Argumentative Essay/Right to Die
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A 5 page research paper, which presents an argumentative essay that addresses the right to die issue of physician assisted suicide. The writer argues in favor of this issue. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Article Analysis/Evidence-Based Practice
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A 9 page article analysis of a research study, Pravikoff, Tanner and Pierce (2005), that was designed to evaluate the knowledge, computer literacy skills and general readiness of American nurses to implement evidence-based nursing practice. The writer summarizes and evaluates each section of the study, concluding with an evaluation of the research's significance to nursing. No additional sources cited.
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Article Analysis/Medicaid payments & Nursing Home Care
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A 3 page summation and analysis on an August 2004 study performed by Grabowski and Angelelli on the relationship between Medicaid payments and nursing home care. No additional sources cited.
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Article Analysis/Science and Caring
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A 3 page article analysis that examines "Science, technology, caring and the professions: are they compatible?" by nurses Hawthorne and Yurkovich (1995). These authors express their concern that caring has declined as a value among various professions. The writer summarizes the article and then critiques it, comparing it to two nursing theories that emphasize caring. Bibliography lists 3 sources, but one reference is incomplete.
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Article Analysis/Single-Unit Stay/Cardiovascular Surgery
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A 3 page article summary in which the writer summarizes the experience of Clark, Roberts and Traylor (2004). These authors report on a cardiovascular single-unit-stay program that was initiated at North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, Minnesota. No additional sources cited.
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Article Analysis/Tainted Beef
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A 5 page research paper/essay that analysis a newspaper report on tainted beef that dates from 2000 in regards to what it suggests about logical ramifications of this problem and how it impacts stakeholders. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Article Analysis/Urinary Incontinence Study
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A 3 page article critique that summarizes and analyzes a study on urinary incontinence among nursing home residents in the Southeastern US. No additional sources cited.
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Article Analysis: Nursing Shortage
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This 3 page paper discusses the nursing shortage, five of its causes, and why the American public and elected officials have to address this issue. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Article Critique//Charge Nurse Competencies
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An 8 page article critique that examines a qualitative study conducted by Connelly, Yoder and Miner-Williams (2003), which was designed to identify and define the competencies required to be a successful charge nurse. The writer summarizes and analyzes each section of the study article. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Article Critique/Acupuncture v. Placebo
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A 7 page article critique that summarizes and analyzes a study performed by White, et al (2004), which investigated the efficacy of acupuncture treatments, versus placebo, in relieving chronic mechanical neck pain. No other sources cited.
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Article Critique/Awareness of Impending Death
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A 6 page article critique that examines a study performed by Franke and Willems in 2005, which pertained to the awareness of terminally ill Dutch patients concerning their impending death and how this can be related to their care needs. The writer summarizes and analyzes the various sections of the research. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Cancer Patient Distress
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A 6 page article critique that address a study conducted by Mystakiclou, et al (2006) that pertained to the evaluation of psychological distress as related to pain perception in cancer patients. The writer summarizes and evaluates the sections of the study article, discussing the significance of the findings. No additional sources cite.
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Article Critique/Cardiac Rehab Nursing
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A 6 page article critique that summarizes and evaluates a qualitative research study conducted by Conway, McMiillan and Solomon (2006) that describes nursing practice in a cardiac step-down unit in New South Wales. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Comparison of 2 Flushing Solutions
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A 3 page article critique that offers a complete overview of a 1994 study on IV flushing solutions. This study was initiated due to the fact that empirical evidence links heparin inducted thrombocytopoenia (HIT) to the use of "prolonged flushing intermittent IV cannula" with "heparinised saline" (p. 174). Therefore, this study was initiated to determine if this solution was a superior flushing agent to normal saline. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Compliance with Hand Hygiene Guidelines
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A 7 page article critique that examines a study performed by Pittet and colleagues at the Infection Control Programme in reference to the issue of compliance with hand hygiene guidelines. As the background information to this study indicates, research shows that full compliance with hand hygiene guidelines has been poor among health professionals. The writer summarizes and evaluates each section of this study report. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Dating Study
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A 3 page article critique that addresses research performed by Smith, White and Holland, "A Longitudinal Perspective on Dating Violence Among Adolescent and College Age Women," which is significant research because of its implications for social work and designing more efficient interventions to address this problem. The study results show that there is a significant statistical connection between being assaulted as an adolescent in a dating relationship and the risk of victimization in the college-years. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Diabetes Management
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A 10 page article summation and critique on a study performed by Sakamaki, et al, (2006), which concerns a diabetic management intervention that was conducted in Japan. The writer discusses the primary features of the article. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Disclosing Genetic Test Results
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An 8 page article critique that examines all aspects of a research study conducted by Hamilton, Bowers and Williams (2005) entitled "Disclosing genetic testing results to family members," published in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship. No other sources cited.
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Article Critique/Effects of Remembering/Nursing Home Residents
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A 10 page critique of a study article by Cook (1998) entitled "Effects of Reminiscence on Life Satisfaction of Elderly Female Nursing Home Residents." The writer summarizes and analyzes each section of this study report and finds it overall to be a positive contribution to nursing science. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Elderly Exercise
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A 4 page article analysis that examines a study by Petrella, et al (2005) on the effect of a regular exercise program initiated in later life. The writer summarizes and critiques the study as effective and informative. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/End-of-Life Preferences
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A 10 page article critique that summarizes and analyzes a research study conducted by McDonald, et al (2003) on end-of-life preferences (published in Western Journal of Nursing Research 25(6),652-666). The writer argues that this study is excellent and backs up this argument with specific references to the study. No additional sources cited.
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Article critique/Family in ER
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A 7 page article critique that examines a study by MacLean, et al (2003), which examined the increasing trend of families remaining with their loved ones while cardiopulmonary resuscitation and other invasive procedures are undertaken within the emergency room or critical care environment. Despite this trend, the practice remains highly controversial. Therefore, the research team of MacLean, et al designed a study to explore the ramifications of this issue, specifically looking at the policies and practices established by critical care and emergency nurses. This examination of this study offers a comprehensive overview, as well as a critique of strengths and weaknesses. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Feedback Instrument for Healthcare Adm.
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A 3 page article critique on a research project by Garman, Tyler and Darnall (2004). Feedback is been proven to be a crucial factor in regards to leadership development, but instruments for obtaining multi-source feedback, which is known as 360-degree feedback, are largely not applicable for use within healthcare settings. Therefore, Garman, Tyler and Darnell established a research project that was initiated in order to develop a “job-relevant, commercial-quality multi-source feedback survey” suitable for use in health administration settings (Garman, Tyler and Darnall, 2004, p. 307). No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Gestational Diabetes
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A 5 page article summary and critique that analyzes a study performed by Evans and O'Brien (2005) entitled Gestational Diabetes: the meaning of an at-risk pregnancy. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Handling Difficult Situations/Daily Care
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An 8 page article critique. One of the most difficult nursing tasks is caring for patients with serious or terminal illness. Nurses involved with this level of care have to be both involved and caring, but also sufficiently detached as to avoid emotional burnout. In their qualitative study, Blomberg and Sahlberg-Blom (2007) addressed how nurses cope with the day-to-day stresses of offering care with these care difficult care settings. This critique is a summation and analysis of their study article. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Hospice Patients/Symptom Intensity
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A 6 page article critique of a study conducted by McMillan and Moody (2003). The purpose of this study was to determine if there were significant differences between the reports of family caregivers regarding the level of symptom intensity for terminally ill patients and the reports of the patients themselves. The writer summarizes and evaluates the various sections of the study article. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Learning to Nurse Children
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A 10 page article critique which summarizes and analyzes a study conducted by Coetzee (2004) entitled "Learning to nurse children: towards a model for nursing students." The writer discusses each section of the study and compares it to other literature. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Article Critique/Nurses & Tobacco
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A 7 page article critique that addresses research performed by Heath, et al (2004). The writer summarizes and analyzes the various section of this qualitative study, which addresses tobacco-use by nurses. No other sources cited.
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Article Critique/Nursing Education
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A 4 page article analysis that critiques a study performed by Aiken, et al (2003). The writer discusses the researchers' organization and presentation of their study, its significance, methodology and data, concluding that this is study was well conducted and significant. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Article Critique/Nursing Home Patients
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6 page article critique that discusses and summarizes a research study by Talerico, Evans and Strumph (2002), which investigated the causes of resistant behavior and aggression towards caregivers in nursing home residents. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Article Critique/Nursing Older People
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A 3 page article critique drawn from Nursing Older People is a British-based nursing journal that specializes in providing informative, empirically-researched nursing articles that focus on the tasks involved in nursing the elderly. Smith (2006) conducted a research study that explored the informal practice theories that nurses employ when working with older patients, the sources of these theories and then compared them with related literature. This is a significant article because it moves beyond the scope of theory to show how nursing ideas are put into practice within a specific patient context. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/One-to-One Midwifery
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A 14 page research paper that offers an article critique on a study of one-to-one midwifery, plus much more. This critique evaluates this research by directly addressing the study and its design structure, but it also offers further evaluation by comparing the results of McCourt, et al (1998) with other literature on this topic, particularly focusing on more recent literature. However, in order to appreciate the significance of the one-to-one midwifery model, which the McCourt, et al, study addresses, it is also necessary to see this standard of care in light of the historical background that initiated its formulation. This topic, also, is addressed. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Article Critique/Online Cancer Support Groups
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A 10 page study article critique, which summarizes and analyzes a qualitative investigation conducted by Im, et al (2007), entitled “Patients’ attitudes toward Internet cancer support groups.” Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Article Critique/Perceptions of Palliative Care
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A 6 page article critique that summarizes and analyzes a study by Johnston and Smith (2006) on palliative care. After defining precisely what is meant by "palliative care," the researchers indicate that the purpose of their study is "to explore the perceptions of patients and nurses of palliative care" in order to more precisely define the "concept of the expert palliative nurse" (Johnston and Smith, 2006, p. 701). The various section of the research study are reviewed and the writer discusses the significance of the research findings. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/PICC Study
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A 4 page article critique that examines a study performed by Tolomeo and Mackey (2003), which evaluated the use of peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs) with cystic fibrosis patients. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Placing Gastric Tubes
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An 8 page detailed article critique of a study conducted by Ellett, et al (2005) concerning the formulating a predictive model for determining esophageal distance in placing gastric tubes. Roughly 1 million enteral tubes are placed through either the nose or mouth in adults and children in the US on a yearly basis. A primary issue in regards to the safety and effectiveness of gastric feeling by tube is achieved through optimal tube placement on insertion (Ellett, et al, 2005). Nevertheless, research indicates that gastric tube place errors are common (Ellett, et al, 2005). Therefore, Ellett, et al (2005) designed a study that employed 24 variables in order to formulate a predictive rule for clinical practice that could be used in facilitating gastric tube insertion in adults by indicating the insertion distance. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Article Critique/Pneumonia Prevention
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A 3 page article critique that summarizes and analyzes a qualitative research study (Cook, et al, 2002), which investigated why ICU personnel do not use the semirecumbent position while administering mechanical ventilation as this has been shown to reduce the incident of pneumonia. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Portion v. Serving Size
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A 3 page summation and analysis of a study performed by Daggett and Rigdon (2006), who designed a computer-assisted instructional (CAI) tool that can aid users in determining the difference between serving size and portion size. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Post-op Pain & Back Surgery
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A 3 page article critique that summarizes a study performed by LaMontagne et al (2003) on the interventions for adolescents suffering from post-operative pain from idiopathic scoliosis back surgery. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Quality of Life/Palliative Care
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A 6 page article critique of a study conducted by Peters and Sellick (2006) that concerns a comparison between two settings for palliative care: inpatient hospice care and home-based care. The results show home-based care as preferable and the writer discusses the study and its implications. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Waiting for Bypass Surgery
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A 4 page article critique of a study conducted by McHugh, et al (2001) concerning a nursing intervention for patients waiting for coronary artery bypass graft surgery. No additional sources cited.
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Article Critique/Where Terminally Ill Prefer to Die
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A 6 page article critique that examines a study by Tang (2003) that investigates the preferences of terminal cancer patients for their place of death and also to identify the reasons for selecting this location and to discern the importance for the patient of being able to die in the location that the patient prefers. No additional sources cited.
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Article Review/Presence of Nurse during Childbirth
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A 5 page article review that summarizes the principal points of a research study, offering analysis. Research pertaining to childbirth and the significance that this life events has for women supports the pivotal role that nursing support plays in the birth experience. Exploring this topic, the study designed by MacKinnon, McIntyre, and Quance (2005) investigated the what it meant to a study group of Canadian women to have a nurse present during labor and childbirth. These researchers decided to approach the issue of a nurse's role during labor from a previously unexplored perspective and focused on the meaning attributed to nursing presence. This examination of this study explores the parameters of this research and its relevance to nursing practice. No additional sources cited.
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Article Review: Nosocomial Infection
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An 8 page paper reviewing a review of four studies. Beyea (2003) provides abstracts of four studies published in 2002, all of which address the issue of nosocomial infection control. Though each study takes place in different settings and uses several different approaches, each focuses on informing efforts to control the spread of nosocomial infection in the hospital setting. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Article Review: Quality Improvement In Nursing Homes
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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 alternative payment system. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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