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are able to make error reports without fear of reprisal. Nevertheless, the consequence of possible disciplinary action and repris...

for patient survival" (Kelley, 2005, p. 2). When the blood volume in the body is too low, it activates "compensatory mechanisms" t...

indicates, restraint places health practitioners between the proverbial rock and a hard place. However, there are practice standar...

this aspect. Before 1939, the Canadian military women would serve as nurses during the Northwest Rebellion in 1885 as well as in t...

article, "Mother-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact (Kangaroo Care)," kangaroo care offers the parents the only opportunity to engage in ...

for the birth" (MacKinnon, McIntyre and Quance, 2005, p. 29). As this suggests, intrapartum nurses spend the most time with labor...

and antibiotics" (Ersek, 2005, p. 48). Upon first glance, it would appear that euthanasia is an application that is in direct con...

degree (CBS News). Where 4.1 percent of new female nurses leave the profession after four years, 7.5 percent of new male nurses lo...

of every single employee. If youre not thinking all the time about making every person more valuable, you dont have a chance. Wh...

In five pages this research paper discusses quality care standard maintenance and the role played by nurse managers in sustaining ...

for the precise coding of medication and, thereby, helps nurses avoid the common errors listed above (Woods and Doan-Johnson, 2002...

minority groups. They are frequently poor and have little education. Scrandis, Fauchald and Radsma describe a "Charlottes Web of C...

to reason, therefore, that if nurses are experiencing higher rates of stress, the inevitable consequences of such can only lead to...

however, Jones requested an ethics consult on the case due to the fact that Johns psychosocial evaluation had caused Jones to have...

authors state that research "and theory are key underpinnings that guide safe, effective, and comprehensive" (p. 35) practice. As...

et al, 2005). However, smokers are not limited in their addition, those who are addicted to other substances, such as alcohol. For...

budget restraints. Nurses leave the profession because they are "distressed by being unable to provide quality nursing care, disgr...

notable historic key developments in nursing research are: 1859 Nightingales Notes on Nursing published 1900 American Nursing Jou...

among all team members (DC Area Health Education Center, 2005). Well-functioning effective teams do not happen by chance. It requ...

the beginning of her career in the 1950s, Peplau indicated that she believed that the significance between the nurse and the patie...

Developing Clinical Guidelines by Allen et al (1997) set out to determine the disparities that exist within the resolution process...

in which care is provided for aging and dying adults in general. In addition, the researchers recognize that preparation for dyin...

This research paper concerns Jean Watson's theory of human caring and its use within nursing clinical practice. Eleven pages in le...

This paper offers an annotated bibliography that discusses articles on the integration of nursing theory into research studies. Fi...

view as well, developing theories of nursing that focus on nursing and its components as systems of varying degrees. Some, such a...

an "integration of feelings with knowledge and experience" (Cumbie, 2001, p. 56). Nurses, as caregivers, have to reflect on their ...

This paper pertains to therapeutic communication and the writer relates this to the experiences of a hypothetical nurse. Six pages...

This paper pertains to various aspects of Australian nursing identity and professionalism. Seven pages in length, eight sources a...

This paper pertains to an ethical dilemma faced by hospital nurses caring for patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses. Adherent of th...

This research paper pertains to the nursing shortage and discusses its current state and possible policy approaches. Six pages in ...