Breast Cancer
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In 5 pages -- paper discusses the difference of an article on the topic of breast cancer in a magazine and two journals. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Cancerbr.wps

Breast Cancer & Coping Strategies
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A 12 page paper that provides an overview of coping strategies of people with serious illnesses and then considers these in terms of breast cancer. This paper also suggests ways in which knowledge of these coping skills impacts nursing. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Canccope.wps

Breast Cancer / A Look At Family vs. Group Therapy Options
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A 75 page in-depth research paper providing an overview of the current literature concerning breast cancer treatment and mental health. The writer supports the hypothesis that a greater level of psychosocial improvement can be demonstrated by breast cancer patients who receive group therapy over those who are participate in family therapy. Bibliography lists 36 sources.
Filename: Cancerb.wps

Breast Cancer in African American Women
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This 6 page paper considers the issue of breast cancer in African American women, the leading cause of cancer-related death in this population, and then relates the high mortality rates in African American women to socioeconomic and environmental factors. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Afbrcan.wps

Breast Cancer in African American Women / Environmental Impacts
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This 5 page paper relates the issue of breast cancer and higher mortality rates among African American women to environmental conditions, including exposure to carcinogens. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: Afbrcan2.wps

Breast Cancer Report
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This 4 page report discusses the factors and issues involved with breast cancer. An overview of the disease, detection and diagnosis, risk factors, new treatment options, and preventive measures are briefly covered, as well as information on why young women, even teenagers should be well aware of the disease. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Cancrep.rtf

Breast Cancer Report
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This 5 page report discusses the factors and issues involved with breast cancer. An overview of the disease, detection and diagnosis, risk factors, new treatment options, and preventive measures are briefly covered. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Canbrest.wps

Vitamin A and Birth Defects
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A 5 page paper that provides an overview of the current findings that relate the overuse of vitamin A in the form of retinal to cranial neural crest defects. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Abirthd.wps

The Return Of Thalidomide
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A 6 page paper discussing the birth-defect causing drug thalidomide prescribed to pregnant women as a sedative and defense against nausea. Despite the terrible problems it caused in the 1950s and early 1960s, the drug is being reintroduced for use in treatment of several diseases. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: Returnt.doc

Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
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A 12 page research paper on S.I.D.S. (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome). The writer discusses frequency of occurrence, research funding, seasonal variation, infant epidemiology, and ways to reduce the risk of S.I.D.S. altogether. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Sids.wps

Margaret Newman Theory
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This 7 page paper looks at this theory which focuses not on the pathology but on the idea of wholeness of the patient and the way in which treatment may be aided by moving away form the separation of patient and illness to looking at the whole. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEnewmanm.rtf

The Individual, Society, & Health In Education / An Historical Perspective
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A 12 page paper discussing what the work of four educational theorists -- Maria Montessori, John Locke, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi -- can offer to health professionals in the field of nursing. Bibliography lists ten sources.
Filename: Monte.wps

Malignant Hyperthermia in an ICU Nursing Setting
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A 6 page research paper that gives an overview to the diagnosis, treatment, pathophysiology, etiology and expected patient outcomes of episodes of malignant hyperthermia (MH). MH is a rare skeletal muscle disease that causes patients to develop life-threatening hyperthermia in response to inhaled anesthesia. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: 90fever.rtf

Holistic Nursing & the Perspectives of Martha E. Rogers
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Martha E. Rogers is one of the founding theorists who has related spirituality and a non-medical knowledge of the patient to the process of providing nursing care. This 5 page paper considers the central components of her nursing philosophy, and then also considers the implications for the development of holistic nursing as a whole. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Nursrog.wps

Jean Watson & Holistic Nursing
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Jean Watson has played a major role in determining the link between nursing identity and holistic healing, and has supported the integration of a new vision of nursing process within the profession. This 5 page paper considers the role of Jean Watson in asserting a holistic model for nursing and then relates this vision to a philosophy on holistic care. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Jeanwats.wps

Review of 'Awakening the Nurse Healer Within'
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A 4 page paper discussing the article by Carol Wells-Federman. The author presents solid reasons that the mainstream nurse need not view the holistic approach as something totally foreign or irreconcilable to the training received in order to gain the privilege of practicing nursing. In fact, she maintains that the standard approach to nursing always has been that of encouraging patient responsibility and offering suggestions that incorporate mind and spirit. She shows nurses how, though terminology differs, the approach is the same. She also encourages them to care for themselves in the same way. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSnurse2.wps

Euthanasia / Issues for Nursing
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A 9 page research paper that considers the medical, personal and legal issues of euthanasia as they relate to nursing. Other topics discussed include voluntary vs. murder, moral and ethical issues, and religious and legal conflicts. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Ethnurs.doc

Nursing / Ethical Issues Concerning Assisted Suicide
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A 5 page essay exploring a nurse's experience with patients requesting assisted suicide. The writer describes the experience from a firsthand perspective and then presents the position held by the American Nursing Association on this controversial issue. The ANA is opposed to assisted suicide but the writer reports feeling a strong desire to help one particular patient in their quest to end suffering and die-- This ethical dilemma is discussed in great detail. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: Nurseuth.wps

Postpartum Depression / Definition & Discussion
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An 8 page research paper on postpartum depression. The writer discusses its definition, types (postpartum psychosis, postpartum neurotic depression, etc;), symptoms, and more. Covered in this paper is also a brief history of some of the experimental treatments that have developed over the years, and even theories which maintain that there may be a biologically plausible explanation for postpartum psychiatric illness. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: Postpart.wps

The Process of Bereavement: An Outline
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A 2 page outline that details how societies employ rituals in order to aid the survivors in coping psychologically with the effect that the death of a loved one has on their lives. The writer argues that while bereavement is difficult to bear at any age, it particularly impacts the elderly and young children in a detrimental fashion that can have permanent negative effects. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: 90fneral.rtf

DNA Cloning and Nursing
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A 5 page research paper that examines the practical medical applications of DNA cloning technology. For example, cloning provides a readily available source of human growth hormone, which is used for treating several types of disorder. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: 90clone.rtf

Factors Affecting Cancer and Heart Disease Mortality Rates
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A 30 page paper discussing separately factors affecting the mortality rates of heart disease and cancer, then comparing lifestyle factors that can apply to both in reducing those mortality rates. Cardiovascular disease is the nation's number-one killer; cancer comes in at number two. Risk factors for cardiovascular disease are more controllable from the individual's point of view than are those of cancer, which includes several life events and conditions over which the individual has no control. Those most at risk in the US are the poor, and particularly the poor minorities. For either cardiovascular disease or for cancer, early detection is the most effective of all control measures. Bibliography lists 30 sources.
Filename: KSmortal.wps

Breast Cancer Treatment / Lumpectomy vs. Mastectomy
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A 10 page paper that provides an intensive overview of the existing arguments surrounding the use of lumpectomies and adjuvant therapies rather than partial or radical mastectomies for different forms of breast cancer. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Brcancer.wps

Advantages & Disadvantages of Heamotopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
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A 15 page paper discussing transplants of stem cells from both bone marrow and peripheral blood. Bone marrow transplant is still the most aggressive form of cancer treatment and is often necessary following high dose chemotherapy and radiation for the eradication of certain cancerous conditions. Such high-dose treatments destroy the patient's bone marrow, the site of all blood production, along with their targeted cancers. Now used in treatment of other diseases as well, the autologous bone marrow transplant in which the patient is his own donor is far more common than is the allogeneic transplant in which another person donates bone marrow to the patient. Increasingly, peripheral blood stem cell harvest and transplant is used either in place of or in addition to the autologous bone marrow transplant, and the pre-treatment patient may soon not be his only possible donor as the use of stem cells harvested from umbilical cord blood is more heavily investigated. Bibliography lists 41 sources.
Filename: Stemcell.wps

Journal Article # 3 / 'An Exploratory Study of Recipients' Perceptions of Bone Marrow Transplantation'
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In 3 pages, the writer analyzes an article from the Journal of Advanced Nursing which seeks to investigate patient response to their own experiences with bone marrow transplant (BMT) well after the actual surgery and its recovery period.
Filename: Review12.wps

Stem Cell Therapy
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A 2 page paper discussing the stem cell aspect of chemotherapy. Stem cells are the progenitor cells of all types of blood cells, including the white blood cells that combat infection and invasion, and red blood cells that supply nourishment to all the tissues of the body. They primarily reside in the bone marrow, but some also can be found circulating in the blood. Cancer chemotherapy depresses bone marrow activity so that fewer blood cells are produced. Stem cell therapy involves harvesting bone marrow prior to chemotherapy treatment, then reintroducing it following treatment so that blood cell production can occur at optimum rates. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSstem.doc

Eating Disorders & Residential Treatment
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A 5 page paper in which the writer provides an overview of the common inpatient treatments for eating disorders, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia. This paper suggests a multi-disciplinary approach and demonstrates the increasing focus on drug treatment for these disorders. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: Eating1.wps

Steven Levenkron's 'The Best Little Girl in the World'
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2 pages in length. The writer offers a brief account of Steven Levenkron's book about a young girl with an eating disorder. No additonal sources cited.
Filename: Bestgirl.wps

The Short & Long Term Effects Of Eating Disorders
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A 5 page paper that considers both short and long term effects of untreated eating disorders. This paper demonstrates both physical and psychological effects and then suggests the problems that are posed to treatment teams when these individuals finally seek help. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Eating2.wps

Alzheimer's Disease / Genetic vs. Environmental
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A 10 page paper that provides an overview of the two major arguments surrounding Alzheimer's disease and demonstrates increasing support for the genetic theory. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Alzheim.wps

Alzheimer's Disease, The Brain, & Memory Loss
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A 9 page research paper exploring the possible causes and the progression of symptoms of senile dementia, of which Alzheimer's is the most widely occurring and best-known type. Current thinking is that the diagnosis and, therefore, the treatment of Alzheimer's should be physiologically based since Alzheimer's truly is a physiological disease rather than just a given of 'old age.' Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Alzh.wps

Caregiving And The Elderly
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A 5 page paper that considers the impacts of family care giving on the elderly, with a specific look at the emergence of problems relative to Alzheimer's disease. The basis for this paper is the review of information found in psychology journal articles and the difficulties presented within the realm of family psychodynamics. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: Elderly3.wps

Indicated Causes and Symptoms of Senile Dementia
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A 6 page research paper exploring the possible causes (no one knows for sure yet) and the progression of symptoms of senile dementia, of which Alzheimer's is the most widely occurring and best-known type. Bibliography lists 8 references.
Filename: Senile.wps

The Effects Of Alzheimer's Disease On Brain Structure
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A 5 page research paper on the physical changes observed in the brain cells of Alzheimer's Disease patients. Early in the century, pathologist Louis Alzheimer first discovered and described the neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques consistent with the presence of the disease. For all the research into the causes of Alzheimer's, microscopic examination at autopsy remains the definitive diagnosis tool. The paper presents descriptions of both neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques along with popular theories of their formations and possible physiological treatments. As it is though, researchers only know the two conditions are part of the disease. Whether they are caused by Alzheimer's or Alzheimer's causes them is still unknown. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: Alzbrain.wps

The Attitudes of Nurses and Social Workers Working with Alcoholism
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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 service practices for indivudals with this condition. Bibliographhy lists 20 sources.
Filename: MHnursaM2.rtf

NURSE PRACTIONERS AND PHYSICIANS IN TEXAS
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This 9-page paper examines the relationship between advanced practice nurses and physicians in Texas. The essay discusses the attitudes of physicians toward APNs, and explores legislation passed that provides somewhat more freedom for APNs to define the scope of their duties. Also included in the paper are examples of how successful APN/MD relationships work. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTnpphtx.rtf

"Code Orange Alert" - A Look At Nursing, Workplace Violence & OSHA Regulations
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5-page paper that examines the rules and regulations mandated for the health care profession by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, with a focus on violence in the workplace. Discussed is OSHA's 1996 3148 Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for the Health Care and Social Service Workers and the fact that the suggestions it presents are optional rather than mandatory. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: LCOrange.doc

"Dancing Skeletons": A Review of the Book by Catherine Dettwyler
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A 5 page review of the ethnographic account of fieldwork in medical anthropology. Working among malnourished children in West Africa Dettwyler experienced both professional and personal insight. Although sometimes criticized for her subjective approach to her subject, in reality Dettwyler provides both a a touching human account and a valuable ethnography. Her approach to death as "the ultimate illness", however, is one which is unfortunate. This paper points out that death is in fact a natural component of life. To view death as an ultimate illness is to regard death, a phase which we must all pass through, as a personal and medical failure. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPskeltn.wps

"Evaluation Of Education Materials Using Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory": Analysis
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7 pages in length. The purpose of this study is to help nurses gain a significantly better perspective upon how well patients understand educational materials pertinent to their well being based upon overall literacy. When patients do not have the wherewithal to understand instructional and/or educational materials pertaining to their health status, they are less likely to appropriately care for themselves. Because the availability of "easy-to-read health information and instruction materials for patients with poor literacy skills heightens health disparities and dissatisfaction with care already experienced by many disadvantaged patients" (Wilson et al, 2003, pp. 68-76), it stands to reason how this study seeks to bridge that ever-widening social gap. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCOrem.rtf

"Nurses' willingness to care for AIDS patients and spirituality, social support, and death anxiety": A review of the article by Deborah Witt Sherman
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A 14 page analysis of the research strategies enlisted in this study, strategies designed to investigate the relationship between independent and dependent variables. The author of this paper delineates the research design and methodology of the study, outlines its statistical approaches, and comments on its findings. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPnrsWll.rtf

"Parent behavior and child distress during urethral catherization"
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A 5 page review of an article published in the "Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses". Researchers Charmaine Kleiber and Ann Marie McCarthy investigate the interaction that occurs between parents and children when the child is undergoing urethral catherization. The researchers decided to investigate this question knowing that the findings would be useful in allowing medical professionals to delineate the natural parental behaviors that are productive in aiding the child in coping with this sometimes stressful procedure. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPnrsPrn.rtf

"Principle Centered Leadership" and Nurse Management
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A 5 page paper which reviews the book "Principle Centered Learning" by Stephen R. Covey, and discusses it in a context which involves nurse management. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.
Filename: RArncovey.wps

"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadinman
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A 5 page paper which examines the professional behavior of nurses and other medical professionals as seen in Anne Fadinman's book "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down." The paper also presents an overall examination of this book as it relates to the clash of two perspectives, the American medical profession and the Hmong people. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAfldown.rtf

2 American Leaders
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A 5 page research paper that profiles 2 American leaders: Steve Jobs of Apple Computers and nursing theorist and innovator Virginia Henderson. The writer offers a profile of each leader and argues that these two individuals exemplify leadership qualities. Henderson's work changed the entire perspective of modern day nursing, making it more patient-oriented and humanistic. Jobs' missionary zeal towards computing has broadened the horizons of human knowledge by bringing computers into the home and making them "user-friendly" so that even children can access the Internet's broad knowledge base. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: kh2amld.rtf

2 Articles/Cardiac Step-Down Unit
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A 4 page nursing article summary that addresses 2 articles applicable to step-down care in a cardiac care unit. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khcsd.rtf