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Ethics in Palliative Care »

Number of Pages: 4

A 4 page research paper/essay that discusses if it is ethical for a nurse to alleviate pain even if this hastens death in a terminally ill patient. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Florence Nightingale »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 pages research paper that presents the career of Florence Nightingale in terms of cause and effect in regards to the course of nursing history. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Quality Indicators and Nurse/Patient Ratios »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that addresses two issues. First, the writer describes the quality indicators described on the Institute for Healthcare Improvement website. Secondly, the writer discusses the issues raised by mandated nurse/patient ratios. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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Comfort/A Nursing Concept Analysis »

Number of Pages: 9

A 9 page research paper that follows the standard format for a nursing concept analysis, which focuses on the idea of comfort. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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Nursing Participant Observation Controversy and Qualitative Research »

Number of Pages: 13

13 pages in length. Qualitative research explores an area, collects data through observations and interviews with people and generates hypotheses. Working in the opposite direction as the quantitative research, in this method the researcher would first explore the geographic location collecting the data through interviews and observation, and then generate a hypothesis based on ...

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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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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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An Annotated Bibliography on Nursing Leaders »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page paper provides an annotated bibliography on nursing leadership, with a focus on leadership styles like transformational leader. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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Pioneers in Nursing Informatics »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page paper describes nursing informatics pioneers Dr. Patricia Abbott and Dr. Beverly L. Chang. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Nursing Leadership Style »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page essay that discusses nursing leadership styles, focusing on participative leadership. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Nursing Transcendence Relevance »

Number of Pages: 15

A 15 page research paper. The concept of transcendence refers to the awareness of an individual that goes beyond normal physical boundaries. For more than a decade, the relationship between health, recovery, coping and spirituality have been a focus of the literature. This paper explores and investigates what transcendence means, how spirituality is defined ...

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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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EBP for Nursing »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page paper responds to a question on EBP or evidence-based practice in nursing. There are two sources utilized

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Nursing Perspective on Customer Service »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page essay discusses the details of how nurses can generate the perception of ideal customer service among patients. No bibliography is offered.

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Effects of Stress »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that examines stress. Stress experience exists for “all human beings in all ages in varying degrees” (Lunney, 2006). It can be positive or negative producing both positive and negative effects. What is thought of as “stress” in the public mindset is actually stress overload, that is, which is what occurs ...

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Contemporary Nursing Ethics »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page research paper that discusses a case scenario and the ethical issues involved. Due to medical innovation and advancement, more patients are living longer with chronic diseases. But while these innovations can prolong life, death is eventually inevitable for everyone and, therefore, it seems logical that the majority of nurses will be called ...

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Truth in Patient Care »

Number of Pages: 8

An 8 page research paper/essay that discusses the ethics involved in telling the truth to patients. Healthcare practitioners are routinely faced with the responsibility of informing patients about the details and implications of their prognoses. No one enjoys being the bearer of bad tidings when a prognosis offers little hope. Also, it can be difficult ...

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Nursing Perspective on the Issue of Living Organ Donation »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page research paper that looks at this issue. Nursing practice, in regards to transplant medicine, involves numerous potential problems. Not only does the nurse have to be aware of possible medical complications for both the recipient and the donor in cases where a relative donates living tissue, but the entire subject of ...

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Intricacies of Nursing Identity »

Number of Pages: 7

This 7 page essay discusses a student's sense of nursing identity and relates this to literature on this topic. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Need for Professional Nursing Organizations »

Number of Pages: 5

This 5 page essay discusses the need for professional nursing organizations and the benefits they provide. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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HIV Positive Nurses Should Still Be Allowed to Work »

Number of Pages: 4

4 pages in length. Key to the "prevention and management of HIV transmission in healthcare settings" (Campbell, 2004, p. 33) is clear and factual understanding of how the disease is passed and to conquer unfounded, erroneous beliefs that fuel the fear of HIV-positive nurses being a threat to patients and other health care workers. ...

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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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Journal Entries on Healthcare and Nursing »

Number of Pages: 4

This 4 page paper provides an overview of 3 reflective journal entries on different healthcare and nursing topics. Bibliography lists 1 source.

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Nurses and Unions »

Number of Pages: 4

This 4 page essay focuses on the cons in the nursing unionization debate. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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NURSING SHORTAGE AND IMPACT ON HEALTHCARE DEMAND »

Number of Pages: 4

This 4-page paper discusses the economics of potential nursing shortage. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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THE PROFESIONAL MENTAL HEALTH NURSE AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS »

Number of Pages: 7

This 7-page paper discusses communication skills and understanding required by the mental health nurse. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Reflection on Community/Public Health Nursing »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page reflection essay on the benefits of taken a course in community/public health nursing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Comparing System Theories in Nursing »

Number of Pages: 4

This 4 page paper provides an overview of systems theories and the impacts that these have had on nursing. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Community Nursing and the Concepts of Community and Aggregates »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page paper discsuses the concepts of community and aggregates as they apply to community nursing. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Becoming a Nursing Advocate »

Number of Pages: 4

This 4 page paper emphasizes the importance of nursing advocacy for the disabled in the clinical and other environments. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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ADDRESSING THE CRITICAL NURSING SHORTAGE »

Number of Pages: 9

This 9-page paper discusses shortages in nursing, and suggestions for recruiting and retention. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Nursing at Good Sam »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page paper discusses the history and mission of the Good Samaritan College of Nursing in Cincinnati, Ohio. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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ADVANCED NURSE PRACTITIONERS AND MDS: EQUAL WORK FOR EQUAL PAY »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3-page paper argues that advance nurse practitioners (ANP) should earn more money, closer to what physicians earn. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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DUTIES OF A REGISTERED NURSE AT KINDRED HOSPITAL »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3-page paper describes the duties of a registered nurse at acute-care hospital Kindred Hospital in Havertown, PA. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

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Nursing Contracts »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page overview of several different types of nursing contracts. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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Pets in the Nursing Home: A Program Proposal »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page paper provides an overview of a proposal for a program that brings pets into a nursing home. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

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Ladies & Gentlemen of the Jury, I Present…the Nursing Documentation »

Number of Pages: 3

A 3 page summary of the article Ladies & Gentlemen of the Jury, I Present….the Nursing Documentation by Sally Austin. No additional sources cited.

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Foot Fatigue in Nurses: A Theoretical Framework for Change »

Number of Pages: 8

This 8 page paper provides an overview of a theoretical foundation for change in a nursing organization for foot fatigue. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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Becoming a Nurse Manager »

Number of Pages: 7

This 7 page paper provides an overview of the role of a nurse manager and the salary and educational requirements. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Spirituality in Nursing Practice - Literature Review »

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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Nursing Professionalism »

Number of Pages: 5

A 5 page paper which examines the position of nursing professionalism. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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New Jersey Nurses/Advocacy for Climate Change »

Number of Pages: 4

This 3 page paper discusses New Jersey nurses and climate change. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

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Nursing Science »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page paper discusses the six concepts that form the basis of nursing knowledge. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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ANA/Overview »

Number of Pages: 5

This 5 page paper offers an overview of the American Nurses Association (ANA). Bibliography lists 6 sources.

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NP Practice/Blood Clots, DVT »

Number of Pages: 4

This 4 page paper pertains to deep vein thrombosis (DVT) and nurse practitioner practice. Bibliography lists 7 sources.

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CISD Program/Overview »

Number of Pages: 7

Thiis 7 page paper describes the implementation of an intervention to aid ED nurses with high levels of stress. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

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Emergency Nursing/CISD »

Number of Pages: 6

This 6 page paper provides an annotated bibliography on critical incident stress debriefing (CISD), in regard to emergency department nurses.

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COPD/Case Study »

Number of Pages: 4

This 4 page paper discusses a COPD case and nursing care. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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Cancer/Nursing Process »

Number of Pages: 7

This 7 page paper offers an overview of nursing processes and cancer. Bibliography lists 12 sources.

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Nurse Practitioner (NP) »

Number of Pages: 3

This 3 page paper discusses the importance of the role of nurse practitioner (NP). Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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