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grade, "21.3% had been drunk, while 44.0% and 61.6% of 10th- and 12th-graders, respectively, had been drunk at least once in their...

the current status of the problem of associated violence within this sport due largely in part to drugs and/or alcohol. Soccer S...

B. Abuse of illicit drugs increasing among seniors. C. Prescription drugs. 1. Seniors take many more drugs than younger adults. 2....

But in the old days, it was rare for someone to come to work stoned on drugs or for managers to have to worry about cokeheads in t...

and Substance Abuse at Columbia University released a national survey in which 22% of teenagers said it is likely that they will u...

entire population of youth between the ages of 12 and 17 used illicit drugs in 2004 (SAMHSA, 2005). This represents a slight decre...

would be incurred if we were to rehabilitate drug and alcohol users rather than put them in the penitentiary. The view...

because programs at companies that combine substance abuse education and support, along with testing, tend to have far better resu...

had fewer suicidal thoughts than those who used drugs and engaged in sex (2004). Those who used marijuana, and perhaps other illeg...

long ago Dr. Phil railed against a teenager for smoking pot every day. There are mixed messages on television about drugs. While t...

nurses can become political active, as these organizations frequently play an active role in establishing public policy by publica...

This research paper pertains to smoking as a nursing advocacy issue, and describes how nurses are addressing this issue. Three pag...

looking at a potential scenario where a patient seeks the provision of narcotics with the intention of ending their life the nurse...

considered one of a number of high stress jobs, and stress is problematic, causing inefficiencies, high staffing turnover rates an...

naturally create a prime source of psychic conflict for nurses, which would facilitate the development of burnout. Jenkins, Ellio...

homes. Rather, it is a high-quality facility dedicated to providing the best of care to its residents. Staff members are employe...

The manner in which professional organizations can be used to keep nursing leaders aware of political issues that are relevant to ...

to five-times the risk for CHD, which contrasts sharply with the double risk encountered in African American men. There is also a ...

the chaos," she said (Serafini 1490). This nurse further stated that sometimes ER nurses are called to the intensive care unit for...

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

p. 311). Specifically, this study focused on discerning how indicators of the "psychosocial work climate" affected the frequency w...

the very act of following the "law" (i.e., supply and demand) of economics now has exacerbated the shortage of nurses who also are...

today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...

required qualified, competent staff. This resulted in the establishment of training schools for nurses (Formal training, 2005). Un...

similarly aged teens represent the onset of adulthood in that they help to establish a pattern self-esteem and self-perception tha...

graduate nursing hires (Truman, 2004, p. 45). The novice nurses participate in six hours of classroom instruction, plus thirty hou...

imply, a standardized nursing language provides a "uniform nomenclature for the diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation components...

based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...

quality and care" of health services that offered to rural areas throughout the US (Clinton, 2007). In addition to providing fun...

This paper is basically about nurse leadership. A scenario was presented in which a nurse director needed to present a new annual ...