Connection Between Critical Thinking And Reflective Practice In Nursing Programs
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3 pages in length. The writer briefly discusses how the fundamental basis of a nurse's role is to establish a tangible connection between patient and nurse, while at the same time providing an atmosphere of safety and service combined, all of which can only occur in the presence of critical thinking. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCCritThNrs.rtf

Considerations in Palliative Care for Adolescents
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A 10 page review of the issue of parental verses patient direction in palliative care for the underage patient. The author supports the need for parents to oversee final decisions. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PPadDth.rtf

Consulting Firm: Infant Abduction
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16 pages in length. The relatively low rate of occurrence notwithstanding, the existence of infant abduction is nonetheless a harsh reality worthy of preventive efforts. Why infant abduction happens in the first place, how individuals so readily seize the infant in the presence of myriad hospital staff and visitors, as well as the most applicable ways in which to prevent its occurrence represent the primary components of services offered by Newborn Abduction Prevention Program is Everyone's Responsibility (NAPPER). Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: TLCInftAb.rtf

Consumer Satisfaction Survey in the Healthcare Industry: A Research Proposal
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In recent decades, the aging of the American population has led to an increase in the number of individuals seeking care in skilled nursing facilities. This 12 page paper provides an overview of the application of a satisfaction survey to assess this population in the health care environment. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: MHHeaQua.rtf

Contemporary Nursing Ethics
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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 upon at some point in their roles to provide palliative care. Therefore, this writer/tutor chose to focus this exploration of a nursing ethics situation on a case recounted by LaDuke (2004) that describes her feelings and decision-making process concerning palliative care for a patient whom LaDuke cared for during the 1990s. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khethis.rtf

Continuous Quality Improvement in Health Care
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of the impact of CQI, continuous quality improvement, on the health care environment. This paper specifically considers the impact for nurse practitioners. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHNurCQI.rtf

Coping Strategies & Influences on Student Nurse
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A 4 page paper that offers a nursing study advice on how to write an essay that addresses coping/defense mechanisms and personal influences. Tutorial language is used. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khcopns.rtf

Coping Styles: Caring for a Terminally Ill Loved One
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A 5 page paper which examines different coping styles for family and friends who are caring for a terminally ill individual. The paper also examines how nurses can assist. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAcpill.rtf

Coping with Being Understaffed
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A 5 page research paper that first presents a nursing management scenario that hinges on a rural hospital being understaffed. This examination of literature utilizes the Six Sigma approach to problem solving in order to provide an answer to this nursing management scenario. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khsigcop.rtf

Coping with Breast Cancer
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A 6 page research paper that consists of a literature review on studies addressing the stress and coping skills involved with having breast cancer. There is a large body of research focusing on how stress affects breast cancer and breast cancer survivors, as well as on how to help women cope with this diagnosis. This examination of this body of research demonstrates that while some studies are informative and encouraging, there is still much to be learned on this topic. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khcopcan.rtf

Core Values of Nursing
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A 4 page paper providing annotation of two main sources followed by discussion of application to the current nursing profession. The founder of modern nursing; theorists writing more than two decades ago; and current patients all agree on the worth of the core values of nursing. Technology and environment change, but core values do not. The articles highlighted here underscore that fact and can be used directly in any current professional's career. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSnursVal2.rtf

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention
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A 12 page research paper that defines and examines primary and secondary prevention efforts in regards to coronary artery disease (CAD). The writer's primary focus is on how prevention intervention affect women. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
Filename: khcad.rtf

Corrections Nursing and the Community
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A 7 page paper discussing how the correctional facility nurse can have effect in the local community. The US penal system guarantees appropriate health care to prison inmates. US Supreme Court decisions have determined that withholding any medical treatment where there is urgent need constitutes "cruel and unusual punishment," which of course is not allowed by the Eighth Amendment to the US Constitution or by the American character. Providing nursing service within the prison community offers distinct challenges, but it also offers opportunities that otherwise might never be available to health care providers. Prisons often hold individuals that public health professionals have difficulty locating; extending public health screening to the correctional setting can have direct benefit both within the prison and in the local community when individual inmates are released. Includes an outline. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSnursCorrect.rtf

Cost Analysis Nurse Practitioner
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This 25 page paper includes a 9 page annotated bibliography. There are a number of topics discussed in this paper, including the cost analysis for adding a nurse practitioner to the staff of a hypothetical physician family practice. Topics discussed include the increasing numbers of nurse practitioners found in doctors' offices and clinics; information regarding nurse practitioners and what they can do; studies that have demonstrated the value of nurse practitioners, the problems faced by a hypothetical family practice, the cost analysis and decision to hire a family nurse practitioner. Data are included. Two graphs included. Annotated bibliography lists 25 sources.
Filename: PGnpanl.wps

Cost-Benefit Analysis of the Use of Low Air Loss Overlay Mattresses on a Stroke and Orthopedic Unit in the Hospital Setting
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This 4 page paper provides an overview of a cost benefit analysis (CBA) of the use of overlay mattresses on stroke and orthopedic units. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHMattress4.rtf

Counseling a Dysfunctional Family with Obesity
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This 4 page paper discusses the ways in which a community health nurse could use the "family as a client" approach, the structural-functional theory and evidence based nursing to counsel a dysfunctional family with obesity. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: HVDysObs.rtf

Counseling the Dying
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A 15 page research paper that explores the five stages of grieving, stages of hope, and various counseling techniques by physicians, nurses, clerics, and counseling psychologists when dealing with terminally ill patients. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: Termill.wps

Creating a Sexual Health Clinic
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An 8 page research paper that offers advice to a student on how to draft a proposal for opening a new nursing unit. A scenario proposes that a student has been awarded the opportunity to create a new nursing unit within a healthcare organization. This review of literature addresses specific topics that should be included in the proposal that the student will submit to the hospital board of directors. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: khsexhcl.rtf

Critical Care Nurse Practitioner
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A 9 page research paper that gives a comprehensive overview of the role of the critical care nurse practitioner within the realm of critical care nursing. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khccnp.rtf

Critical Care Nursing Iime Mgmt.
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A 3 page research paper that explores the parameters involved in time management from a critical care nursing perspective. The writer argues that time management is a finely balanced equation for critical care nursing. It involves being organized, efficient and fast-enough to cover all assigned tasks, but also it involves not moving so fast or so efficiently that time is not taken to note crucial details that can mean the difference between positive and negative outcomes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khnurtm.rtf

Critical Care Nursing: The Application in Home Healthcare Nursing
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This 10 page paper outlines the case history of a72 year old patient who requires critical care nursing in a home care scenario. This paper outlines the similar practices between critical care and home healthcare and outlines the specific nursing approaches for the case presented. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: MHcritca.wps

Critical Issue/Nursing Shortage
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A 3 page research paper that addresses a critical issue in nursing--the nursing shortage. Today's nursing shortage is driven social and demographic changes that are unprecedented, which makes this shortage markedly different from nursing shortages that have occurred previously. Therefore, solutions that have alleviated previous shortages will undoubtedly prove insufficient to address the current situation. The nursing shortage that healthcare is now experiencing requires new solutions, new answers. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khcrisns.rtf

Critical Reflections: The Concepts Of Critical Thinking, Advocacy And Decision-Making Within The Hospital Atmosphere
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11 pages in length. The writer recounts the situation of an 86-year-old man who sought emergency treatment for chest pain. Had it not been for the nurse's intuitive and critical thinking abilities, the family would not have been able to spend the man's last hours with him. Addressed is the importance of critical thinking, advocacy and decision-making within the hospital environment. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: TLCcrthk.wps

Critical Thinking in Nursing
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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, several different descriptions of critical thinking are detailed, along with information regarding the instruction of critical thinking in the classroom of nursing students. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAthink.wps

Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice
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This 3 page paper looks at definitions of the term nursing. Critical thinking in nursing is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: SA329Nur.rtf

Critique of "Pressure Ulcers: Prevalence, Staging, and Assessment of Risk"
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A 4 page review of a research study seeking to determine the usefulness of standard risk assessment scales. The authors note that the Barthel Index provides an alternative to both the Norton and Braden scales, particularly among an older population. As pressure ulcers are increasingly common with advancing age, use of the Barthel Index could prove to be of particular appropriateness. The clinical significance of the study is that both the Norton and Braden scales are useful among the general hospital population and provide an indication of risk that is reliable enough to be used as the basis of prevention strategies. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSnursArtRvPresUl.rtf

Critique of Nursing Articles
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This 6 page paper briefly critiques 7 articles about nursing practice, values and autonomy. Bibliography lists 7 articles.
Filename: HVCriNrs.rtf

Critique of Qualitative and Quantitative Nursing Research Articles
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A 10 page paper critiquing one qualitative and one quantitative nursing study. The studies differ in every respect in terms of subject matter and participants, but illustrate a common theme supporting evidence-based practice. The articles are critiqued according to different criteria because of the differences in their natures. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSnursResCrQualQuan.rtf

Critique of Qualitative Study/Nutrition
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A 7 page article critique that describes a qualitative study undertaken by Tanofsky-Kraff, et al (2005), which investigated the relationship between dieting, childhood obesity and eating disorders. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khnukid2.rtf

Critique of Student Nursing Ethics Paper on Patient Autonomy
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A 5 page paper which critiques a student paper supporting the position that the primary responsibility of a nurse or healthcare professional is to the patient and these wishes take precedence over those of the family and community. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TGpatcare.rtf

Critique of the Theory of Caring
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This 7 page paper evaluates the theory of caring based upon a model found in Chinn & Kramer's Theory of Nursing. Various elements of the theory are discussed inclusive of its importance and accessibility. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: SA141cre.rtf

Critique of “A Winning Combination: Women, Literacy and Participation in Health Care”
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A 5 page paper critiquing a study published in 2002. It is the report of a study conducted to assess the reading levels of 50 women patients and then judge the reading levels of patient education materials that the women might receive from health care providers. The purpose of the study was to assess the relevance of a specific clinic’s instructional materials to the women of the local area. This particular study is useful but has some design and implementation shortcomings that should be addressed in future efforts. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSnursArtRevWom.rtf

Critique of “Anger in Adolescents: Sex, Ethnicity, Age Differences, and Psychometric Properties”
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A 3 page paper reviewing the report of a study seeking to discover how ethnicity, sex and age affect teens’ anger and hostility scales. The authors sought to determine whether the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) is reliable for younger adolescents as well as older ones in which its reliability has been established. The study included children 11-16 years from black, Hispanic and white populations to find that the instrument does appear to be valid with each. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSnursRevAngerStu.rtf

Critique of “Critical Thinking, Perceived Health Status, and Participation in Health Behaviors”
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A 6 page paper analyzing a study in nursing research published in a journal in 2004. The implications for nursing is that nurses should seek to reinforce patients’ decisions to initiate health behaviors at the outset, in an effort to call them back to the place where they applied critical thinking skills to arrive at a determination to begin health behaviors. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSnursArtReCrTh.rtf

Critique of “Nurse Practitioners and the Problem of Discounting”
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A 4 page critique of a qualitative study using grounded theory as its theoretical framework. Martin and Hutchinson (1999) set out to identify social and operational problems faced by Nurse Practitioners (NPs) in their daily routines, focusing on negative aspects of the NP position. Though their motives are sound, the conclusions they reach as a result of their study likely should be viewed as a beginning point of investigation rather than as any sound conclusion regarding the state of NP practice. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSnursResCritQual.rtf

Critique of “Promoting Responsiveness between Mothers with Depressive Symptoms and Their Infants”
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A 4 page critique of a quantitative nursing study, which analysis to be sound. This study is one that can be quite useful in practice in that it illustrates that interactive coaching intervention is beneficial to mothers and children where mothers are suffering from depressive tendencies. This study indicates that positive support is beneficial. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: KSnursResCritQuan.rtf

CRITIQUE: “BATHING PREMATURE INFANTS: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BEHAVIORAL CONSEQUENCES”
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This paper, written in a crital style, examines the validity of a study about bathing premature infants, which was published in 1998 in the American Journal of Critical Care.
Filename: MTbatinf.rtf

Cross Training in the Rural Maternity Unit
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A 5 page proposal discussing an organizational change to make better use of available human resources. Rosewood Hospital is a very small, rural hospital facing staff utilization difficulties. The entire maternity ward consists of only two beds, but the hospital maintains a staff of two full-time and two part-time maternity RNs. It would seem that this is quite enough, and it is in the absence of the need on the part of any maternity nurse to miss a scheduled shift. The purpose here is to propose an organizational change involving the cross training of another nurse. This solution meets maternity’s short-notice needs while yet allowing the non-maternity functions of the hospital to remain fully staffed during training. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Cultural Competence/Nursing Russian & Korean Patients
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A 4 page research paper that examines cultural competence in regard to these patient populations. The writer first defines cultural competence and then discusses Korean and Russian health and cultural beliefs. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khkorrus.rtf

Cultural Dictates on Healthcare
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A 5 page overview of the manner in which culture impacts healthcare. Emphasizing the points raised in Rachel Spector’s “Cultural Diversity in Health and Illness”, the author conveys the fact that medicine has shifted dramatically over the past several decades from a discipline which concentrates solely the science of our anatomy and physiology to a discipline which recognizes not only the hard scientific facts of physiology but also the importance of psychological and sociological factors. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Cultural Diversity in Nursing: The Hispanic Population
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This 8 page paper contemplates the subject by looking at characteristics of the Hispanic community. However, the danger of stereotyping is stressed. Cultural diversity in nursing is the focus of this paper that looks at both problems and solutions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Cultural Diversity/Nursing
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A 4 page research paper that addresses the importance of cultural competency in nursing practice. The writer discusses this in relation to the Hmong culture, but also addresses the topic in general. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khculdiv.rtf

Cultural Needs of Chinese Women in Childbirth
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An 8 page research paper that discusses cultural competence in regards to the nursing needs of Chinese women and women of Chinese extraction. According to census figures, the demographic nature of the American populace is becoming increasing culturally diverse. This fact constitutes a challenge to healthcare professionals as it has been shown by research that providing care that is culturally congruent with the patient’s background and health beliefs can have a beneficial effect on obtaining a positive outcome. Therefore, cultural competency is considered to be an important component of contemporary nursing care. This discussion of sources focuses on the needs of Chinese women or women of Chinese descent during the processes associated with childbirth from a nursing care perspective. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khculchi.rtf

Cultural Variations in End of Life Care
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A 6 page discussion of the variation in the way we as families tend to the needs of our dying family members. The author notes that while at one time in U.S. history all families, irrespective of culture, took an active role in dying needs of their loved ones, today many of us have turned that responsibility over to health care professionals. There are, however, exceptions to this observation. This paper contends that the closer an individual is to the traditional dictates of their culture, the more likely they are to maintain a strong family vigilance. African American, Chinese American, and Muslim American cultures are assessed in regard to this contention. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PPdeath3.rtf

Culturally Competent Care
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A 14 page research paper that discusses culturally competent care. This discussion examines how culturally competent standards of care can be implemented, as well as mechanisms that are designed to ensure compliance with emerging national and professionally recognized standards of care. The major points of this discussion are, first of all, how to define “culturally competent care” as a term. Then, the patient population that is the focus of the discussion is identified and specific issues pertaining to this demographic group are discussed. Standards of culturally competence are described and this is followed by a discussion as to whether or not these standards are being met within the student’s healthcare institution. The discussion concludes with a proposal of possible solution and suggested conclusions. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: khcccare.rtf