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nurses by 2012 to eliminate the shortage (Rosseter, 2009). By 2020, the District of Columbia along with at least 44 states will ha...

patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...

workplace is a critical component of occupational rehabilitation (Morrison, 1993). In one study it was found that employees of inj...

in the U.S. stands at 8.5 percent to over 14 percent, depending on the specific area of specialty (Letvak and Buck, 2008), by 2020...

individual is an "open system," which includes "distinct, but integrated physiological, psychological and socio-cultural systems" ...

it is like the concept of paying it forward. Praying forward is that act of doing something kind or helpful for someone else, they...

information. These guidelines are also based on this researchers finding that self-care promotes the pediatric patients spiritual ...

York found that, in the past, ambulance diversions were a seasonal event. However, more recent research finds that diversional sta...

secretary, should leave the ward when there were fewer than three children on the unit and work a second adult unit as well. He wa...

include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

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

In two pages an article featured in a nursing journal is reviewed that considers the correlation between patient health care quali...

In six pages this nurse's job loss is examined in terms of the reasons behind it after her failure to save a terminally ill patien...

In twenty pages this paper assesses the impact of the managed health care system upon the relationship between doctor and patient ...

question was directed at the nurse. One of her companions noted that her daughters name is Nancy, but Nancy died three years previ...

In fifteen pages this research paper considers the relevance of the transcendence concept to the nursing profession and discusses ...

In five pages this paper discusses how the shortage of nurses compromises the safety of both patients and nurses alike. Six sourc...

Decision-making, critical thinking and advocacy are all important in the modern hospital experience. This paper examines a patient...

In five pages this paper examines literature regarding the nurse's role in educating hospitalized patients on smoking cessation. ...

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

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...

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

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

must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...

The link between nurse caring and patient satisfaction has been reported numerous times. For instance, the AORN journal reported a...

formulation with others, testing new behaviors, integrating this learning into "new, more satisfying behavior, and then using thes...

to take insulin only when his blood glucose level was above the value established by his physician. The nurse laid out all ...

evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...