Is Team Nursing Right for Your Floor?
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A 12 page research paper that examines this question in regards to the competing paradigms of team nursing versus primary care nursing. The writer offers a critical study of literature on this topic, which evaluates the pros and cons of each perspective in regards to the question of whether or not team nursing is the right course to take for a specific work environment. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Issues Affecting Healthcare For The Elderly
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An 8 page discussion of the factors affecting health care for the elderly. Discusses the increasing life spans, the ever-improving medical technology, health rationing and managed care. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
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Jaded And Disillusioned: Addressing Nursing Issues
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15 pages in length. As nursing has moved forward into the twenty-first century, has the industry earned any more respect and admiration than it had over one hundred years ago? Indeed, it can readily be argued that men continue to hold both superiority and power within today's medical community, inasmuch as nurses' responsibilities include spending the most time, effort and emotion on their many patients. Such dedication has been the cause of change of heart for many nurses, whose unfaltering generosity of spirit has typically received little recognition. The writer discusses how when combined with the inherently grueling aspects required of the job, it is no wonder nurses can lose the very nurturing element they need to perform the job. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
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Kaiser Permanente and its Place in the HMO Industry
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A 9 page paper discussing the history and current state of the health maintenance organization (HMO) portion of the health care industry and Kaiser Permanente. Founded in the 1930s for the employees of Kaiser Industries, Kaiser Permanente is one of the oldest of the HMOs and it claims it is the largest as well. With more than 8 million enrollees, it can claim 22 percent of the market. It has been subject to the wrenching changes ongoing within the industry, but its commitment to quality and excellence of care is in its favor. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Keeping the "Big Picture"
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A 6 page research paper that examines the processes involved in clinical decision making under emergency situations. Focusing primarily on a 1996 study, the writer explores how nursing decisions in emergency situations have a tremendous impact on patient outcomes, and how these nurses focus on keeping the "big picture" in regards to seeing all details pertaining to diagnosis and practice. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Language Development in Downs Syndrome Children
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This 5 page paper considers the way in which language skills are developed in children with Downs Syndrome and how this differs from 'normal' development. The paper recognised the potential hearing problems, but goes on to consider the processing problems and their manifestation along with some of the positive results that have been obtained when looking to increase language ability these special children. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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Latest Developments In Prostheses: Tutorial
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An 11 page paper. Artifical limbs have a long history, which some say dates back to ancient Egypt. The beginning field is attributed, however, to a French surgeon in the 16th century. This paper discusses a brief history of prostheses, the reasons individuals may need a prosthesis of some kind; the remarkable advances made since the mid-1940s and especially in the last twenty years, and the probable future developments. Interspersed are tutorial comments to help the student.
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Leadership Style and Nursing
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This 8 page report discusses leadership styles and the theories relating to role of the nurse. It presents several well-known leadership theories and the attributes of each in relation to a nurse’s leadership role in an organization. Leadership and leadership styles are both highly personal and highly subjective. Given a certain circumstance a manager may find that he or she is a situational leader, a democratic leader, a leader focused on transformation, or even an old-fashioned autocrat. It is the skillful blend that allows for a manager to develop a personal leadership style. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Leadership, Change and Conflict
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This 10 page paper considers three central organizational concepts, leadership, change and conflict. This paper then goes on to consider the implications for relationships/interrelationships in the organizational setting. This paper provides an overview of the current literature and reflects on the implications in a healthcare environment. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Low Sodium Diets for Children: The Positives and Negatives
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An 8 page discussion of the feasibility of implementing low sodium diets for children. Contends that the regulation of sodium is a critical facet of any diet. In children, however, the benefits of restricting sodium intake are often controversial. Indeed, sodium is a critical component of a child’s physiology. Too little sodium can be just as adverse as too much sodium. In children with special dietary concerns, such as those with nephrogenic diabetes insipidus, Duchene muscular dystrophy, Becker muscular dystrophy, and a variety of heart conditions, a low sodium diet is imperative. In most cases, however, the logic of a low sodium diet is highly contested. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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Male Infertility: The Factor of Workplace Contamination
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An 8 page discussion of the worldwide trend of dropping sperm counts in industrialized countries. This paper attributes that trend to contamination in the workplace and suggests a monitoring program to get the problem in hand. Bibliography lists 15 sources. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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Managed Care and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
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This 8 page paper addresses problems inherent in managed care and the deleterious effects on the doctor-patient relationship as a result of the HMO model. The problem of gag rules is a major part of the discussion. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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