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questions and concerns are unavailable or under-researched. I anticipate that in the future I will be implementing best practice...

-3.14 2.83 6.05 As the numbers indicate, in all but Q3 2009, the number of falls experienced exceeded the target. This suggests t...

& Kantor-Kaufmann, 2002). The meso level of the ecological model looks at the role of institutions and organizations in shaping ...

Prospective Payment System (PPS), reimbursement rates going to both hospitals and physicians have declined significantly. In react...

in the overall quality of care delivered by community health nurses (CHNs) is providing end-of-life care that is holistic and cong...

law stipulates that an RN is allowed to delegate specific nursing tasks individuals who are unlicensed if they have been adequatel...

Among the challenges facing the integration of EBP into nursing behaviors is the idea that staff, which is clinically competent, a...

to do with how a person feels about him- or herself. Those with a high sense of self-efficacy believe that they can master even di...

Intervention using Mishels theory facilitates the process of patients accepting the inevitability of uncertainty as a factor in th...

staff that can result in moral stress or stress of conscience (Fry, Hurly & Foley, 2002). Because unresolved ethical issues can ...

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

from those of education- focused institutions, when the institution in question is a nursing school, there are similarities, as we...

not only relates to the societal restrictions with which women had to contend in regards to their expected societal roles, but it ...

practice. Research reveals best practices and these will improve nursing practice. For example, nurses knew that people coming out...

to bridge the gap between nursing research and nursing practice, two formal program efforts were undertaken: the Western Interstat...

The vision is to be a leader in providing high quality health care services. Their values include a customer-focus and to exceed t...

sorrow; (b) relief from distress; (c) a person or thing that comforts; (d) a state of ease and quiet enjoyment, free from worry; (...

the following: In my practice setting, a major barrier against using EBP is that it takes an inordinate amount of time. This is...

Baumann, et al, in 1995, which was purely qualitative. The point is that through qualitative research, data was provided that can ...

risk. For example, Mahlmeister (1996) relates a pediatric situation in which a night nurse in a small hospital was expected to wor...

This paper gives an overview of a study that took place in a Polish ICU and pertained to the rate of device-associated nosocomial ...

This paper reports one change that was made in a hospital. An announcement was made that nursing staff would be required to use ev...

This research paper pertains to a variety of topics that pertain to APN practice, such as scope of practice, advocacy, EBP and res...

This 7 page paper gives an overview of the basics of the major religions and why nurses should study them. This paper includes Jew...

This essay presents an example of how the student might chose to write a personal essay on the importance that research and EBP wi...

This paper asserts that the nursing student's project is appropriate to the requirements for Essential III, which indicates schola...

This research paper consists of a longer version of khebptech.doc. The paper offers additional information on the impact that EBP ...

This paper begins by offering ten questions that a nurse practitioner might pose when applying for a position with Optum health. T...

This paper considers the raging conflict between advanced practice nurses and physicians. Is there an identity crisis? There are...

This research paper pertains to the ethical dilemma confronting nurse practitioners concerning whether or not to offer abortion pr...