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nursing quality of care" (Hart, et al, 2006, p. 256). These indicators specifically indicate that complications, such as pressure ...
9.Surg: Patients recovering from some form of surgery. 10. Med: Patients recovering from some form of illness. 11. ICU-Intensive C...
this indicates, family is incorporated into and valued within the realm of pediatric nursing practice as a factor that is crucial ...
own studies in numerous areas, such as formal logic, metaphysics, action theories, and to her readings of Aristotle, Aquinas and m...
First seen as an occasional point of minor and temporary discomfort, there seemed to be other, more "important" issues to assess. ...
reasons given by nursing staff for not providing this care (Kalisch, 2006, p. 306). At the end of the study article, in the "Di...
a "collaborative quality improvement project" that focuses on PUs in nursing homes as its primary focus (Lynn, et al, 2007). QIOs,...
economic positions (McGinn and Murr, 2006). All of this development in the past several years has led to a restatement of Shannon...
is designed to ensure that "Patients have access to needed care" and that healthcare providers are "free to practice medicine with...
to current medicines, or to increase their ability to be spread into the environment" (Miller-Boyle, 2006, p. 6). Miller-Boyle wri...
now regarded as a crucial and defining component of nursing, as caring defines "nursings unique area of practice and provides dire...
of family such as the one cited above. In many instances hospitals adhere to the traditional definition, which means that the poli...
explained the process further and made it clear that he would perform the catheterization, the man approved. As this indicates, fr...
inflamed, tender to the touch and evident of a small amount of pus (DAlessandro et al, 2004), becoming more painful as time progre...
of use) of sunscreen at the beach are important considerations. Other factors that should be assessed relative to subjective data...
and typically occurs by the time a person reaches their 70s. In the U.S., roughly 1.5 million fractures are caused by osteoporosis...
Furthermore they state that is a strategic approach which relates to all aspects of an organization within the context the culture...
While only 6 percent of newborns require advanced life support in 1997, the rise in the number of neonates since that time weighin...
and specific therapy" (Newswanger and Warren, 2004, p. 2405). As patients advance through the acute phase of the illness, supporti...
arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...
As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...
caring; 2. every human culture has lay (generic, folk or indigenous) care knowledge and practices and usually some professional ca...
is in charge of all domestic affairs. Younger newly wed couples will often live with one set of parents, even if they are going to...
with sudden flashbacks intruding on thoughts (Fagan and Freme, 2004). Other symptoms include: an exaggerated startle reflex, sleep...
carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...
or reject MEDITECHs suggestions as they see fit. Whether users accept or reject the suggestions made by MEDITECH, care prov...
Developing New Nurse Leaders also considers the issue of shifts in leadership and governance, with a focus on the role of nurses a...
trying times of their lives. Nurses have the capacity to improve lives. Nothing could be more meaningful or provide a greater sens...
These authors conducted a large study of 3,830 individuals consisting of 17.8 percent nurses, 21.8 percent physicians, 29.6 percen...
the same sort of indirect methods that they have advocated will aid the economy. For example, the Republicans are pursuing putting...