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(2010-06-18)Most states in the United States have nursing centers that focus on workforce issues, although some centers focus on nursing research and scholarship. Kansas does not currently have a state‐wide center of any type. In ...
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(2011-08-26)This paper concerns the topic of the Persistent Vegetative State (PVS) and some of the ethical dilemmas surrounding it. PVS is defined as a “condition in which the patient is wakeful but devoid of conscious content, without ...
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(Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau, 2010-06-14)This paper will review the ethical implications of elective cesarean sections, specifically the issues of patient autonomy and beneficence/nonmaleficence, and how they relate to cesarean delivery on maternal request (CDMR).
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(2011-09-08)American adolescent mothers typically have low rates of exclusive breastfeeding. Currently, Hispanics make up the largest ethnic group in the U.S., have high fertility rates, bear their children at younger ages, and also ...
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(2012-07-24)Introduction: Insomnia and night eating is associated with weight gain in individuals with Severe Mental Illness (Palmese, et al., 2011). Poor sleep, night eating, and psychiatric medications may hinder weight loss which, ...
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(2011-08-26)The purpose of this paper is to examine adolescents’ ability to make competent decisions, and explore the legal and ethical ramifications surrounding the use of Pediatric Advance Directives. Evidence strongly supports that ...
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(2010-06-18)Research has shown that hospital structure, e.g. nursing characteristics, affects patient outcomes. Nursing characteristics have been shown to be better in Magnet® hospitals. Previous studies have found that nursing workforce ...
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(2011-08-26)The purpose of this paper is to describe the influence of culture and religion on end-of-life decision making and advance care planning. Over the last few decades there has been increasing amounts of attention and controversy ...
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(2012-07-24)A shared goal of all health care providers is to provide safe and quality care (IOM, 1972). In order to provide this there needs to be an understanding of how the communication of that care is delivered (IPEC, 2011). After ...
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(2011-08-26)In the hospital setting, there are few moments that are as intense as the events that take place when trying to save an arresting patient’s life. Yet family presence during resuscitation efforts has become an important and ...
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(2012-07-24)Today it is reported that one in 88 children in the U.S. has been diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), with rates continuing to rise. Early diagnosis and intervention are imperative, as well as a systematic way ...
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(2011-09-08)End-of-life care in the U.S. is increasingly provided in nursing homes (NHs), and over half of all NH residents have some degree of cognitive impairment. Given the prevalence of this cognitive decline, there is a surprising ...
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(2011-08-26)Throughout the world, gender inequality—pervasive and deeply embedded in societal structures and ideologies—continues to inhibit human potential and retard the social and economic development of individuals, families, and ...
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(2012-07-24)Purpose: Adults with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) arouse from sleep repeatedly due to hypoxemia and hyerpcapnea. General anesthesia, analgesics, and sedatives may interfere with these arousals and, thus, increase adverse ...
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(2011-09-08)Patients undergoing treatment for cancer, whether it includes chemotherapy and/or radiation, experience many side effects that are linked to the treatment. The specific purposes of this study were to examine (a) what Thai ...
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(2012-07-24)Civil war in Sudan has displaced refugees all over the globe. A community-based collaborative action research project (CBCAR) took place over one year between university researchers and southern Sudanese refugee women. The ...
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(2012-07-24)Children undergoing treatment for cancer often receive chemotherapy or radiation therapy and may experience many symptoms linked to these treatments. This study examined complementary therapies and self-care or dependent-care ...
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