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

partners in the healthcare process. Through training and education, nurses learn to make decisions on multiple issues of patient c...

a mentor and/or a preceptor. Mentoring is the "process through which a relationship is established between an experienced indivi...

naturally create a prime source of psychic conflict for nurses, which would facilitate the development of burnout. Jenkins, Ellio...

the nursing theorists that have come after her (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). The interactive model focuses on the significant of ...

p. 311). Specifically, this study focused on discerning how indicators of the "psychosocial work climate" affected the frequency w...

nurse working on a medical unit at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. According to Kodet, the only thing ...

perceived self-efficacy (Capik, 1998). JJ explained how Penders theory guides her priorities in establishing educational goals, ...

move in concentric circles of caring--from individuals, to others, to community, to (the) world" (Vance, 2003). Caring science inv...

2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...

For example, in regards to nurse practitioners from other state, the law states, "The Board (meaning the Board of Nursing) may iss...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

of the patient experience" (Engebretson 20). The background provided by a large, close-knit family means that, from childhood, I h...

it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...

over the course of several years of research into the issue. Most styles also depend on an array of variables including "organiza...

in death is a wise safeguard. In the early part of the twentieth century, rationalizations abounded in medical literature that def...

will--in all likelihood--result in a professional negligence suit, rather than criminal charges. Suits against nurses result from ...

NAON recognizes that learning and developing professional is a life-long processes and it helps orthopedic nurses achieve the goal...

Smith, et al. (2002) explain that their purpose "was to investigate the effects of therapeutic massage on selected outcomes relate...

legislation that authorizes a Nurse Licensure Compact (National Council of the State Boards of Nursing, Nurse Licensure Compact, 2...

In six pages this paper examines nursing care from the perspectives of nurses and patients as reported by this Australian study. ...

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

scientific investigation and treatment of trauma and/or death of victims of abuse, violence, criminal activity, and traumatic acci...

catheterization provides an effective method for evaluating the effectiveness of medications while also assessing cardiac function...

in the International Journal of Nursing Studies, looking at the effectiveness of nurses delivering health promotion activities to ...

evaluated stated that they are predominantly "hands-on learners." Eight of the 10 nurses evaluated stated they were hands-on lear...

the various roles and responsibilities that the specialty involves, they share the common quality that the nursing process is inhe...

The manner in which professional organizations can be used to keep nursing leaders aware of political issues that are relevant to ...

agent, such as an adult child or another proxy. In recent years, the DNR has been included in the Physicians Orders for Life Susta...

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...