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quality of the provided care (ANA, 2008). Empirical research studies have confirmed that the risk for medical error increase subst...

awareness of the self within the context of the environment grows in association with each other in a manner that allows the indiv...

(Tomey and Alligood, 2006, p. 645). Meaning There are two major assumptions upon which Reeds theoretical conclusions are based. ...

a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...

researchers (JBI, 2008). This section of the site also addresses the topic of "Research Training" and the availability of scholars...

unitary human beings (Newman). This theory is appealing because it acknowledges how each person is unique and, therefore, must be ...

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

the insertion of a central line, threaded through a vein, and it was once believed that it would aid cancer patients, restoring ap...

college degree is now a requirement for all registered nurses. A nursing major is comprised of a diverse and challenging liberal ...

wages and benefits to its nurses that are competitive for its market or that have been collectively bargained with a labor organiz...

12-21, live relatively sedentary lives, as they are not active enough to successfully maintain good health (Covelli, 2007). The in...

and theoretical Framework: The instrument designed for use in this study drew heavily upon the survey developed by Cole, et al, wh...

versatile medium, learning how to create web pages and make them interactive and user-friendly. It is important that care provid...

also possess knowledge concerning a particular family as a whole, including the intricacies of its family system, the position of ...

nursing from the time when Florence Nightingale founded modern nursing in the nineteenth century. Since Nightingale, a variety of ...

They are in the community and spreading bacterial infections to the general public. Appropriate health care could greatly improve ...

documentation towards the use of electronic medical records (EMRs). This frequently, however, causes conflict among nursing staff,...

A 3 page research paper that compares and contrasts the way in which nursing theorists Hildegard Peplau, Dorothea Orem, and Betty ...

Evidence into Practice" (AHRQ, 2008). The Nursing Center is an extremely useful site in that it offers access to a long list of ...

be increased substantially, of course, by those immigrants families who would likely be admitted to the country as well. The inte...

If all factors remain the same, by 2030, the shortage could reach the 1 million mark (Chandra and Willis, 2005). There are tremend...

indicates that 51 percent of patients who are older than 65 received no medication information at the time of hospital discharge H...

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...

percent of that total population lose their ability to walk (Tonarelli, 2010). Hip injuries and falls of any kind can reduce the ...

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

a profession, nursing theory has responded to meet the needs of nurses. For example, from the mid-1970s through the 1980s, the foc...

client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...

and Kramer (2008) to describe the ability of nurses to be cognizant of and reflect upon the wide variety of cultural, social and p...

primary symptoms of COPD are "wheezing, cough, dyspnea on exertion and increased phlegm production" (Touhy and Jett, 2012, p. 289)...