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Nursing Research Utilization, 2007.
This paper discusses issues and strategies in nursing research utilization.
2,002 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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In this document the writer discusses nursing research utilization in reference to the potential impact nursing staff can have on targeting negative behaviors that lead to health related issues. The writer notes that nursing staff in the institutional setting, such as educational settings, can take a leading role in delivery of targeted behavior modification programs that lead to a reduction in childhood obesity and teen smoking rates. The writer discusses whether nurses employed within the educational setting can contribute towards behavior modification strategies targeting harmful behavior patterns.
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Abstract
Problem Statement
Purpose of Study
Research Question
Hypothesis
Study Variables
Theoretical Framework
Literature Review
Study Design
Sample & Setting
Identification & Control
Instrumentation
Data Collection Methodology
Data Analysis
Strengths & Limitations
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"In the context of this paper the target problems are all in one of the given four areas of the healthy lifestyle. An accurate needs assessment should be completed along with a well defined intervention program when targeting a negative behavior to be modified. The reasons the behavior is persistent should be addressed in terms of an individual's rationale for not instituting the modification his or herself. In a practical sense an individual may only be inclined to modify behavior following some sort of personal crises or personal upheaval of some sort which is usually the event that brings them into contact with healthcare staff."
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Nursing Research, 2008.
This paper explores nursing research and its utilization.
1,128 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 8 sources, APA, $ 39.95
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The paper relates that nursing practices guided by research-based evidence is fast replacing the old paradigm of anecdotal experience handed down from mentor to student. The paper discusses the historical origins of nursing research, namely the legacy of Florence Nightingale. The paper looks at the crucial role of nursing research. The paper discusses how barriers to research still exist, particularly in the initiation of research or in its implementation.
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Historical Origins of Nursing Research
Role of Nursing Research: Utilization
Evidence-Based Practice
Conclusion
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"Research is a challenge as it constantly involves bridging the gap between theoretical knowledge and actual practices in order to find new and practical applications. However far removed research may seem to the nurse in a clinical setting, nursing practices guided by research-based evidence is fast replacing the old paradigm of anecdotal experience handed down from mentor to student, a testament to the continuous dedication of the nurse to professional development in the midst of resistance and the temptation of complacency. Research is "essential if the nursing profession is to meet its mandate to society for effective and efficient patient care" (American Nurses Association [ANA], 1994, para. 3)."
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History of Nursing, 2003.
Discusses the emergence of nursing procedures in 19th century.
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Presents Florence Nightingale as the nursing pioneer who first utilized statistical data in the medical profession. Discusses the importance of statistical recording and interpretation to today's nursing procedures.
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"While the very acts utilized in caring for the ill may be tracked back to the beginning of man, the organization and systemization of such nursing procedures utilized by us today emerged only within the 19th century. Florence Nightingale. Clara Barton. ..."
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Risk Management and the Nursing Shortage, 2008.
A discussion of the worldwide nursing shortage and its negative effect on patients.
1,380 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 46.95
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This paper addresses the problem that health care risk management has not been utilized effectively in relation to nurses, who were once valued as the pivotal health care providers in the medical field. The paper claims that, as hospital systems began to feel the competition associated with globalization, administrators sought to obtain funding that would allow them to become conglomerates and have a dominant strength in the health care system nationwide. In order to obtain this funding hospitals and health care centers believed that the most effective method was to reduce staffing and equipment costs. Nurses were primarily affected and, over time, the situation was further impacted by nurses that left the field out of frustration, retirement, or migration to other countries. This nursing shortage, consequently, has had a negative effect on patients and the risk of increased patient injuries. The research maintains that this nursing shortage is one of the most significant issues that exists in health care today. Risk analysis indicates that there are no positive factors associated with the nursing shortage, but that there are solutions to the issue that all health care facilities can consider in changing their environments. The paper concludes that the most important method of addressing the issue is clearly altering the hospital system to demonstrate greater appreciation for professional nurses and to focus on personnel rather than on funding.
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"Although it has been a trend over the last few decades for health care systems to ignore the needs of their nurses, according to McCormick (2006) this philosophy is changing (sec. 1). This is because it is becoming evident that while nurses may feel a connection to nursing or have worked in the profession for a long time, they also realize that they have other career choices that are less stressful and that will meet their economic needs. Yet, McCormick (2006) suggests that this belief will cease among nurses when the health care systems of the country do all that is within their power to protect the qualified nurses that exist today."
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Community Health Nursing and the Elderly, 2008.
This paper explores the role of the community health nurse in the prevention of falls in elderly patients.
967 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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The paper reveals that although falls continue to comprise a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality amongst elderly patients, the use of physical or chemical restraints has declined. The paper then examines interventions that can be utilized by the community health nurse to help the elderly avoid falls without the use of restraints. The paper concludes with recommendations for future nursing research.
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Public Health Issue
Significance to Community Health Nursing Practice
Incorporate into Nursing Practice
Recommendations for Future Nursing Research
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"Falling is a normal part of motor development early among children and is a preventable injury. However, it is an unusual occurrence for adults and may therefore signal the presence of other underlying conditions (e.g. cognitive dysfunction due to illness). Degenerative neurological diseases, syncope caused by sudden hemodynamic instability visual impairment or motor weakness are some of the precipitating factors for falls in the elderly population. Unlike falls in the non-elderly population, trivial falls can cause significant indirect causes of morbidity and mortality. This is especially seen with hip fractures, where prolonged immobility can lead to venous stasis and fatal pulmonary embolisms during this course."
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Nursing and Critical Thinking and Judgment, 2005.
Discusses three thinking skills and their connection to nursing.
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This paper briefly examines three critical thinking skills--creativity, flexibility and open-mindedness--that are essential to effective nursing. The paper also outlines personal events that required the utilization of these skills and how their application led to professional success. Finally, this paper points out how the author plans to grow and develop these skills via extensive personal learning and reading and by communicating on a regular basis with experienced colleagues.
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"Nursing is one of the most demanding of all fields. Among other things, it requires a compassionate and open mind, a dedicated spirit and a strong work ethic; it also requires a great deal of patience. However, this paper will examine three attributes of nursing that are frequently overlooked: creativity, flexibility and open-mindedness. Without question, the utilization of these three critical thinking skills in the workplace will have a positive, long-term influence on a nurse's career and his or her relationship with patients and staff. This paper will emphasize the importance of these skills and provide a plan for continuing to work on their development; this paper will also provide three short examples of the use of these skills in nursing practice and offer further suggestions on how a young nurse can proceed to incorporate these skills into his or her nursing practice."
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Communication in a Nursing Environment, 2002.
This research paper deals with the subject of ensuring effective communication between nursing staff, their patients and the patient?s family
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The following paper proposes that understanding and utilizing body language would be an effective way for a nurse to improve communication. The nature of communication and the importance of body language in the communication process is examined with a focus on how this can be used to assist in communication in a medical set-up. Based on the research in this paper, it is seen that body language can be used by nursing staff to ensure they send the right message to patients and their families and also to ensure the real message and the real state of patients can be understood.
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"From the research, we can see that body language is an important part of communication and has great effect on communication. From the nursing perspective, we have seen how it can be used to determine the patients and their families real state. We have also seen how the body language of the nurse can be used to ensure that the patients and their family feel comfortable enough to speak freely and communicate the truth.By training and ensuring that nurses are aware of body language, effective communication can be better established. This is especially important because the nature of the situation means that understanding the patient?s state is critical to providing them with correct treatment and also because the nature of the situation means that the patient may not necessarily speak honestly about their conditions.Training nursing staff in the importance of body language would allow them to better communicate with the patients and their families and this in turn, would increase the quality of care that could be delivered, with the quality relating to personal needs as well as medical needs."
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Ethics in Nursing, 2005.
This paper is a case study, which evaluates a specific nursing ethical dilemma.
2,250 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 8 sources, $ 89.95
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This paper, utilizing prior research sources, analyzes in greater detail, the problems that nurses face in attempting to provide the best possible care to their patients. The author points out that, although mistakes occur, reducing these errors is likely to make a difference in nursing practice.
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"The student would have been provided with an adequate introduction to nursing ethics throughout her coursework, and therefore, her error in judgment is not due to a lack of training at the school that she attended, and therefore, her own lack of personal judgment directly influenced her reaction to the mistake that she made (Landry and Landry 363). Perhaps most critical to this argument is the following: "A more effective approach is to involve students, demonstrate associations of ethics and legal issues to practice, and demonstrate practical consequences resulting from an understanding of, as well as an underestimation of, the importance of ethics and legal principles to nursing care"(Landry and Landry 363)."
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Reducing Hypothermia via Utilization of Transport Isolettes, 2004.
This paper is a research proposal to explore whether the utilization of transport isolettes from the delivery room to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) will reduce the incidence of hypothermia.
2,230 words (approx. 8.9 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 69.95
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This paper explains that, traditionally, babies admitted into the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit from labor suites are hand-carried or transferred via the use of a radiant warmer without use of heating, which, despite the use of sheets, blankets, and hats to decrease heat loss, 84% of these newborn admissions proved to be hypothermic (<36.3 degrees C). The author points out that the research design will include a review of the literature on infant and neonatal hypothermia and a survey with a quasi-experimental methodology. The paper reports that the study will be conducted irrespective of gestational age for the infants examined by using a random sampling to ensure that internal and external validity can be measured.
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Introduction
Problem/Purpose
Hypothesis 1
Alternative Hypothesis
Significance of the Study
Preliminary Literature Review
Research Design
Limitations
Assumptions
Data Collection Methods
Sample Selection/Procedures
Data Analysis
Potential Funding Sources
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"Hypothesis 1: Utilization of transport isolette from the delivery room to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit will reduce the incidence of hypothermia. The study aims to justify a statistically significant effect of P 0.05 Fisher supports utilization of this standard measure to report effect by stating ?it is convenient to draw the line at about the level at which we can say: ?Either there is something in the treatment, or a coincidence has occurred such as does not occur more than once in twenty trials???. All results, which fail to reach this level, shall not be considered. The 5% level is a practical level to conduct the research, as it should pick up the effects of scientific investigation."
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Nursing Patients in Labor, 2005.
This paper discusses alternative therapeutic support by nurses for patients in labor to increase their comfort level and to provide a positive childbirth outcome.
1,505 words (approx. 6.0 pages), 9 sources, APA, $ 49.95
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This paper explains that, as more and more patients turn to alternative or non-pharmacological therapies for support during labor, it is important that nurses educate themselves regarding these measures so they can inform patients of the effective options for mitigating pain, which are available to them. The author points out that the literature review suggests that alternative therapeutic methods, such as acupuncture, intra-dermal water blocks, position changes and in some cases hypnosis, can be utilized successfully during the childbirth process to improve maternal satisfaction and facilitate a positive outcome. The paper relates that more research is needed to evaluate the efficacy of other therapies including massage, aromatherapy and other potential alternatives.
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Introduction
Purpose
Problem Statement
Hypothesis
Literature Review
Conceptual Framework
Conclusions
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"Women's experience of pain during labor and delivery vary; Lundgren & Dahlberg's (1998) model of care provide a framework for understanding women's experience and perceptions of pain management and outcome during childbirth. Their assumption suggest that four themes help identify the meanings women assign their childbirth experience. These include a woman's ability to trust in oneself and one's body, trust in the caregiver and partner, the manner in which a mother transitions into motherhood and the acceptance that pain is difficult to describe completely and often contradictory."
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MRSA, Change and Nursing Leadership, 2008.
This paper looks at hospital concerns related to ethicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and their impact on health care professionals.
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In this article, the writer notes that methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a serious concern for many hospitals. The writer points out that not only are morbidity and mortality rates due to MRSA infection significant, but longer hospital stays, higher costs of treatment and the specter of treatment failure compared to methicillin-sensitive organisms are all realities that are faced. This paper outlines a proposition to implement a hospital-wide change in the hospital's handwashing policy to that utilizing a chlorhexidine-based foam. Budgetary considerations as well as a strategy for implementation and evaluation of effectiveness on MRSA infections after one year of implementation are discussed.
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Introduction
Literature Review
Current Practice
Proposed Practice
Budgetary Considerations
Concerns Regarding Change
Values and Roles
Conclusion
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"In order to improve the rate of infection from 10 cases per year to less than one per year, a new practice will be instituted based on the redundancy principle regarding implementation of handwashing procedures. Similarly redundant handwashing facilities (both handwashing stations and foam chlorhexidine gluconate) conveniently located at strategic locations. This solution will include new dispensers at strategic locations with high personnel traffic such as nurses' stations, patient rooms, specific bedside sites (e.g. in intensive care units, labor and delivery bedsides), communal areas for nurses and physicians and outpatient examination rooms. It is expected to be accomplished within 3 months with a reduction in overall and MRSA nosocomial infections after one year."
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Telephone Utilization, 2005.
This paper examines the case of telephone problems at Rawlings & Associates, a large service, engineering and construction consulting firm .
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This paper assesses the steps Rawlings & Associates has taken to resolve its telephone communications problems. The author points out that the basic guidance policies, which they have formulated and implemented, have only been marginally helpful. The paper relates that a more comprehensive solution was available five years ago and should have been implemented at that time.
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"In assessing the steps Rawlings & Associates has taken to resolve its telephone communications problems, it is evident that the basic guidance policies they have formulated and implemented have only been marginally helpful, for a more comprehensive solution was available five years ago and should have been implemented at that time. As a large service, engineering and construction consulting firm with a number of subsidiary locations all across Canada, Rawlings & Associates needs to maintain effective internal and external communications in order to conduct business, and this requires much more than wishing the caller a good morning or afternoon and identifying who is speaking."
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Nurse Practitioner Role in Canada, 2008.
An analysis of the nurse practitioner's role and how it can be implemented in the health care system in Ontario.
1,802 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 13 sources, APA, $ 57.95
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This paper analyzes the implementation of the nurse practitioner's role in Canada. It discusses the expanded authority that the nurse practitioner has in relation to prescribing medications. The paper also looks at the health compliance of the nurse practitioner's patients compared to the physician's patients. The paper goes on to discusses a national perspective for the health system and nurse practitioners. Finally, it looks at how to fully utilize nurse practitioners in Ontario.
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"One barrier to nurse practitioner utilization would be implementing new organizational arrangements and re-allocating roles among medical and other health professionals. Another barrier consists of a lack of options for nurses and inadequate recognition of nursing knowledge and skills (CNA, 2001). For example, the role of nurse practitioners is restricted under existing nursing legislation, protocols or medical directives (Worster & Sarco, 2005). One problem opposing utilization of nurse practitioners in Canada relates to discrepancies in legislation, educational requirements, and clinical and legal responsibilities, all of which prevent implementation of the nurse practitioner role in many areas since the title of nurse practitioner has no universal definition (Worster & Sarco, 2005)."
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