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balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

also as a result of the environment in which they are cared for, where smoking is banned. Teaching patients may be seen as a funct...

reporting. Lukas (2004) outlines the problems associated with pain well by pointing out that the potential for postoperative pain ...

In three pages this research paper discusses how humor can be a modality that assists nurses in patient care as well as self care....

Sharon Bernier, RN, PhD and President of the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing, points out that Aikens study also...

which resulted in 47 practices taking part and two of these having two patients. The sample : 98 (75 male) consecutive patients w...

disagree with his wife could disrupt their marital relationship at a time when he needs this support, which is undoubtedly one of ...

an adolescent client (Wallis, 2004, p. 59). Data on the development of abstract reasoning skills, as well as of the "recognition o...

prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...

This paper considers how nurses can become an agent of change in regard to ageism, the myths surrounding it, and the care of older...

Activities performed by the Department of Health and Human Services are discussed in comprehensive semiannual reports that are aut...

This paper pertains to an ethical dilemma faced by hospital nurses caring for patients who are Jehovah's Witnesses. Adherent of th...

This research paper pertains to a proposal for a capstone project in which telemonitoring and skilled nursing visits are utilized ...

This paper consists of the speaker notes for a PowerPoint presentation that pertains to the a student's volunteer experience. The ...

This paper reviews the important criteria of Essentials VIII professionalism and discusses how they apply to nurses working with p...

This research paper pertains to a nursing encounter in which a patient presented with chest pain. The writer discusses NIC, NOC an...

This paper outlines a dilemma that arises when a patient requests secrecy upon revealing physical abuse to a student nurse. There...

This research paper describes a patient with congestive heart failure, giving a case study overview of nursing care. Six pages in ...

also a former student of Vivians is now in the rather awkward position of also being one of her doctors, as he is an intern and re...

ventilation. This included placing hip pads with egg crate foam under the patients iliac crest to prevent hyperextension of the lo...

characteristics of metal disorders may include abnormalities in cognition, mood or emotions; it may include abnormalities in integ...

the nGMS as an assessment instrument. This computer program provides a check list that the nurse can use to cover all pertinent in...

the KA familys ability to utilize US healthcare systems (Donnelly, 2005). KA parents experience with schizophrenia in their chil...

In ten pages this research paper presents a literature review on team nursing as a way of increasing patient satisfaction. Thirte...

parents of children with cancer regarding the needs of siblings and on the support that was offered by hospital staff. The results...

that is, whether it will spread (metastasize) and what symptoms that it is likely to cause (Cancer diagnosis, 2005). The term "sec...

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

frequently use mental health nurses as a means for expanding services (Winefield and Chur-Hansen, 2004). The following examination...

Developing Clinical Guidelines by Allen et al (1997) set out to determine the disparities that exist within the resolution process...

a video that presents the patients symptoms and are presented with the question "What is the most likely differential diagnosis ba...