to the initiating traumatic event (Stein, 2002). If PTSD-like symptoms become evidence and are intense prior to...

issue of regulatory interest when attached to direct patient care (Nursing, 2004). As few nurses with no patient responsibilities...

1999). Elderly patients who are alert, and not declared incompetent, have the right to refuse treatment, which includes turning or...

showing that they graduated from a nursing education program approved by the Georgia Board of Nursing or from a nursing education ...

individuals personal integrity, which is defined as a "sense of worth which can be conserved through consideration of cultural, et...

regards to lung function. If patients cannot breath on their own, RTs are trained on how to intubate patients and connect them to ...

is defined as the needs of that individual to meet "Universal self-care requisites associated with life processes and maintenance ...

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

and continues to do so, over the past two decades, as it was first published in 1979 (Falk-Rafael, 2000). In formulating her theor...

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...

all areas of professional nursing. Provisions 1 through 3 address the principal obligations of nursing, which are to the patient/c...

education for nurses in the US followed the model established by modern nursings founder Florence Nightingale (Fitzpatrick 63). Th...

to the wide-ranging aspect of nursing than merely administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise ...

to a patient over the phone and trying to convey the urgency of that patient coming in for a consultation. The patient resists, so...

harms the healthcare systems of the home countries of these nurses, which ethically and morally limits its use. Another method t...