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Roma Culture and Nursing Intervention, 2001.
A study of the Roma (gypsy) sub-culture in North America, the rejection of modern technology by the elder generation and how this effects medical and nursing intervention.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 6 sources, MLA, $ 63.95
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This paper examines the often unknown subculture of Romani ethnic group in North America. The paper shows how the elder generation are very suspicious of modern technology especially anything intrusive and how these fears and suspicions have to be over-come when providing this aging population with health care. The paper examines which cultural barriers exist for providing nursing and medical care to this group.
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"Minorities in the United States are the fastest growing groups of older adults (Wykle). These minority groups have often experienced prejudice, as Wykle says ?many of the older cohorts have faced a life of discriminatory practices, poor health services and culturally incompetent staff who were expected to provide appropriate care.? Because of this they tend to avoid health care and this results in generally poorer health than the general population. These groups are often classed together as minorities because of their dark skin but in fact include various different ethnic groups. One of these groups is the Roma. While commonly known as the Gypsy group, this is not the correct term. The correct terms for the Gypsy is the Roma or the Romani group. It should be noted that the group do not call themselves Gypsy and would likely find it offensive if they were called as such. The correct terms are ?Romani, the adjective; Roma, plural noun; or Rom, singular noun? (Kemp)."
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Nursing Intervention, 2006.
A look at how certain types of nursing interventions can help patients suffering from multiple sclerosis.
984 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 7 sources, APA, $ 34.95
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This paper introduces, discusses and analyzes the topic of nursing interventions. The paper focuses on the nursing interventions of spiritual assessment and therapeutic communication. In addition, the paper looks at how these interventions can support a person suffering from multiple sclerosis.
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"This type of intervention supports the person suffering by indicating the nurse understands their suffering and their pain, and that they can help them be more comfortable and increase their well-being. While intervention may not make a difference in their actual physical disease, it can make a patient more comfortable, more satisfied, and more at peace with themselves and their circumstances. Patient satisfaction is extremely important for overall patient health and in return visits for continued health care. Studies indicate if patients are dissatisfied or unhappy with their care, they may forego visits or visit another practitioner (Wrench & Booth-Butterfield, 2003). In addition, spiritual intervention can help the sufferers' family cope with the disease and help them give adequate care to the patient at home, which is often much more comfortable for the patient and family and adds to the overall well-being of everyone involved."
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Nursing Interventions for COPD Patients, 2002.
This paper discusses the nursing interventions required to prevent postoperative complications in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients.
2,495 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 11 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper uses the definition of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) as an umbrella term that refers to a large group of lung diseases which can interfere with normal breathing including emphysema, chronic bronchitis and chronic asthma. This paper reviews nursing interventions such as COPD education, exercises of upper and lower extremities, breathing exercises and psychosocial support. The author concludes that the nurse should do a thorough assessment of the patient?s physical and psychological status and that there are several interventions from which nurses can select, thus the patient need not be restricted to any one particular type of intervention.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Nursing Interventions
Conclusions
Applications
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"In terms of interventions to prevent post-operative complications in COPD patients, the first step that must be taken is a complete assessment of the patient. This assessment is most likely best accomplished by using Gordon?s (1998) Function Health Pattern classification for assessment developed for The North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA). What Gordon (1998) observed is that a diagnosis is a conceptual model for interpreting a set of observations in order to provide organization for understanding these observations as they relate to diagnosis of any kind."
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Family Nursing Intervention, 2000.
The development and analysis of intervention in a single-parent family of mother and two daughters with health and financial problems. With diagnosis, roles, communication and problem solving. Charts.
3,600 words (approx. 14.4 pages), 11 sources, $ 127.95
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"Family Nursing Intervention: Interview, Assessment and Diagnosis
Introduction
This research develops and presents the findings of a family nursing intervention. The family for which the intervention is developed is described in the following section. The family nursing intervention is developed and presented following the description of the family and the family situation. Lastly, the concluding discussion considers salient issues in family nursing, what knowledge nurse practitioners must acquire to respond effectively to these issues, the implications of these issues for family nursing and health care policy, and how advanced practice nurses can lead the way in further defining and developing these issues in the future.
Family Description..."
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Nursing Interventions, 2006.
A discussion on nursing interventions for children with different temperaments.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 3 sources, $ 62.95
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Temperament refers to the behavioral style of an individual or the tendency to behave in a certain way in a certain situation. This paper explains that for the child, a psychologically complex individual who has a unique behavioral style and personality, it is important to individualize interventions. The paper discusses interventions that have been designed specifically for the difficult child, the easy child and the child who is slow to warm up.
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Nursing Interventions to Prevent Post-operative Complications in COPD Patients, 2002.
A discussion of a number of strategies and intervention that nurses can employ to prevent complications after surgery for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD),
2,475 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 11 sources, $ 87.95
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Discusses a number of strategies & interventions nurses can employ to prevent complications ater surgery for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Description of COPD including prevelance, conditions, symptoms. Sociodemographics & medical profile. Risks. COPD education. Examines nursing interventions including exercises & weight loss program.; psychosocial support. Value of physical assessment data. Nursing applications.
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"Nursing Interventions to Prevent Postoperative Complications in Copd Patients
Introduction
Madison, and Irwin (1998) define Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) as a sort of umbrella term that refers to a large group of lung diseases which can interfere with normal breathing. In their discussion of the various illnesses that are associated with the condition, COPD Support (2001), notes that there are three basic conditions which COPD patients can suffer from: emphysema (the progressive destruction of the grape-like sacs that exchange oxygen in the air for carbon dioxide); chronic bronchitis; and chronic asthma. Not all patients have all three conditions, although a few do.
In a report issued by the National Institutes of Health..."
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Nursing Interventions for Diabetes, 2008.
This paper discusses the importance of an approach to diabetes management that emphasizes patient empowerment through self-care.
2,267 words (approx. 9.1 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 70.95
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The paper explores how quality of life in patients with diabetes is a large concern for nurses. The paper discusses how complications associated with diabetes are the main contributors to disability and death rather than the disease itself. The paper explains that one type of intervention that can greatly decrease the likelihood of complications is preventive self-care activities.
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Statement of Issue
Concern to Professional Nursing
Intervention
Implementation
Conclusion
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"Quality of life in patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes is a large concern for nurses. Unlike acute disease processes, chronic disease in patients, while therapeutic relations between nurse and patient can strengthen over time, they must also be evaluated to determine the effectivity of treatment. Interventions to improve the quality of life of these patients have significant value. DeSouza and Nairy (2003) reported a significant improvement in quality of life parameters with nurse-directed intervention. Some of these interventions involve patient empowerment through teaching of self-care activities that not only aid both health care provider and patient to jointly participate in managing diabetes, but also impart to both patient and family a sense of control over this chronic disease."
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Nursing and Obstetrical Nursing Curricula, 2006.
A look at the organizations that regulate and control nursing and nursing education programs.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 2 sources, $ 35.95
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This paper looks at nursing and obstetrical nursing and investigates what agencies police and design the curricula for these fields. The State Boards of Nursing and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission are examined and the policies and standards that they set are discussed as well as the required curriculum content and development they oversee. Their impact upon curriculum development and revision is also reviewed.
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"In the arena of nursing, there are so many specialties, so many fields, so many types of nurses, that there must be governing and regulatory bodies. Without such organizations that regulate and control nursing and nursing education programs, there would not be a singular and uniform set of expectations for this nation's nursing professionals. The two organizations that will be discussed in regard to how they influence the regulation of nursing, and more specifically how they could influence obstetrical nursing, are the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) and the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC). The first of the two governing agencies that this paper will discuss and investigate is the NCSBN."
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Using Non-Nursing Personnel for Nursing Tasks, 2004.
A look at the advantages and disadvantages of using non-nursing personnel to perform nursing tasks.
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 47.95
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This paper considers the reasons for using non-nursing personnel to perform nursing tasks and then takes a look at the advantages and disadvantages of doing so. The paper also discusses the outlook for using non-nursing personnel in the nursing profession as well as the decline in qualified nurses in the labor pool.
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"Much has been written about the nursing shortage that plagues physicians, hospitals and nursing homes in the United States. At the same time that there are fewer qualified nurses available in the work force a number of states and municipalities have passed regulations regarding the nurse-to-patient ratio that is making the situation even more acute. As a result, healthcare providers have been forced to be innovative in the way that they attract nurses to their institutions and recruiting efforts..."
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Director of Nursing in Nursing Home, 1999.
Examines issues affecting this position & role. Examines the economics of the institute, restructuring, responsibilities, quality of care and staffing.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 14 sources, $ 47.95
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"DONS IN THE CONTEMPORARY NURSING HOME ENVIRONMENT
Introduction
This research examines some of the issues affecting the position and role of the Director of Nursing (DON) in contemporary nursing home environments. DONs are experiencing increasing difficulties in their attempts to fulfill their responsibilities as the health care environment in the United States continues in a period of transition.
DONs and Transition in the Health Care Environment
An increasing number of nursing homes, in the pursuit of goals related to both efficiency and effectiveness, are implementing reorganization schemes that frequently involve downsizing, decentralization, or some combination of downsizing and decentralization (Barrett, 1995). Among health care.."
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Nursing, Physical Inactivity Intervention, 2008.
A review of the growing issue of physical inactivity and its effects.
1,608 words (approx. 6.4 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 52.95
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This paper discusses the growing issue of physical inactivity in relation to the increase in related diseases. The writer looks at various studies and how patients can be behaviorally influenced by specifically targeted interventions that address health issues and help them realize that they can actively take part in re-orienting themselves around healthy lifestyles.
Outline:
Epidemiology of physical inactivity
Review of interventions from the literature
Implications for advanced practice nurses
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"It is not hard to see the crucial role of physical activity in any individual's lifestyle. The prevalence of physical inactivity has been indirectly linked to mortalities associated with the aforementioned diseases. In the case of overweight and obesity, in 2001, the Surgeon General asserted the urgency of addressing overweight and obesity's cause: excess calorie accumulation and/or physical inactivity (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2001). In 2005, overweight and obesity in the U.S. reached a prevalence rate of 60.5% and 23.9%, respectively (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2006). Even more alarming, this prevalence has significantly increased within 1995-2005 across all states (p < 0.01), in spite of a decrease in prevalence of obesity <20% in 28 states from 1995-2000 (CDC, 2006).
"A typical profile of a high-risk family group is generally one that endorses a sedentary lifestyle. Children as early as 3 to 4 years of age and adolescents in particular, are at high risk for adapting behaviors that promote physical inactivity and often carry these behaviors into adulthood (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000). Risks for decreased physical inactivity include watching television for 4 or more hours daily, physical activity during less than half the total time allocated to physical education classes, lack of at least 30 minutes of moderate and regular physical activity daily either as part of a particular setting (work, home, school, leisure), conditions that prevent carrying out a physical activity regimen, and an environment that is not conducive to safe physical activity (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2000)."
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Nurses Aids as Supplement to Nursing Staff, 2002.
A discussion of the conflict within a hospital setting between registered nurses and nursing aids.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 62.95
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This paper examines a conflict between registered nurses and nurses' aids at a hospital. The conflict is centered around a misunderstanding on the part of the aids towards their respective duties. The paper provides a series of steps that can resolve this group conflict.
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Introduction
Problem
Overview of Situation
Recommendationa for Solution
Conclusion
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"It has come to the attention of the floor supervisors at Newport General Hospital that there is tension among the nursing staff. The decision of Harvard Group HMO to utilize "creative management" strategies to supplement the existing registered nurses with nurses' aids has been met with extreme prejudice on the part of the medical team and the patients. "
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Every Nurse Controls the Image of Nursing, 2008.
This paper is a persuasive essay on the changing role of the nursing profession's image in modern day society.
730 words (approx. 2.9 pages), 3 sources, APA, $ 26.95
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This paper discusses the changing role of nurses. The paper asserts that while every nurse controls the image of nursing, the demands of the times change what constitutes, and what will constitute nursing. Furthermore, the paper states that the nursing profession is undergoing transitions both within and without that profoundly impact it's public image as providing care to those in need. The author states that whereas technology can provide more and more timely cures, nurses are still typecast into a caring role, which may be less of a priority in the global scene that merely looks at health care as a service-oriented body repair shop.
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"As often is the case, internal and external change can have unpredictable effects on the components of the profession, not only as a whole. For instance, the broadening of the different roles a nurse can pursue has only happened in the latter quarter of the previous century in response to the expanding demand for them. There is an inherent advantage in specializing and giving students advancement options, even the option to independently practice is currently available. However, with the lack of time to develop these different tracks into distinct, autonomous, regulatory professional entities, this leaves the impression on the public that the nursing profession's demand-driven schism is a warning sign that health care is slowly becoming service-oriented rather than patient-oriented. Presently, it is difficult to distinguish nursing roles such as the nurse practitioner apart from the roles of other professionals such as physicians. Such increasing overlap in responsibilities, knowledge, patient treatment and management must be assessed and acted upon in order to ultimately establish a change in the public's perspective on nursing as a whole."
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An Intervention for Obesity, 2008.
This paper discusses obesity and looks at the part played by nursing interventions in the rehabilitation of patients.
2,024 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, APA, $ 64.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that obesity is escalating throughout North America as a result of macro-environmental, micro-environmental, as well as biological social and cultural factors. The writer also points out that obesity is linked to numerous diseases, psychological problems and mortality. The writer maintains that socio-cultural factors in the forms of advertising and ethnic customs influence the consumption of large amounts of unhealthful foods and interfere with the over-eater's motivation to eat healthfully. Further, the writer maintains that it is the role of the nurse to develop an effective individualized care plan. The writer concludes that best practices can be achieved by individual nurses, other health professionals, the entire unit, and by the mental health care system as a whole.
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"A gap analysis demonstrated inconsistencies between the evidence as outlined above and current practices. As indicated the research indicates the beneficial impact of nursing interventions upon reduction in patient overweight and obesity. However, on a rehabilitation unit and indeed on any surgical unit, overweight and obesity are much more aligned with crisis interventions and little can be achieved in the way of interventions simply because the problem is too pronounced. The overweight patient who must ambulate and participate in strenuous exercises after arthroplasty is just not capable of these actions. Interventions aimed at weight reduction are introduced out of realization of crisis but the patient needs to direct energies to recovery as well as to the intervention. Another consideration is that prompt discharge from the unit interferes with the type of sustained intervention that is needed."
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Nursing and Eating Disorders, 2004.
A look at the role of the pediatric nurse in dealing with eating disorders in youngsters.
4,247 words (approx. 17.0 pages), 17 sources, APA, $ 112.95
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This paper investigates the tasks and interventions that school nurses and school caregivers can undertake in order to help achieve adequate nutritional balance in a variety of complex, pediatric feeding disorders. The critical role that the school nurse plays in pediatric nutrition and eating disorders of developmentally disabled children is discussed. Normal and abnormal pediatric nutrition are then discussed, followed by a description of common feeding disorders among developmentally delayed children. The paper then investigates nursing assessments and interventions for children with eating disorders and developmental disabilities. Finally, recommendations are given for improving the health quality of developmentally-delayed children with eating disorders.
Table of Contents
Introduction and Justification
Methods and Research
Chapter 1. The Role of the School Nurse
Chapter 2. Pediatric Nutrition
Chapter 3. Common Disorders
Chapter 4. Nursing Interventions and Assessments
Summary, Conclusions and Recommendations
References
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"Other eating disorders are also seen in the developmentally disabled child. Pediatric dysphagia is simply difficulty with swallowing, while rumination consists of bringing swallowed food up into the mouth, then chewing and swallowing the food a second time. Oral-motor problems with chewing and swallowing are seen, including an inability to chew, and sensory problems with smelling or seeing food, or sensing the texture of food also occur. Children often have an inability to chew food, and will pocket food in the cheeks. These problems can be coupled with tongue thrust problem, and sensory deprivation can cause trouble with eating."
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