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A 4 page statement written from the perspective of an individual pursuing certification as a physicians assistant. Notes that even a brief review of the licensing situation in the medical profession it becomes obvious that without professional certification and/or licensing an individual can do little in terms of patient care in any type of ...
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A 3 page paper which examines the insight gained from Mitch Albom's 1997 memoir, "Tuesdays With Morrie," and considers how this insight may be
incorporated into nursing practice.
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A 14 page research paper that is based on the premise that the author is a nurse who is spending a year as a health practitioner to the Olinkan tribe. The author must state a position relative to the subject of female circumcision, a practice of the Olinkans. The writer gives both sides of this ...
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A 5 page paper that examines the
history of collective bargaining in the nursing profession. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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This five-page-paper presents an in-depth discussion outlining the perioperative surgical elective that nursing students can take to determine if they want to go into perioperative
care as their specialty. Bibliography lists five sources.
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A 5 page paper which examines a series of simulations designed to evaluate the leadership of nursing management assistant directors, including employee tardiness, personal use of office equipment, medication errors, inappropriate
dress, and questionable conduct. 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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Number of Pages: 20
A 20 page research paper on management practices, theories and ideologies that should be applied to astute nursing home management. The paper gives a general overview of current general management trends and discusses the changing face of the field of health care. All involved parties have come to the realization that health care costs must ...
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An 8 page paper discussing this model of nursing and model of health care, particularly as it relates to education. The Pender model holds that people are willing and able to take the steps necessary to improve their health standing, to seek increasing levels of wellness rather than only existing without the presence of ...
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A 3 page paper relating this former president's 1961 warning to current nursing practice. "See your doctor." "Ask your doctor about ____ and if it's right for you." So go pharmaceutical companies' advertising directly to consumers who cannot directly purchase their products. As health care costs continue to spiral despite efforts ...
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This 4 page paper examines a case study about a drug addicted nurse. Suggestions are made in respect to what a coworker is to do.
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Number of Pages: 6
This 6 page paper provides a plan for a public health nurse to implement in order to improve the rate of immunization throughout the world. The target population is children in Africa.
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Number of Pages: 7
This is a 7 page paper which discusses the stereotyping of males and females in the nursing profession.
The bibliography has 4 sources.
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Number of Pages: 6
Nursing has always been dichotomized between
science and humanity. Being a good nurse is being defined by the
ability to be proficient in both. This 6 page paper provides a tutorial
and information on the construction of a teaching plan for self-care of
wounds. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Number of Pages: 12
A 12 page paper discussing the therapeutic use of self and self-disclosure in the psychiatric setting. Formal training provides the technical knowledge needed to provide competent care in the psychiatric setting, but formal training also can be seen as only the beginning point of building competence. Experience and reflection on that experience are ...
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Number of Pages: 9
A 9 page paper. Interdisciplinary health care teams have been around in one form or another since at least the early 20th century but they have become more popular and more formalized in recent years. This essay defines an interdisciplinary team and discusses the benefits of this model for the patient as well as for ...
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Number of Pages: 8
An 8 page overview of these two distinctive yet related theories. The author provides each theories background and relates them to the four metaparadigms of person, health, environment, and nursing. The contention is presented that these theories are
closely related to one another in that they each emphasize the critical relationship between therapist and ...
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A 4 page paper discussing the benefits of operating under the principles of these two approaches to nursing. There are several levels at which health care facilities maintain care-giving employees. Not all of them require specific licensing, but lack of licensing prevents them from operating in the realm of the RN or LPN. ...
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A 4 page paper which examines why one would wish to
become a nurse. No sources cited.
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This 3 page report briefly discusses the
basic precepts of Dorothy E. Johnson (1919-99) in terms of nursing theory. Bibliography
lists 2 sources.
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5 pages in length. Every person caught in a disaster must make split second decisions pertaining to his or her safety; with such concerns as when to evacuate, where to go and how to get there, the level of anxiety that accompanies the mass departure of disaster-related emergencies calls for considerable focus, effort and ...
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Number of Pages: 9
A 9 page paper discussing increased utilization of nurse practitioners for direct patient care at an HIV/AIDS clinic. Increased utilization of NPs in an HIV/AIDS clinic can bring about several benefits, including patient responsiveness, financial considerations and ability to see greater numbers of patients. Patients are likely to build closer interpersonal relationships with ...
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A 9 page research paper that discusses this topic. This area of historical study can be divided roughly into several categories, as there are books that detail the role of Northern women as nurses; abolitionists; spies; and as actual soldiers. The historiography of Northern women's involvement in the war is too vast to be addressed ...
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Number of Pages: 15
A 15 page paper. The purpose of this study was to conduct an academic critical appraisal related to literature review on critical thinking skills and concept mapping. Five articles are reviewed. In each, the participants in the study were baccalaureate nursing students. Each article discusses critical thinking skills and concept mapping. The earliest article is ...
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Number of Pages: 14
This 14 page paper is a reflective document considering the way in which certain activities have aided a student with practicing for continual professional development activities as part of their nursing career. The first part of the paper demonstrates the use of an analytical tool to assess the reliability of a research paper, and ...
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A 5 page paper. Advanced practice nursing has a long history dating back to the 1800s. It was not until the 1960s that this title was conferred, however. Today, APNs can specialize in any number of medical specialties. They are leaders wherever they are working. Their knowledge and skill give them influence over others. ...
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A 6 page paper. The Balanced Scorecard is a strategic planning and management system that is being used in many different types of organizations across the world. This essay presents a Balanced Scorecard for a healthcare institution. There are four categories identified with 2 measures for each one. The scorecard is evaluated in terms of ...
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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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A 5 page paper which discusses many different aspects
of critical thinking as it applies to the field of nursing. Critical thinking is very essential
to any successful endeavor in relationship to the health industry, and especially in
relationship to operative matters, where an individual’s life is in the hands of the
professional. In light of this truth, ...
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Number of Pages: 12
Client Centered Nursing Home Care. (12 pp). On any
given day, nursing homes are caring for about one
in twenty Americans over the age of 65. Almost half
of all Americans turning 65 this year will be
admitted into a nursing home at least once. One
fifth of those people admitted into nursing homes
stay ...
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Number of Pages: 15
15 pages in length. In this research proposal
the student will be studying two different groups of nurses in
the home care setting. One group will have had training in
transcultural nursing and the other group will have had no
training in transcultural nursing. Both groups will be compared
in order to see which has a higher ...
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A 5 page paper discussing the AMA's complaints of
nurse practioners not having enough direct supervision by MDs and the nursing profession's
response. The uncertainty in the health care industry has not spared physicians. After more than
a century of preserving image, they face a shift away from themselves as the "most equal"
component of the health ...
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Number of Pages: 10
This 10 page report discusses research conducted regarding the
nursing perspective of patient-nurse intimacy. The research is
considered within specific guidelines relating to how qualitative
research is best analyzed. By following such a process, an
individual nurse has a greater opportunity to review for
her/himself information presented in research journals and
publications. Bibliography lists 4
sources.
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6 pages in length. Dr. Madeleine
Leininger is considered the world's foremost authority on
transcultural nursing. Transcultural nurses, according to Dr.
Leininger, see more than just a globe. Theirs is a unique
perspective encompassing the entire world and all nationalities
when it comes to the family nurse practitioner. Her theories can
be applied in any clinic setting ...
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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
and social ...
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This 12 page paper
provides an analytical overview of the current literature regarding the
changing role of nurses and their function in postoperative pain
management. In particular, this study assesses the changing role of
nurses in the midst of efforts towards cost containment in recent years.
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This 5 page paper presents the basic tenets of the
theories of Watson and Leininger, arguing that Jean Watson and Madeleine
Leininger are both nursing theorists who promoted caring through
integration of diverse aspects of the patient's life.
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This 20 page
report discusses the state of the nursing home industry in the
United States and the many problems and challenges it has face
and continues to face. Even though Congress restored nearly $3
billion to skilled nursing facilities in 1999, it still wasn’t
enough to keep many of the facilities operating. In general, the
government’s payment system and the ...
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This 10 page report
discusses what an “integrated clinical pathway” is and the
purposes associated with it Simply enough, a clinical pathway is
precisely what the name suggests . . . a path to follow. It
serves as a multi-disciplinary guideline in relationship to the
treatment, prognosis, and outcomes a nursing team might expect to
see regarding a particular patient’s ...
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A 5 page paper that provides a review and analysis of a journal article by Sarah Jo Brown (2001). The article reports the ANA's study linking staffing and patient outcomes. The writer comments on the importance of research. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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This 5
page report discusses the international normalized ratio or INR
and how a nurse educator’s efforts can assure that INR stability
is maintained on a more consistent basis. There are a number of
indications for oral anticoagulation therapy, most having to do
with the use of mechanical devices to maintain a patient’s
cardiac functioning. Therefore, it is essential that it ...
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A 7 page paper. The article reviewed reports a demonstration project that links payment to quality and specifically, to outcomes for the residents. This was a project that began in Minnesota in 1995 and is still going on. It reflects a move from quality assurance to quality improvement and makes a shift to an ...
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A 5 page overview of the diagnosis and intervention required to detect and alleviate cases of abuse involving the fabrication of a non-existent illness or injury in another for the purposes of gaining attention and sympathy for the victim’s caretaker. This paper provides a concise definition of Munchausen by Proxy and descriptions of activities ...
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This 6 page report discusses one of the oldest health care professions -- that of being a midwife. Midwives specialize in women giving birth. In countless circumstances, midwives are able to provide the specialized and personal services that the typical gynecologist-obstetrician M.D. could only provide if she or he had a truly limited medical practice. ...
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This 8 page paper takes a look at the concept of patient autonomy. Many examples are provided and the subject is discussed in depth. Annotated bibliography is included. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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A 4 page paper discussing longevity of systems dependent on information processing. The statement of debate is that the more energy devoted to information processing within a system, the more likely it is that the system will survive. The paper agrees with the statement, but cautions against allowing the law of diminishing returns ...
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An 8 page research paper that investigates the issue of whether or not to use physical restraints on a patient. The writer offers a literature review on this topic and discusses professional guidelines that indicate when this is appropriate. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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An 8 page paper discussing the value and benefits of greater diversity sensitivity in the emergency room. Emergency room personnel must be able to communicate with each other and with patients, of course. Medical instructions and procedures must be well understood among staff members, and it is critical that staff be able to ...
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5 pages in length. The topic of this book evokes a sense of patriarchal control and unmitigated ignorance with regard to the 'science' of medicine and how it has evolved during the past few hundred years. Women's contributions, disregarded and shunned until very recently, have historically been overshadowed by oppressive patriarchal perspectives; by ...
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of this topic with attention on signs and symptoms of possible abuse. What to look for, the prevalence of elder abuse, and how to deal with possible abuse situations are all discussed.
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