"Code Orange Alert" - A Look At Nursing, Workplace Violence & OSHA Regulations
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5-page paper that examines the rules and regulations mandated for the health care profession by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, with a focus on violence in the workplace. Discussed is OSHA's 1996 3148 Guidelines for Preventing Workplace Violence for the Health Care and Social Service Workers and the fact that the suggestions it presents are optional rather than mandatory. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: LCOrange.doc

"Dancing Skeletons": A Review of the Book by Catherine Dettwyler
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A 5 page review of the ethnographic account of fieldwork in medical anthropology. Working among malnourished children in West Africa Dettwyler experienced both professional and personal insight. Although sometimes criticized for her subjective approach to her subject, in reality Dettwyler provides both a a touching human account and a valuable ethnography. Her approach to death as "the ultimate illness", however, is one which is unfortunate. This paper points out that death is in fact a natural component of life. To view death as an ultimate illness is to regard death, a phase which we must all pass through, as a personal and medical failure. No additional sources are listed.
Filename: PPskeltn.wps

"Evaluation Of Education Materials Using Orem's Self-Care Deficit Theory": Analysis
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7 pages in length. The purpose of this study is to help nurses gain a significantly better perspective upon how well patients understand educational materials pertinent to their well being based upon overall literacy. When patients do not have the wherewithal to understand instructional and/or educational materials pertaining to their health status, they are less likely to appropriately care for themselves. Because the availability of "easy-to-read health information and instruction materials for patients with poor literacy skills heightens health disparities and dissatisfaction with care already experienced by many disadvantaged patients" (Wilson et al, 2003, pp. 68-76), it stands to reason how this study seeks to bridge that ever-widening social gap. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: TLCOrem.rtf

"Nurses' willingness to care for AIDS patients and spirituality, social support, and death anxiety": A review of the article by Deborah Witt Sherman
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A 14 page analysis of the research strategies enlisted in this study, strategies designed to investigate the relationship between independent and dependent variables. The author of this paper delineates the research design and methodology of the study, outlines its statistical approaches, and comments on its findings. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: PPnrsWll.rtf

"Parent behavior and child distress during urethral catherization"
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A 5 page review of an article published in the "Journal of the Society of Pediatric Nurses". Researchers Charmaine Kleiber and Ann Marie McCarthy investigate the interaction that occurs between parents and children when the child is undergoing urethral catherization. The researchers decided to investigate this question knowing that the findings would be useful in allowing medical professionals to delineate the natural parental behaviors that are productive in aiding the child in coping with this sometimes stressful procedure. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPnrsPrn.rtf

"Principle Centered Leadership" and Nurse Management
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A 5 page paper which reviews the book "Principle Centered Learning" by Stephen R. Covey, and discusses it in a context which involves nurse management. Bibliography lists 6 additional sources.
Filename: RArncovey.wps

"The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadinman
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A 5 page paper which examines the professional behavior of nurses and other medical professionals as seen in Anne Fadinman's book "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down." The paper also presents an overall examination of this book as it relates to the clash of two perspectives, the American medical profession and the Hmong people. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAfldown.rtf

2 American Leaders
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A 5 page research paper that profiles 2 American leaders: Steve Jobs of Apple Computers and nursing theorist and innovator Virginia Henderson. The writer offers a profile of each leader and argues that these two individuals exemplify leadership qualities. Henderson's work changed the entire perspective of modern day nursing, making it more patient-oriented and humanistic. Jobs' missionary zeal towards computing has broadened the horizons of human knowledge by bringing computers into the home and making them "user-friendly" so that even children can access the Internet's broad knowledge base. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: kh2amld.rtf

2 Articles/Cardiac Step-Down Unit
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A 4 page nursing article summary that addresses 2 articles applicable to step-down care in a cardiac care unit. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khcsd.rtf

2x2 Factorial Study & Definitions
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A 3 page research paper that, first of all, gives a brief description of a 2x2 factorial study that analyzed the effects of food and exercise on frailty in the elderly. Then the writer offers various definitions. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: kh2x2.rtf

3 Elements of Psychiatric Nursing
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A 4 page research paper that discusses this topic. Psychiatric nursing covers a wide variety of clinical settings and situations. However, three elements that are prominent in this field of nursing practice are the psychiatric nurse's role as advocate, teacher, and caregiver. The following examination of these three elements looks at why each role is an essential component of psychiatric nursing and the ramifications of these roles. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: kh3elatc.rtf

3 Nursing Diagnoses for an Elderly Patient
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A 9 page research paper that, first, presents a case scenario and then offers 3 nursing diagnoses that apply to the case. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khepdig.rtf