Category: Nursing
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Running Head: Stroke Studies
Accounting for 700,000 deaths per year and occurring every three minutes in the United States (Harvey, 2004), cerebral vascular accidents (CVA) are common life-threatening/ life-changing emergencies treated in hospitals across the nation. A CVA, also known as a
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Health Care – Based on Social Good Will, Not Profit
It is no secret that health care costs are spiraling out of control in this country. The approach that the United States government has taken towards the public health-care system should be completely reevaluated.
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Aphasia – Communication Impairment
Aphasia is a general term used to describe one or more disorders that have caused the loss or impairment of the ability to speak or communicate. (Akmajian Demers, and Harnish 1979:306) This can be caused by disease (
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My Journey Into Nursing: A New Life Changes My Life
Earliest Recollections When I was younger, I never entertained the thought of being a nurse. The thought of seeing all that blood made me sick to my stomach. When I was younger, I would often pass out when I got my vaccinations or
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Feeling Safe: The Psychosocial Needs of ICU Patients
Summary: The Study concentrates on the ICU and how patients are able to cope in this type of setting. The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the psychosocial needs of critically ill
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Qualitative and Quantitative Studies Within Mental Health Care
This essay will look at a critical review of research of one qualitative paper and one quantitative paper (Cohen 2002) says that qualitative research study can mean the analysis of open-ended questions where
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The Nursing Process: Risk For Injury
Nursing is a profession which is prominent across the world. When society changes, nursing also changes. Nurses possess a skill unlike other professionals; nurses must master more information than ever before
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Schizophrenia – A Brain Disease
Schizophrenia is a disease of the brain that interferes with normal brain and mental function. This disease affects not only the patient, but the patients’ family as well. Learning that a person is schizophrenic is
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Healing Hands Australian – Indigenous Health
The healing hands indigenous health rights campaign utilises the social planning approach. By using this approach, the campaign is delivered at a national level yet acknowledges that if changes with health care
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Being a Public Health Nurse
When walking through a hospital or even a doctor’s office, to see the different tasks and performances that doctors and nurses do to help people is very interesting. To see them give inject a flu vaccination, check their heart rate, change the IV, or
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Martha E. Rogers, the creation of the SUHB
Martha E. Rogers, the creation of the SUHB Martha E. Rogers’ creation of the Science of Unitary Human Beings (SUHB) theory allowed nursing to be considered one of the scientific disciplines. Rogers provided a framework for nursing study and research
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The Defence Mechanisms of the Lungs With Relation to Pulmonary Anatomy – Nursing Research Paper
The Defence Mechanisms of the Lungs With Relation to Pulmonary Anatomy – Nursing Research Paper The pathway taken by air during inhalation: During inhalation, air enters the nasal cavities via the nostrils, and also into the mouth during forced
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The Impact of AIDS on Medicaid – Nursing Research Paper
The Impact of AIDS on Medicaid – Nursing Research Paper For more than 50 million low-income Americans, the Medicaid public health program is the primary source of health-care coverage and provider of long-term care
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Left Ventricular Failure Causing Hypoxemia and Low Blood Pressure – Nursing Management Essay
Left Ventricular Failure Causing Hypoxemia and Low Blood Pressure – Nursing Management Essay In this essay the author will analyse the normal and pathologic physiology of left ventricular failure (LVF) and how this is related to hypoxemia and low blood pressure (BP). The nursing management will be discussed as well. John had two myocardial infarctions…
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Pregnancy: Iron Deficiency – Nursing Essay
Pregnancy: Iron Deficiency – Nursing Essay Women who become pregnant are at high risk for iron deficiency. Iron deficiency tends to occur due to the high demand of fetal and material tissue growth during a pregnancy (1). Pregnant women with low iron intake are at a higher risk than those who receive the recommended daily…
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Intensive Care in Medical Gruduation: A Study in Maranhao, Brazil – Nursing Research Paper
Intensive Care in Medical Gruduation: A Study in Maranhao, Brazil – Nursing Research Paper Abstract – There is data to suggest that Intensive Care remains in search of academic independence. In Brazil, Intensive Care is part of the curriculum of the graduation course of some medical schools, including this one. Aim To analyze the contribution…
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Parish Nursing is a Fast Growing Trend – Nursing Studies Research Paper
Parish Nursing is a Fast Growing Trend – Nursing Studies 100 Level Course) While parish nursing is a fast growing trend in congregational settings, its ideas on wholistic healthcare and functions of the parish nurse are still widely unknown. Parish nursing’s roots began centuries ago and is now planting the concepts of whole person health…