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Mayo Clinic/Educational Needs Assessment »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that offers an assessment of nursing educational needs at the Mayo Clinic in order to evaluate how educational and professional development is handled at this institution. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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Nursing Program Mgmt. Case Scenario Questions »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that answers questions pertaining to a very sketchy case scenario in which a nurse is described as investigating the opening of a community health clinic. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Homeless Veterans with PTSD »

Number of Pages: 15

A 15 page research paper that discusses this topic. This examination of literature specifically examines the target population homeless veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), what this entails, and the role of the nurse educator in addressing the needs of this population. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

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Continuing Education »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page essay/research paper in which the writer/tutor offers advise to the student on how to write a paper that relates her continuing education activities as a nurse. The writer/tutor, for the purposes of demonstration, selected the subjects of smoking cessation and an article describing 1-day continuing education conference on the implications of genomics ...

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Cultural diversity, End-of-Life Issues »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page essay/research paper that in which the writer uses tutorial language to offer advice to a student on how to report on her teaching experience as a nurse educator focusing on pain assessment as an end-of-life issue and on cultural diversity in nursing practice. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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The Nursing Shortage »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page research paper that discusses the nursing shortage. The writer defines the problem and discusses both the challenges and consequences involved, as well as possible solutions. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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Pediatric Obesity/Overweight »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page research paper that summarizes nursing literature and intervention on this topic, with a particular focus on Hispanic families. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

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Benefits of Lesson Derived from Mentoring »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that describes the benefits that student derived from following a mentor's advice to pursue certification in emergency nursing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Issues in Nursing »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page research paper that addresses three nursing issues, which are: interrelated core competencies; academic preparation to meet nursing challenges; and a description of a BSN core curriculum. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Phenomenology and Addressing Elderly Depression »

Number of Pages: 4

This 4 page research paper has 2 sections. The first section is a 1 page summary that describes a study by Eggenberger and Nelms (2007) that uses a phenomological approach, and the second section is 3 pages that describe an intervention to prevent depression among elderly nursing home residents. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Nursing Programs, Academic Success »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that reports on strategies in nursing literature for achieving academic success in regards to a nursing program. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Nursing Leadership Environment Assessment Survey »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that refers to information pertaining to the Leadership Environment Assessment Survey and offers a nursing student an example paper pertaining to the student's healthcare organization and improvement on leadership issues based on the survey results. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Community Health Nursing and Palliative Care »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that offers an overview of 3 scholarly articles on palliative care and their application to community health nursing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Advanced Practice Nursing Roles »

Number of Pages: 6

This 6 page research paper reports on various aspects of the APN roles, such as the nursing process in the delivery of care, interaction with colleagues and patients, and the future of AP nursing. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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Family and Nursing Practice, Dialysis Unit »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page research paper that describes the importance of family within nursing practice on a dialysis unit and relates that practice Orem's Self-Care Deficit theory. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Nursing and Adolescent Pregnancy »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page research paper that offers an overview of adolescent pregnancy as a high risk family group. The writer summarizes the group and assessment and discusses Healthy People 2020 objectives and nursing intervention strategies. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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Various Nursing Questions »

Number of Pages: 8

This 8 page research paper offers brief answers to a variety of issues encompassed by 12 topics, which range from concerns over a mammogram to the nature of an ERS test. Additional topics addressed include deep venous thrombosis, antiphospholipid syndrome, and tissue ischemia, among others. Bibliography lists 14 sources.

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Facing a Family Health Challenge »

Number of Pages: 7

This 7 page research paper addresses a specific case study, which describes a patient suffering from the end-stage lung cancer. The overall objective of this examination is to relate how nursing approaches that are described in literature can be applied in order to aid this patient and her family in facing a complex health challenge. ...

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Diabetic Case Study/Art of Nursing »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that interprets a case study on a diabetic patient at a long-term care facility from the perspective of nursing as an art. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Student Nurses Assessment Strategies »

Number of Pages: 7

A 7 page research paper comprised of an examination of literature pertaining to student nursing assessment, which focuses on the strategies that are utilized in nursing student assessment, offering analysis of these strategies, and also describing the qualifications of evaluators, as well as the role that the nursing students themselves play in the assessment process. ...

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Personal Nursing Philosophy »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page research paper/essay offers suggestions to a nursing student on how to go about describing the student's personal nursing philosophy, which draws upon Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Role of Nurse Practitioners and Reimbursement »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that discusses the role of nurse practitioners (NPs) in today's healthcare delivery system and the issue of reimbursement. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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Nursing Shortage and Effect on Job Market »

Number of Pages: 5

This 5 page research paper describes the writer's investigation through nursing sources on the Internet in order to investigate how the nursing shortage is affecting the Maryland nursing job market. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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APNs and Cardiology »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that describes the practice of advanced practice nurses (APNs) specializing in cardiology within the context of a hypothetical interview. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Nursing Delegation »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page research paper that discusses the topic of nursing delegation, describing it in terms of responsibility, accountability and the five rights of delegation. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Applications of the Social Ecology Model »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page research paper that defines and discusses the features of the Social Ecology Model, which was formulated by Urie Bronfenbrenner in the late 1970s. The writer describes applications in nursing and compares it to the nursing process. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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An Article Review on Community Acquired Pneumonia »

Number of Pages: 3

This 4 page paper provides an overview of a quantitative research article on community acquired pneumonia (CAP). This paper relates the foundations of the article and considers the implications. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Orem, Watson/Caring in their Theories »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that compares the nursing theories of Jean Watson and Dorothea Orem and their use of caring as the central principle in contemporary nursing. The latter half of the paper concentrates on describing Orem's theory. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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Significance of Nursing Informatics »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that discusses the importance of nursing informatics, offering suggestions to the student on how the study of this topic may have altered the student's perceptions on this subject. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Medication Communication/Concept Analysis using Orem's Theory »

Number of Pages: 7

A 7 page research paper that a concept analysis of medication communication in nursing, referring to Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory for its theoretical foundation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Emergency Department Nursing/Informatics »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that offers suggestions to a student on how to describe changed attitudes and perspective toward nursing informatics in regards to the student's practice environment, which is the emergency department (ED). Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Farming, An Occupational Health Assessment »

Number of Pages: 6

This 6 page research paper offers a detailed evaluation, from a community health nursing perspective, of the risks involved with farming as a profession. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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Issues Pertaining to Hospital Facilities »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that, first of all, describes the equipment required for caring for bariatric patients safely and, secondly, discusses the lighting requirements required by a hospital inpatient room, a nursing home and a neonatal ICU. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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The Nursing Metaparadigms/Nursing Philosophy »

Number of Pages: 5

This 5 page research paper/essay discusses the parameters of nursing philosophy, as related to the nursing philosophy of the Jacksonville University School of Nursing and the four nursing metaparadigms of Person, Environment, Health and Nursing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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A Nursing Teaching Plan/Hand Scrub and Sterile Technique »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page research paper that provides a teaching plan for instructing nurses in the protocol for surgical hand scrub, gowning and gloving. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Nursing Informatics as a Nursing Career Path »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that offers a nursing student advice pertaining to charting a career path in nursing informatics with the objective of becoming a clinical nurse educator. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Uncertainty in Illness Theory/Merle H. Mishel »

Number of Pages: 9

A 9 page research paper that offers an overview of Merle H. Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Theory and how it applies to rehabilitative practice in nursing. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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Discussion of Professional Nursing »

Number of Pages: 9

This 9 page research paper offers an extensive discussion of the nature of nursing, its definition and what this discipline a profession. The writer also offer suggestions to the student for drawing on personal background and in composing the student's personal philosophy. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

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Nursing Cultural Competence »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page paper that responds to specific questions about a journal article. The writer identifies and briefly discusses the parts of this research paper. Bibliography lists 1 source.

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Integrating Evidence-Based Practice/Professional Nursing »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that the need for evidence based practice (EBP) in nursing and how the issue of its integration into nursing has been approached. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Political Activism/Nursing Staffing Ratios »

Number of Pages: 4

This 4 page research paper begins with a bulleted information sheet designed to inform a busy legislator about this issue. This is followed by a discussion of political strategies that nurses can use to promote legislation on nursing issues and concludes with how a nurse can increase her personal political power. Bibliography lists 2 sources. ...

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Nursing-Sensitive Outcome Indicators »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that discusses an assignment scenario that features an elderly Jewish man, who has been restrained, in terms of nursing-sensitive outcome indicators. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Patient Advocacy, A Concept Analysis »

Number of Pages: 8

An 8 page research paper that offers a concept analysis on the topic of patient advocacy in professional nursing. The writer discusses definitions, both theoretical and operational; describes model, borderline and contrary cases; and antecedents and consequences. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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Need for Cultural Competent Care »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page research paper that discusses the meaning of "culture" and "cultural diversity" and then applies this understanding to the significance of providing culturally competent nursing care with a special focus on Australia. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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Jean Watson's Nursing Theory »

Number of Pages: 8

An 8 page research paper that discusses Watson's Theory of Caring, its major concepts and the way in which the four nursing meta-paradigms of person, health, nursing and environment can be applied to a hypothetical caring moment. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Comparing Mission and Philosophy Statements in regards to Nursing »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that contrasts and compares the mission and philosophy statements of the University of North Carolina School of Nursing to that of the University of North Carolina Hospitals. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Nursing Issues in the 21st Century »

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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Heart Disease Prevention Clinic Led by Nurses »

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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Cultural Diversity and Responsibility in Nursing »

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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Nursing Images »

Number of Pages: 5

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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