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A 5 page paper critiquing a study of nurses' use of therapeutic massage. The subject matter of the study is not as important to this paper as is the analysis of procedures and tools. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Number of Pages: 13
This 13 page paper provides an overview of the nature of spirituality and the impacts for nursing practice. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Number of Pages: 12
This 12-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion of the treatment of patients who have cultural or religious beliefs that cause them to refuse standard medical treatments. It opens with a discussion of the globalization of the world and the fact that the world is becoming a blended melting pot of cultural diversity. It moves into an ...
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A 6 page paper reviewing five reports of research conducted focusing on nurse managers and the problems they face in achieving what they need to do. A primary goal of the nurse manager in today’s rapidly-changing health care environment is that of improving patient outcome as well as staff retention. Health care continues ...
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Number of Pages: 11
An 11 page research paper that examines the relationship between theory, knowledge and practice. Florence Nightingale asserted that there is no differentiation between "men of thought" and "men of action" and that an "ideal" or philosophy should not be considered as isolated, but rather incorporated into everyday routines (Jacobs, 2001). In other words, Nightingale felt ...
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An 11 page paper discussing angina from a nursing perspective. Angina pectoris can be regarded as an 'early warning system' heralding cardiovascular disease, but it also is a condition that itself needs to be managed. Treated angina results in far fewer occurrences of myocardial infarction (MI) than untreated angina. Patients know that ...
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An 8 page research paper that addresses a specific case scenario, which deal with nursing interventions for a 52-year-old woman who has been diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer, which is metastasized to the left hip and involves the lymphatic system. She presents to the oncology nursing unit with severe bone pain in her left ...
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An 11 page paper discussing the interaction of theory, practice and research in nursing. The practical aspect of nursing can be viewed as that point of overlap of three intersecting circles of a Venn diagram, with the circles of the diagram being theory, practice and research. Each of the entities exists separately and ...
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A 5 page research paper. One of the basic principles of nursing is that intervention should aid the client/patient in obtaining the goal of self-agency or self-care. Nurses, in other words, do not seek simply to aid patients during a period of illness or injury, but to help them in reestablishing their ability to care ...
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A 5 page research paper that discusses foreign recruitment of nurses as a solution to the nursing shortage. Proponents say that it is a practice that benefits the organization and offers benefits to the nurses involved. Opponents to this practice argue that it is robbing the health systems of Third World countries in order to ...
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Number of Pages: 7
This 7 page paper provides an overview of existing literature regarding the nature of dementia and the impacts of physician/nurse attitudes. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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A 4 page research paper that draws on the nursing model of Hildegarde Peplau, as she is acknowledged to be one of nursing's leading theorists, as she was one of the first to emphasize the importance of the nurse/patient relationship. Peplau's model specifies three phrases in this relationship: orientation (meeting the patient, establishing a relationship), ...
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Number of Pages: 13
13 pages in length. With a strong emphasis upon prevention, more and more contemporary health maintenance facilities are deciding to act upon potential medical conditions long before they arise. Incorporating nurse-led secondary prevention clinics for sufferers of coronary heart disease (CHD) who have already experienced myocardial infarction, these facilities effectively train their patients ...
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5 pages in length. Considered an extension of a woman's natural ability to nurture and tend to others, the image of nurses and nursing as a profession historically fell into the more traditional female role where the majority of women went unpaid for their services. It was a clear presumption that women's contributions -- ...
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Number of Pages: 15
15 pages in length. As nursing has moved forward into the twenty-first century, has the industry earned any more respect and admiration than it had over one hundred years ago? Indeed, it can readily be argued that men continue to hold both superiority and power within today's medical
community, inasmuch as nurses' responsibilities include ...
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An 11 page paper assessing three nursing theories in their accommodation of patient stress. One of the most insidious hindrances to wellness is the presence of avoidable stress. Each of the theorists discussed here offers insight into and sound reasons for reducing patient stress, but not in blanket form. They condemn negative ...
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A 5 page research paper that is intended to accompany khnurcc.rtf, which offers a guide for writing the first chapter of a research project on nursing and the emerging issue of complexity compression. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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This 20 page paper provides a review of the current literature regarding the issue of alcoholism and the attitudes of nurses and social workers
who are employed in positions working with alcoholic clients and their families. This literature review promotes an understanding of the
problem of alcoholism and the issues that stem from developing nursing
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A 5 page paper which addresses a nursing article titled “Brief Nursing Consultations for
Preventing Alcohol Use Among Urban School Youth,” written by Chudley E. Werch,
Joan M. Carlson, Deborah M. Pappas, and Carlo C. DiClemente, for The Journal Of
School Health (Nursing Perspectives), November, 1996. The study researched a number
of young adolescents and implemented various methods of ...
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This 3-page paper analyzes a study containing a chi-square test, one that measured the relationship between longer palliative postings for physicians and their confidence and ability to handle end-of-life patient issues. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Number of Pages: 7
A 7 page paper which discusses many of the aspects involved in
the profession of nurse practitioner. A section detailing the education required included,
and this is followed by a section detailing some of the responsibilities of the nurse
practitioner and how such elicits particular attitudes from other medical professionals.
Another section provides information pertaining to the field of ...
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A 7 page discussion of the issues presented
by domestic violence. The author contends that increased screening for domestic and partner violence is imperative if this problem is to be
effectively addressed. Consequently, there is a need for increasing nurses' awareness of the problem. The problem that must be overcome, however, is the medical ...
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A 5 page paper which
reviews the book "Principle Centered Learning" by Stephen R. Covey, and discusses it in a
context which involves nurse management. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.
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Number of Pages: 10
( 10pp). Nursing preventative care involves
reducing the spread of infection in medical
settings through appropriate and through hand
washing, selection of appropriate gloves, and
adherence to safety conditions regarding sharps.
This discussion will examine those techniques and
procedures.
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Number of Pages: 12
A 12 page paper
discussing the outlook for registered nurses in the upcoming century. There is a great
amount of controversy and evidence that illustrates the nursing industry will suffer greatly
as a result of the change in medical funding and the economics of health. But on the other
hand there is an equal amount of information that illustrates ...
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Number of Pages: 18
This 18 page report is a
literature review of works pertaining to the incidence of
workplace violence and its impact on nurses and what measures can
be taken into consideration regarding including an educational
component in the nursing curriculum to assist nurses in dealing
with the problem. Bibliography lists 22 sources.
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