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and more nurses are standing at the front lines of managed care, acting somewhat as liaison between the patient and managed care o...

provided. A nurse who has back pain will likely reduce the care he or she could otherwise administer. When people have back or m...

assisting registered nurses (RNs) in order to meet legislated requirements (Schaefer 9). This means that while RNs have fewer pati...

this condition. If the student does not have asthma, the student may feel motivated to help this population because of he/she rea...

McAndrew, 2006). With communication skills there are includes skills of listening as well as tact as essential to facilitate effec...

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

critique of this study will both summarize and analyze the various sections of Coetzees article, which describes this research, a...

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...

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...

As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...

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

the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

meals to all Orthodox Jewish patients should be investigated by hospital administrators if they are not already in place. Furtherm...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

in resistant strains of bacteria (Plonczynski, 2005). This situation suggests that changes in antibiotic prophylactic procedures ...

predicting mortality and morbidity. Authors provide a section to explain and explore the existence of natriuretic peptides. Anoth...

particular condition because he at least is aware of his condition. About one-half of those with this disease are not as fortunat...

and the spirit says, "Ahhh, everything feels much better now" (Wooten, 2005, p. 510). Another factor in her relationships with c...

an obstruction of the airway and can involved any or all of the following factors: "smooth muscle bronchoconstriction, mucous secr...

routine activities necessary to their own care. The purpose is that with a nurses direction, encouragement and initial supervisio...

issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...

Conroy and Nottoli (1999) report the case of Henry, an irascible octogenarian who easily was the most difficult patient in the ski...

the elderly. The Nurse Practitioner announced in its July 2000 issue that reports of the AMAs petition had been received as...

caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...

is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...

and patient. Orems theory is central to much of nursing philosophy and methodology. This theory is one of three theories...

Understanding that there is a step by step progression, both physically and psychologically, can be part of the nurses role in thi...

how change can be effectively managed and challenges in the transformation of nursing and health care delivery. Clearly, Roys mod...

charted component of my daily patient interaction. However, to remind myself of the other responsibilities during busy per...

moment to moment as the changing patterns of shifting perspectives weave the fabric of life through the human-universe interconnec...