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According to one research study, the top five reasons why nurses employ restraints are "disruption of therapies, confusion, fall p...

the restrained person and others. This implies that the force used in restraining the person is less injurious to all concerned th...

seclusion is not new. The American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) reports that as early as the mid-nineteenth century ther...

Outlook Handbook, which is published by the U.S. Department of Labors Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), registered nurses (RNs), a...

patient was in a significant amount of pain, he made jokes throughout his entire stay, as family members remained at his bedside. ...

The ever-changing nature of Americas health care system has introduced a chaos in a population that for more than a century has be...

therapeutic manner (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). This relationship may refer to a single individual, or the "person" may be a sma...

Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...

the women who have traditionally filled nursing positions will undoubtedly continue to pursue other professional opportunities tha...

physical restraints. The authors own views combined with the findings of current literature reveal that the use of physical restr...

This paper offered a position paper on the topic of allowing Advanced Practice Registered Nurses to practice up to their knowledge...

This research paper presents an examination of nursing empirical literature that covers a number of issues relevant to advanced pr...

This research paper discusses a number of issues in advanced practice nursing, such as barriers to practice, credentialing, the hi...

2008, p. 208). The purpose of the study designed by Sorensen and Yankech (2008) was to investigate whether a "research-based, th...

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

all aspects of professional nursing and a nurses obligation to patients to provide ethical and professional quality care. The firs...

a method which pursues both action and understanding at the same time, and points out that it is particularly relevant in situatio...

In three pages this paper examines the insight this text provides and how nursing practice could benefit from its application....

This research paper offers an overview of issues pertaining to advanced nursing practice and the impact of advance practice nurses...

This paper discusses issues related to nursing education, including educational practices used by nurse educators. Specific exampl...

implementing the treatment regimen. 5. collaborating with other health care providers in determining the appropriate health care f...

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

that the Framers of the Constitution did not intend for the Bill of Rights to do so. Roughly 150 years later, Chief Justice Rehnqu...

This 6 page paper explains how there should be more of a standard for education for people studying to be nurses and how nurse edu...

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRN) are licensed registered nurses (RNs) who have advanced graduate degree education. They ...

There are dozens of nursing theories that have been developed over decades. Each has its own value and each is beneficial for nurs...

Domain concepts Health: The traditional understanding of "health" is that is the absence of illness and/or injury. However, for ...

This research paper begins by discussing the roles and core competencies of various advanced practice nursing specialties. The wri...

seek the same health goals for clients as in mainstream nursing, nurses in remote locations often cope with problems and obstacles...

are RNs who are "prepared, through advanced education and clinical training, to provide preventive and acute health-care services"...