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Assisted Suicide and the Nursing Profession »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page paper which provides a detailed explanation of the issue, discusses why this topic in particular was chosen, relates how the issue affects the nursing profession and considers the issue’s societal/community impact. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Nursing and Ethical Dilemmas »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page research paper that explores various ethical dilemmas and how application of the ANA Code of Ethics can be used as a guide to professional conduct. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Nursing Ethics/A Diabetic Patient »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper/essay that considers the ethical conflicts inherent in a case scenario concerning a diabetic patient in long-term care. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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Nurse as an Agent of Change in Data Base Management »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page discussion of the evolving role nurses play in data base management. This paper contends that the nurse plays many roles in data base management. Not only does she or he collect data and input it into the data base, the nurse is often responsible for some components of the management of the ...

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Nursing Empowerment »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page paper discussing empowerment in nursing. True empowerment can enable nurses to provide much needed help and innovative thought to the field of health. A discussion of the basics of empowerment is detailed as it applies to the complicated industry of nursing, illustrating that it is a reality that requires participation by all individuals involved ...

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Implementation of Standard Procedures by a Head Nurse »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page paper which examines the complexities of situations with regard to a head nurse’s administration of standard hospital procedures, including making exceptions to such customary procedures such as visitation, children, etc.; contending with frequent complaints from the same nurse; and the separation of reasonable and unreasonable procedural requests. Bibliography lists 1 source.

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Life and Contributions of Clara Barton »

Number of Pages: 6

In 6 pages, the author discusses Clara Barton. "As a young girl, her skull was studied by phrenologist, and he determined her to be one that would never assert herself for herself, but that for others she would be fearless. Angel of mercy during the Civil War, although not a nurse. Founder ...

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Nursing and Reflective Practice Techniques »

Number of Pages: 11

An eleven page paper which looks at the techniques of reflective practice in terms of way in which nurses are trained, and how useful this strategy is both in terms of the understanding of theoretical knowledge and the practical applications of nursing philosophy. Bibliography lists 12 sources

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CNS' Function and Role »

Number of Pages: 8

An eight page paper which looks at the role and function of the Clinical Nurse Specialist, in terms of clinical specialisation, leadership within the parameters of the health-care organisational model, and the ways in which the CNS’s role is changing with regard to other positions in the field of advanced nursing practice. Bibliography lists 7 ...

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Jean Watson's and Joyce Travelbee's Nursing Theories »

Number of Pages: 10

A 10 page overview of the nursing theories of Joyce Travelbee and Jean Watson. This paper emphasizes the holistic approach of both of these theories, comparing them to other nursing theories and, noting the importance of spiritual, culture, and psychosocial impacts on health. Bibliography lists 14 sources.

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Community Health Nursing Considerations »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page discussion of the myriad of situations which can confront the community health care nurse. The author of this paper contends that community health nursing encompasses a diversity of health care and social arenas. Consequently, numerous issues are often associated with community health care. Two are centered out for the ...

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'Bearing Illness and Injury' Review »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page review of an article appearing in the December 2000 issue of Western Journal of Nursing Research. The authors describe a qualitative study seeking to gain information about patients' views of catastrophic illness and injury. The paper analyzes problem statement, study purpose, sample selection, data collection, data analysis and the conclusions ...

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Fictional Family Unit and Application of Family Theory »

Number of Pages: 26

A 26 page paper dissecting the family depicted in the movie “The Birdcage” for the purpose of assessing according to family and nursing theory. The paper briefly describes the film and applicability of nursing theory and intervention both to individual family members and to the family unit as a whole. The largest section ...

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Pediatric Burn Care and High Acuity Nursing »

Number of Pages: 11

An 11 page paper discussing the epidemiology, pathophysiology of burns, as well as clinical issues involved in care of them. High-acuity nursing is more intensive and far more costly than other types of care, and it generally is reserved for those cases requiring either more advanced or more intricate techniques. This paper reviews ...

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Newman's Theory & Applications for Practice »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that discusses 2 issues. First of all, the writer discusses the differences and similarities between the theories of Margaret Newman and Martha Rogers; and then discusses how the application of Newman's theory will change and improve the nursing practice of the student. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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Neuman and Rogers Systems Model Application »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page paper discussing the Neuman and Rogers systems models of nursing, evaluating each and determining which would be most appropriate for a specific case. Many of today’s commonly-used theories are quite similar in their form, differing in only a few distinct points. This is the case with the theories of Neuman ...

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Ethics and Legalities of Health Care »

Number of Pages: 12

A 12 page paper discussing a case in which an emergency room nurse turned away a patient delivered by ambulance. The receiving hospital is a private, for-profit organization, and the patient had no job, no funds and no insurance. The patient was suffering from an apparent broken leg after injuring it playing tennis ...

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3 Nursing Diagnoses for an Elderly Patient »

Number of Pages: 9

A 9 page research paper that, first, presents a case scenario and then offers 3 nursing diagnoses that apply to the case. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Holistic Nursing Journal »

Number of Pages: 7

A 7 page paper that provides a nursing student with a guide to writing a journal on two books that concern spiritual enlightenment. Bibliography lists 2 books.

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Career Objectives and Philosophy of Nursing »

Number of Pages: 3

3 pages in length. Nursing, a profession that was decidedly more of the female persuasion in the mid-eighteen hundreds, has long been considered an extension of a woman's natural ability to nurture. Had it not been for Florence Nightingale's attempts to humanize the medical profession in the nineteenth century, there is no telling ...

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Nursing Ethics in December 2002 AORN Journal »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page paper discussing a series of nine articles appearing in the AORN Journal between April and December, 2002. The value of the series of articles is that each article focuses on a specific point of stated, formal ethics code to explain to perioperative nurses precisely what the standards mean for them. ...

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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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Nursing's Hermeneutic Phenomenology Method of Inquiry »

Number of Pages: 24

A 24 page paper discussing the value of the hermeneutic phenomenological method of inquiry in nursing. All researchers need to take great care in designing, conducting and evaluating their investigations, particularly when using the hermeneutic phenomenological method of inquiry. Any research effort undertaken in this method may be suspect in the view of ...

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LPNs and RNs »

Number of Pages: 10

This 10 page paper provides a comparative view of LPS and RNs, including a focus on diffences in their duties. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Medical Doctors and Nurse Practitioners Conflict Management »

Number of Pages: 10

A 10 page paper using the Kolb model to examine conflict assessment and management. As health care changes and patients increasingly take active roles in their own health care, they care less about hierarchy than they do results and practical application rather than medical theory. Though the struggle is between nurse practitioners and ...

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Using Learning Contracts Within Patient Education »

Number of Pages: 12

A 12 page paper presenting the beginning point from which a nursing learning contract can be negotiated. The paper discusses attributes of adult learners, which includes the nurse involved in contract learning as well as the patients benefiting from the end result, which is to be a booklet that a general practice can use ...

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Research on Nursing Leadership »

Number of Pages: 6

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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The Dorothy Johnson Behavioral System Model of Nursing »

Number of Pages: 13

This 13 page paper explores Dorothy Johnson’s behavioral system model of nursing, which suggests that individuals are made up of “subsystems” which must be kept in balance. Annotated bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Providing Comfort in the Emergency Room »

Number of Pages: 6

As an ER nurse, it is easy to get caught up in the fast pace of the environment, to focus on the technical and critical nature of nursing in the ER and to forget that patients are people with hopes and fears and dreams rather than just people exhibiting illnesses and crying out in pain ...

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Spanish-speaking Clients/Mental Health Nursing »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that discusses Hispanic cultural beliefs and how this impacts counseling practice with Spanish-speaking clients in Southern California. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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ICU Delirium »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that discusses delirium in the context of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Research addressing delirium in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) has been ongoing since the 1960s (Hartwick, 2003). However, despite all that has been learned over the past forty years, ICU patients continue to suffer from delirium and it continues ...

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Explaining DNRs »

Number of Pages: 15

A 15 page paper. The paper begins by explaining the differences between an Advance Directive and a Do-Not-Resuscitate order. DNRs are not well understood. They are misinterpreted largely because patients and their families do not understand them. The one health care professional who has the best opportunity to clear up this confusion is the ...

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Advanced Practice Nursing, Focus on Florida »

Number of Pages: 10

This 10 page research paper offers an overview of advance practice nursing, with an emphasis on issues pertaining to the State of Florida. The writer discusses prescriptive authority of APNs in Florida, as well as internationally. The writer considers the strategies that APNs employ within their roles as patient educators, researchers, patient advocates and clinicians. ...

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McCubbin and Patterson/Double ABCX Model of Family Stress »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page research paper that discusses the Double ABCX Model of Family Adjustment and Adaptation, developed by McCubbin and Patterson in 1983, which refers to family stress that accumulates and becomes problematic within a short period of time, that is, periods when there is “stressor pile-up” (Laszloffy 206). This discussion of this model, first ...

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Reflection Process Recording »

Number of Pages: 3

3 pages in length. Much of life's attempts at communication is fraught with misunderstanding or misconstrue. In the field of nursing, this reality can be deadly. One of the many ways to uphold a working system of checks and balances is through the practice called process recording. Nursing - more than ...

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Kolcaba's Comfort Theory Of Nursing »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page paper that describes and discuses Kolcaba's comfort theory. The metaparadigms are identified as are the four aspects of comfort and the three types of comfort. The theory is analyzed through the report of successes. The writer discusses application of the study with examples and finally discusses rural nursing and whether Kolcaba's ...

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Mandatory Overtime for Nurses »

Number of Pages: 6

A 6 page research paper that discusses this nursing issue. The writer discusses the issues involved and possible strategies for addressing them. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Hildegard Peplau: Applications in Advanced Practice Nursing »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page review of Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations and its applications to advanced practice nursing. Peplau’s theory is analyzed using the criteria identified by Monti and Tingen. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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Community Nursing: Positive Impacts on Nutrition and Lifestyle »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page consideration of a case study involving an impoverished rural community suffering from poor nutrition and various smoking-related respiratory problems. The community nurse proposes a food co-op and an educational smoking intervention plan. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Ethical Issues/Living Wills »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page research paper/essay that offers an example paper to a nursing student in regards to possible response to a scenario involving ethics, the existence of a living will and the right course of action. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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Observing a Religious Service »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page essay that describes a hypothetical observation by the author of a Jewish religious service that is then related to implications for nursing care. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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Mental Models of a Finance Officer in a Healthcare Setting »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page paper looks at the type of mental models which may be used by a chief finance officer in a healthcare organization when undertaking their duties, and considers the way that these may different from the mental models used by the healthcare staff including doctors and nurses. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

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Adverse Drug Reactions and Metabolic Changes Associated with Antipsychotic Medications »

Number of Pages: 12

In twelve pages this paper examines the adverse drug reactions or metabolic changes that are associated with antipsychotic medications and also considers the implications of these antipsychotic drug reactions to the nursing profession. Ten sources are listed in the bibliography.

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Book Report on Mark Sanborn’s The Fred Factor »

Number of Pages: 4

In four pages this book report on Mark Sanborn’s The Fred Factor includes basic information on the book and author, discussion of theme with supporting examples, writer’s evaluation of the text and how this text can be applied to nursing practice. There are no other sources listed in the bibliography.

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Community Nursing Problem/Yeadon, PA »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper/essay that takes the form of a letter to the editor of the Yeadon Times concerning the rise in crime against the elderly, which proposes a community nursing program on this topic. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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IOM Ecological Model/Bioterrorism »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page research paper that discusses the threat of bioterrorism from the viewpoint of the IOM ecological model and how this applies to nursing. One page of this paper is an outline. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Learning Theories-Nursing Education: Annotated Bibliography »

Number of Pages: 4

This is a 4 page paper that presents annotated bibliographies of three articles, each of which emphasizes a different learning theory and is related to nursing education. The three learning theories are behavioral, cognitive and constructivist. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Theory Analysis/Peplau »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page research paper that summarizes and evaluates Hildegard Peplau's nursing theory, the Theory of Interpersonal Relations. The writer describes its key elements and then offers brief evaluation, with examples of its application. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Role of Public Health Nurse/Diabetes Care »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that addresses the role of public health nursing in regards to elderly population with diabetes. The writer stresses the importance of self-management and educational intervention. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

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HOSPITAL CASE STUDY »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3-page paper focuses on a suggestion to a hospital to help shore up its finances and patient base, while examining nurse retention. Bibliography list 1 source.

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