Foot Fatigue in Nurses: A Theoretical Framework for Change
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of a theoretical foundation for change in a nursing organization for foot fatigue. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: MHFOOTFat2.rtf

Forensic Nursing
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This 3 page paper provides a definition of forensic nursing, its importance in the field, the roles a forensic nurse might assume and some of the many venues in which forensic nursing is practiced. Comments about training are included. The writer then comments on the compatibility of the Neuman Systems model and forensic nursing. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGfornr.rtf

Forensic Nursing
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A 7 page paper discussing this discipline that is not yet a full decade old, but it is highly effective in determining the true causes or some of the most perplexing and troubling cases of physical abuse that enter into hospitals' emergency departments. Forensic nursing uses many of the same techniques and approaches that pathologists and medical examiners have used for years in connection with murder cases. Includes an abstract. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSforensNurs.wps

Forensic Nursing Development
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A 6 page paper defining forensic nursing, examining its origins and commenting on its likely future. Forensic nursing requires that nurses observe abnormalities and investigate their possible causes for the purpose of identifying either an abuse or an abuser. The paper mentions the theory of Nightingale and Betty Neuman in terms of comforting the patient while simultaneously viewing her as a part of a larger system. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSnursForens.rtf

Forensic Psychiatric Nursing
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6 pages in length. Nursing in general encompasses many subsets of care, not the least of which includes focusing upon those who are mentally ill. In that vein, a forensic nurse tends to victims of trauma and catastrophe, those who commit crimes and enact violence, as well as address the issues that pertain to family members of each group. Psychiatric nursing, by comparison, cares for those no matter the age with varying stages of mental illness, not the least of which includes depression, psychosis, schizophrenia, dementia or bipolar disorder. Supplementary training is required for both of these specialties such as therapeutic alliance, pharmacology and diversity of psychological therapies. Combining the two areas of expertise creates forensic psychiatric nursing, a somewhat new subset that is currently charting its own course with mentally imbalanced offenders within the overall aspect of mental health care. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: TLCforensnrs.rtf

Formulating New Nursing Theory
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A 10 page paper constructing a new nursing theory. “Theory” is not merely some nebulous entity arising from ruminations far removed from nursing practice and patient outcome. Rather, it can be a tool for devising the optimal treatment plan for patients in a variety of areas. The one focused on here is the struggle against alcoholism. The patient used as example in this paper, Mr. Walker, is a 42-year-old man with a history of noncompliance recovering from alcohol hepatitis with jaundice. The relational statement providing a foundation for a new theory is that the greater number of variables contained in a system, the greater the chances that a patient can negotiate through them and maintain higher numbers of subsystems in equilibrium. Included in the discussion are the topics of the nature of theory; the central propositional statement and underlying assumptions; concepts on which to build the theory; and translating the new theory into practice. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSnursTheoNeAlco.rtf

Formulating Nursing Theory
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A 7 page research paper that first of all, focuses on the importance of nursing theory to the practice and professionalism of nursing. It then looks at the Novice to Expert theory of Patricia Benner can both substantiate and inform the Self-Care theory of Dorothy Orem. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khbenorm.rtf

Four Nursing Theorists
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A 3 page paper that begins with a critique of the Web site for each four nursing theorists: Dr. Jean Watson, Dr. Betty Neuman, Honorary Dr. Dorothea Orem, and Dr. Madeleine Leininger. The paper continues with a brief overview of each theory and the writer's thoughts about the theory. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PG4nrsWb.rtf

Four Research Articles on Health Issues
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of four research articles on health issues, which range from sinus problems to hypertension. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MHArtRevFour.rtf

Fourteen Forces Of Magnetism - Case Study
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A 16 page paper. Magnet Designation has become a highly coveted designation. It is a program that focuses on nurses. This paper explains the 14 Forces of Magnetism and what an organization must do to achieve this recognition. A Veterans Administration hospital is used as an example. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PG14fr.rtf

Frumkin, Environmental Health, Chaps. 14-18
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A 5 page paper that summarizes 5 chapters from the textbook Environmental Health, edited by Howard Frumkin (2005). The main points of these chapters are summarized and the paper shows how each chapters relates to environmental health. Bibliography lists 5 sources, but all 5 references are from this textbook.
Filename: khfr1418.rtf

Fundamental Theories/Nursing Faculty Shortage
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A 15 page research paper that looks at the nursing faculty shortage and relates this to a literature review which examines scholarly sources that pertain to fundamental theories that affect nursing leadership. While responsible leadership is necessary to the success of any industry, Spinelli stipulates that "Leadership in the healthcare environment today is essential and mandated if our healthcare system is to survive" (Spinelli, 2006, p. 11). The writer examines macroeconomic theory (supply and demand), transformational leadership, servant leadership, situational leadership and role theory. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
Filename: khfunfac.rtf

Future of Managed Care
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A 10 page research paper that discusses issues relevant to the future of managed care. The writer focuses on possible legislative change, the trend in consumer-directed health plans and the increased use of nurse practitioners. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khfutmc.rtf

Gardasil Vaccine/The Debate
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A 10 page research paper/argumentative essay that discusses the issues surrounding the use of Gardasil, a vaccine developed by Merck that provides protection against human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes genital warts and cervical cancer. The writer provides an overview of the vaccine, addressing its efficacy and safety issues, but focuses primarily on moral/ethical issues, and then concludes with an argument that the use of the vaccine is morally correct. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khgarda.rtf

Georgia Law/Nursing
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A 5 page research paper that discusses nursing regulatory law. Laws covering professional conduct for healthcare professionals, that is, areas such as licensure, credentialing, certification and registration, are complex. This survey pertains to such laws, focusing on law in the State of Georgia. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khgelaw.rtf

Gerentology / Loneliness & Other Factors Associated With Aging
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An 8 page paper exploring growing old and why some cope better than others in dealing with factors such as lonliness and poor health. Includes information obtained from discussions with a seventy-one year old woman about her experiences. Bibliography lists six sources.
Filename: Ageinter.wps

Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist/State of CA
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A 3 page research paper that discuses this nursing specialty within the context of practice under California law and specifically on the topic of nurse prescribing. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khgcnsca.rtf

Geriatric Health Care Administration
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A 5 page paper discussing a career in geriatric health care administration. The subjects addressed include a general discussion of the career possibilities, the levels of positions, whether they be a head administrator or an assistant, the job environment, and the level of education required for such a position. Also included is a description of the possible earnings, and an illustration of the outlook for such a profession. Overall this is a job industry that appears to be incredibly stable and necessary in our society that is seeing, and will continue to see, a rise in the elderly population. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAgeriat.doc

Gerontological Evaluation
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A 10 page discussion of the many factors which impact the health and welfare of our nation’s elderly citizens. When an elderly patient enters the nursing home environment, in particular, it is up to the staff in that environment to take care of their every need. By the time they have made this transition they have typically endured many hardships. The author contends that thorough gerontological evaluation requires a consideration of psychological as well as biological and social issues confronting the elderly client. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PPeldEvl.rtf

Gibbs Cycle Analysis of Constipation in the Elderly
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A 3 page paper assessing an interview with a long term care nurse revealing non-drug interventions to relieve constipation in the elderly, assess using Gibbs model of reflection. The paper includes four interview questions. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSnursRefl3.rtf

Glittenberg, Transcultural Nursing in Guatemala
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A 5 page book review of Jody Glittenberg’s text To the Mountain and Back, The Mysteries of Guatemalan Highland Family Life (1994, Waveland Press), which describes how the author’s understanding of this culture evolves from her visits to Guatemala, which took place in the 1970s, first as a missionary nurse, and then as an anthropology student conducting an ethnographic research project. This is a fascinating book that gives any reader insight into the lives of poor agrarian population struggling for existence within context of a developing country. Glittenberg’s first-person narrative style creates a highly readable account, which allows the reader to learn along with the author as she relates her experiences in chronological order. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khglit.rtf

Global Health Issues and Local Policies; Evaluating a Local Project
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This 30 page paper, including a 6 page annotated bibliography is an outline for a project of care for the elderly. The looks at a project in Canada for geriatric care and consider the project evaluating and examining the underlying theories of the way that the care is delivered. This includes the aim to increase quality of life and self determination. The bibliography cites 15 sources.
Filename: TEhealtm.wps

Global Implications of the Nursing Shortage
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A 4 page paper discussing difficulties in recruiting, long hours and growing work-related stress. These are not unique to nursing, but likely nursing is the profession that finds these characteristics most problematic. The nursing shortage has been reality for a long while in both the US and the UK. Nurses in developing countries have taken note, and the ongoing shortages in the nursing profession now have taken on global proportions. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSnursGlobShrtg.rtf

Gov. Regulation at Bon Secours/DePaul Medical Ctr.
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A 4 page research paper that discusses briefly the governmental regulations and agencies, which are applicable to the operation of Virginia hospital. The writer focuses on Virginia law. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khvdh.rtf

Government & Health Care Questions
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A 24 page research paper that answer 5 questions pertaining to government regulation of health care and the ethics of MCOs and their gatekeeping function in regards to the health care system. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: khgovmco.rtf

Graduate Study in Nursing
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This 3 page paper provides an overview of a graduate proposal for the study of nursing.
Filename: MHNurGra.rtf

Greeting 40: Health Promotion in Women's Health
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A 2 page paper discussing the benefits of 'Greeting 40,' a brochure promoting health in women as they age. The leaflet is one that promises to promote the need for education in the changes that occur as women age, not only physically but also emotionally and socially. It appears to hold promise for being valuable to women over 40. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KShlthProWomBroRa.rtf

Greeting 40: Women's Health Brochure
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A 2 page brochure (trifold, front and back layout) intended for education about women's health after 40, and some of the changes that women can expect. The brochure includes a list of exams and screenings (mammogram, cholesterol and others) that women should have with increasing frequency after 40 Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KShlthPromWomBro.rtf

Grief When Dying Is A Choice
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An 11 page research paper that offers a nursing concept analysis of grief associated with euthanasia. This concept analysis also includes cases where families decide to withdraw and not initiate extraordinary life-preserving procedures. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: khgreu.rtf

Group Process/Nursing
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A 4 page research paper that discusses group psychology in relation to nursing management. The tasks and objectives associated with nursing and nursing management can be understood in terms of the broader context of group roles and group process as outlined by what is known concerning leadership and group psychology. When a task is delegated to a group and that group functions as a team, with each member responsible for a specific role, with each team member having the skills to execute that role, this strategy becomes "the manager's best bet, even though groups rarely function perfecting," to accomplishing specific tasks and goals (La Monica 23). As this suggests, group psychology plays an integral role in nursing management. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khgpnur.rtf

Group Therapy/Heart Patients with Depression
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A 25 page research. Depression can greatly complicate the processes of recovery after a coronary episode. Furthermore, the presence of depression has been known to precede the development of heart disease. This following proposal outlines research on how to organize and lead a small group of heart patients, which concludes with offering personal reflections on the group experience. This outline introduces the topic and areas addressed by the proposed group, the rationale for the group, objectives and projected outcomes, the screening and selection process of group members, as well as other factors associated with forming and conducting group therapy session for heart patients with depression. The literature review offers an extensive discussion of research pertaining to this topic, and included is a section detailing what is known concerning the relationship between heart disease and depression. A brief abstract is included. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: khdephp.rtf

Grundy, Virginia/Helping an Elderly Patient
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A 3 page research paper that discusses how a nurse can aid an elderly patient by informing him of the specific Medicaid programs to which he is entitled. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khgvatrn.rtf

Guillain Barre/Physical Therapy
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A 3 page research paper that discusses GBS, its diagnosis, testing and treatment, but with a focus on physical therapy. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khgbs2.rtf

Guillain-Barre Syndrome
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A 4 page research paper that discusses what Guillain-Barre Syndrome is, its believed causes, its progression, treatment and the factors affecting nursing care. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khgbs.rtf

H.R. 5 - Malpractice Reform Legislation:
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This 8 page paper provides an overview of this legislation as well as an annotated bibliography of 12 sources relating to this topic. Furthermore, this paper provides an overview of the findings in the literature. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: GSMalleg.rtf

H.R. 724/Nursing Education Act of 2009
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A 3 page research paper that summarizes and discusses this nursing legislation, which is currently before Congress.
Filename: khhr724.rtf

Haddon's Matrix
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7 pages in length. According to Haddon's Matrix, injuries are caused by a combination circumstances and pre-existing conditions, also termed a chain of events. By employing the matrix as a means by which to identify causative factors for a local injury problem, the student will readily understand how this particular method is quite effective as a conceptual framework by way of Haddon's three phases: pre-event, event and post-event in conjunction with the three factors of human, vehicle (product) and environmental. The writer applies Haddon's Matrix to nursing injuries. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: TLCHadon.rtf

Hand Hygiene Project, Part B
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A 6 page research paper that addresses the same topic as khhwap.rtf, which is a proposal for a nursing research project designed to address the problem of nosocomial infections in clinical environments. The solution proposed was to design an educational intervention, which would incorporate the latest data pertaining to effective hand hygiene practices. It was further proposed that the efficacy of this intervention would be evaluated via the use of a post-test and also by evaluating the use of hand sanitizer over a subsequent two weeks period. This review of literature describes studies that produced data that support the proposed solution. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khhwapb.rtf

Hand Preparation for Surgery
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A 3 page summation of an article that concerns hand antisepsis protocols prior to surgery. Parienti, et al (2002) conducted a study that compared the effectiveness of two hand-cleansing protocols in preventing surgical site infections during routine surgical practice. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khhanrub.rtf

Hand Washing Project
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A 4 page research paper, which includes a brief abstract and outline, which offers a proposed nursing project, which addresses the problem of hand sanitation within clinical environments and how this issue relates to high rates of nosocomial infection. After discussing this problem, its importance and significance to patient outcomes, the nurse researcher proposes formulating an educational intervention on the topic, which includes placing hand sanitizers at convenient bedside locations throughout the facility (or unit) and then verifying the efficacy of the intervention by both a posttest and the number of bottles used over a two weeks period. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khhwap.rtf

he Prevention and Treatment of Chlamydia in African American Adolescent Female Populations
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This 25 page paper provides an overview of the current literature and a study of the spread of chlamydia, one of the most common STDs in the United States. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: MHADOSTD.rtf

Health Beliefs of African Americans
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A 4 page research paper that discusses health beliefs, rites of passage and superstitions held by African Americans in regards to pregnancy, birth, puberty, menopause and death and dying. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khaaheb2.rtf

Health Care Finance
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of some central questions regarding health care finance and the development of accounting practices in health care organizations. This paper integrates a view of variations in accounting practices and the impacts of for-profit and non-profit status. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MHHMONur.rtf

Health Care Management
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A 3 page paper that addresses two topics - interdisciplinary teams and strategic planning to reduce nurse turnover. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PGhlt2q.rtf

Health Care: Ethical Dilemma
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4 pages in length. Carol took a one-month leave of absence rather suddenly; when she returned and resumed her regular nursing duties, there was nothing outwardly different about her but there was most definitely a change in the way many of her coworkers interacted with her. Shortly thereafter it was disclosed by some disgruntled employees that Carol had learned she was HIV positive and took the time off to make the ethical decision of whether she should continue working in the health care field. Patients soon learned of this and refused to let Carol come near them, fearful they would contract the disease merely by casual touch. Bowing to the pressure but fully behind Carol's presence as a nurse, hospital administrators decided to honor their commitment to patient care and let her go. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: TLCEthDecNur.rtf