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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...
Leaders create the future rather than simply become its victims (Kerfoot, 1998). They are generally thinking several months ahead,...
19th and early 20th centuries. Hughes and Romeo (1999) question the usefulness of education that does not address the growing div...
act as integral members of healthcare teams, provide direct and indirect patient care, and address central issues for patients, in...
the religious fervor generated by the teachings of "love and mercy" by Jesus Christ resulted in a dramatic increase in charitable ...
first started to administer to the injured and the sick, the notion that nurses should be women has prevailed (Odendaul, 2004). T...
parameters of his perspective and goals, and, specifically, refers to the unique orientation of nursing. "Nurses encounter patient...
interactions with their patients and with each other have. Kurt Lewins change theory holds that change is incremental. It occurs...
2003, p. 50). Comments went on to say that it is disheartening when they arent acknowledged in any way for the hard work they do (...
for protocol and for adhering to standard practice. There are many aspects of the job for which the nurse is best suited to addre...
money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...
and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...
preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...
lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...
to physicians. Increasingly, "evidence-based guidelines are becoming codes of medical practice" (Healy, 2005; p. 54). Superficia...
From this perspective, individuals can be viewed as open systems, in which energy is transformed within the body, gaining or losin...
and was told not to consider having children for fear of passing on defective genes (Sheldon, 1997; p. 34). This occurred d...
are often called upon to provide comfort where there seems to be none, patience in the face of adversity, and grace under fire. Th...
caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...
MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...
reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...
A real nurse leader is the subject of the beginning of this essay. She is the Director of Blood Management and is interested in se...
Stimulus for developing of the students personal philosophy The process of nursing education exposes students to diverse clinical...
as typical or traditional (first generation) and atypical (second generation) (Blake, 2006). Typical antipsychotic medications ar...
population" (Nyman, Butterfield and Shreffler-Grant, 2009, p. 282). Description of farming: Farming is "more than a business; i...
found on the Internet is accurate. As researching a topic using a Web browser is simply a matter of using a handful of keywords, t...
few weeks later, the company sold its first automobile, to a doctor in Detroit (Davis). As noted above, the company produced 1,700...
This essay describes the unionization debate in regards to the nursing profession and focuses on the con side. Four pages in lengt...
phenomenological, existential, and qualitative components (Cohen, 1991). These combine to create a theory that addresses the pers...
on a global scale. Therefore, for nurses to succeed in the complex world of the twenty-first century, many authorities feel th...