Benner’s Novice to Expert Theory of Nursing
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A 7 page research paper that examines and discusses the Novice to Expert theory of Patricia Benner, which, as its names implies, focuses on the process of professional development that charts the evolution of a novice to an expert nurse. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khntoe.rtf

Betty Neuman: Nursing Theorist
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6 pages in length. Such prominent individuals as Betty Neuman put forth nursing theories that effectively address the intrinsic four paradigms: nursing, health, person and environment. When one considers the aspects of axiology, ontology, teleology and epistomology as they are used in nursing practice today, one can easily associate Neuman's Systems Model's holistic approach inasmuch as it seeks to treat the entire being as a single entity, rather than address it as a singular component. It strives to achieve wellness in the most natural manner possible, while at the same time incorporating both internal and external considerations in order to provide a well-rounded appeal. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: TLCNewmn.wps

Bipolar Disorder
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A 4 page research paper that examines the differences between maniac and depressive symptoms within the context of bipolar disorder. The writer profiles a case study of a boy with pediatric bipolar and discusses his symptoms also. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khbipdis.rtf

Bipolar Disorder
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A 10 page research paper that discusses bipolar disorder Examination of literature on this topic indicates some of what has been learned in treating bipolar disorder, and this information suggests conclusions as to how nurses can improve their practice and care of these patients. The writer offers a summary of four relevant studies. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: khbidnur.rtf

BNP Assays (Article Summary)
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This 3 page paper provides a citation and summary for an article entitled BNP Assays: Predicting the Future of CHF Patients that appears in a 2006 issue of The Nurse Practitioner. No other sources are used.
Filename: SA740BNP.rtf

Body Image Disturbance/Nursing Diagnosis
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A 10 page research paper that discussing a case study in which the nursing diagnosis of Body Image Disturbance (BID) was made. The writer differentiates between this diagnosis and Self-Esteem Disturbance, defines BID, and possible interventions. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: khbid.rtf

Bottle Feeding
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A 7 page paper which examines many aspects of bottle feeding from the perspective of teaching on the part of a nurse, nurse practitioner, or midwife. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAbttby.rtf

Bradley, Kitzinger & Childbirth
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A 3 page research paper that compares the Bradley and Kitzinger Methods of childbirth. The writer also discusses issues pertaining to childbirth education. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khbkchb.rtf

Breast Cancer Examination
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This 3 page paper provides an overview of a case study of an indivdiual with the potential diagnosis of breast cancer. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MHBreastCCSt.rtf

Breast Cancer, Australia Focus
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An 8 page paper discussing this growing threat to women’s health. The incidence of breast cancer is increasing worldwide, particularly in developed nations. The purpose here is to provide an overview of the disease and to comment on what the changes in incidence and research mean for nursing and patient care. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: KSnursBreastCa.rtf

Breast Cancer: Article Reviews
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Written as a tutorial, this 5 page paper reviews three journal articles regarding breast cancer treatment. One article addresses the effects of adjuvant therapy; one addresses uncertainty experiences of women living with breast cancer after they have had treatment; and the last one looked at the ways women cope after being diagnosed and having had treatment. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PGcanc.wps

Breast Feeding / Benefits, Misconceptions & Challenges To Public Health
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A 10 page paper that provides an overview of the findings in the current health literature related to the issue of breast feeding, reflects the benefits over bottle feeding, and then considers the implications of misconceptions and health issues for public health. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: Brfeed.wps

Breast Feeding and Infant Development
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A 4 page discussion of the advantages of breastfeeding. The author asserts breast feeding is superior to bottle feeding. Breast feeding provides an infant advantages in immunological immunity, and respiratory and gastroentological health. Breast feeding provides for optimal physical and mental development in infants. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPbrstF2.rtf

Breast Feeding: Why Some Women Stop Early and How Nurses Can Encourage Continuation
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A 5 page paper which examines why some women stop breast feeding earlier than others. The paper also examines how nurses can help women nurse longer. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: RAbrstfd.rtf

BREASTFEEDING VS. BOTTLE FEEDING: ATTITUDES AMONG WOMEN IN KUWAIT
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This 4-page paper presents a proposal to initiate a study about attitudes toward breastfeeding among women in Kuwait. Included in this paper are a proposed study mechanism and methodology as well as a literature review. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTbrebot.rtf

Brushing Teeth without the Use of a Dominant Hand
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This 3 page paper examines the process of brushing teeth in a step by step process looking at the difficulties and challenges that may be present when an individual may not have use of their dominant hand.
Filename: TEbrushte.rtf

Buchanan County
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10 pages in length. This is a paper specific to the student's specifications and will not benefit anyone else. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: TLCbuchancoun.rtf

Budget Concerns and Nurse Managers
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A 5 page paper which discusses the effects of dealing with budget cuts and restructuring while still managing day to day operations as a nurse manager. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: RArnbdgt.wps

Building Competence Through Training, Experience and Reflection
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A 6 page paper discussing the need to link experience and reflection in achieving practical competence. Formal training provides the technical knowledge needed to provide competent care in the psychiatric setting, but formal training also can be seen as only the beginning point of building competence. Experience and reflection on that experience are critical factors. Training allows the new nurse to provide technically competent care, but full competence and greatest effectiveness emerges only when the nurse is able to combine experience and reflection on that experience with basic and ongoing training. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KSnursMedMenHlth.rtf

Building Competence Through Training, Experience and Reflection: Administering Medication in the Hospital Setting
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A 7 page paper discussing the origins and prevention of medication error in the clinical setting. The paper concludes that experience and reflection can and do teach much, but experience’s accumulation of knowledge should not be at the expense of practice of “the basics.” The competent practitioner needs to ensure that s/he remains grounded in the basics while yet increasing and expanding on knowledge of new approaches and technologies. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: KSnursMedAdmRef.rtf

Burnout
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A 6 page research paper that defines and summarize research pertaining to burnout in general and not just within the nursing field. The writer argues that examination of the research and theory pertaining to stress and burnout, leads to a more comprehensive understanding of this topic, and can aid in formulation of strategies that can help prevent burnout in nurses. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khbrnou2.rtf

Burnout In Nursing
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This 5 page paper discusses what burnout is, the causes of burnout and some strategies for reducing one's vulnerability to burnout. Research studies are also reported. Burnout is a national epidemic and even more prevalent in helping professions such as nursing. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Nursburn.wps

CA Prison Health Care/Article Analysis
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A 5 page article critique that examines a research study performed by Murphy (2005), which examines the quality level of healthcare in 4 federal prisons. The researcher finds healthcare to be sorely lacking in this qualitative study. The writer critiques the study and compares the data to several outside sources. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khfmc.rtf

California Nurse-Patient Ratios
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A 5 page paper including a 2-page brochure, discussing the effects of California's nurse-patient ratio law that became fully effective in January 2008. Whatever hospitals eventually do to cope with the changes mandated by the nurse-patient ratio law likely will serve to slow rates of cost increases. In the meantime, the law enables nurses to be nurses, and promotes better patient outcomes. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSnursCAratioBro.rtf

Calling an Ambulance/Article Critique
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A 4 page article critique that first summarizes the study sample, method and findings and then offers evaluation of the research method and the study's applicability to further research. This critique examines the study conducted by Ahl, Nystrom and Jansson (2006) who investigated ambulance use in southern Sweden. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khambcri.rtf

Canadian Nursing Shortage
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A 4 page research paper that explores the nursing shortage, focusing on Canada. There is a worldwide nursing shortage that is seriously affecting healthcare and healthcare in Canada is deeply affected. The nursing shortage in Canada is expected to worsen over the course of the next decade. Already the number of registered nurses (RNs) working in rural areas of the country has decreased from 65.2 per 10,000 in population in 1994 to 62.3 in 2000 (Belkus and MacLeod, 2004). This examination of the nursing shortage focuses on Canada and the key contextual factors that influence this crisis, as well as barriers and potential strategies to resolution. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khcanrns.rtf

Canadian Nursing Shortage
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A 6 page research paper that discusses the shortage of nurses in Canada and the factors that affect this situation. This literature review examines the Canadian nursing shortage from various analytical perspectives and then offers strategies for possible solutions to this major health care problem. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khcanush.rtf

Canadian Nursing Values/Code of Ethics
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A 6 page research paper that discusses ethical dilemmas, the Canadian Nurses' Association Ethics Code, and various scenarios of ethical dilemmas. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khcnaeth.rtf

Cancer and Diet
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the role of nutrition in the treatment of cancer. Both liver and colon cancer are the focus of this paper which provides information of recent studies on prevention as well. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA14Cncr.wps

Cancer Cachexia and the Nutritional needs of Acutely Ill Cancer Patients
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This 6 page report discusses a horrific condition with virtually no positive outcomes known as cachexia. Cachexia is characterized by a dramatic loss of triglycerides from adipose tissue and proteins from skeletal muscle. Although it superficially resembles starvation, it is virtually immune to nutritional intervention. It is a complex syndrome and accounts for nearly a third of cancer deaths. Cachexia is characterized by weight loss, anorexia, weakness, anemia, and asthenia. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWcachex.rtf

Cancer Patients and Music Therapy
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A 12 page paper which presents a hypothetical study aimed at discovering the benefits or the effects of music therapy in relationship to cancer patients and pain. A literature review is also provided, illustrating the numerous benefits of music therapy. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: RAcncmsic.wps

Cancer Treatment/Then & Now
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A 12 page research paper that discusses cancer technology and treatment 30 years ago compared with today. The fight against cancer has come a long way in the last several decades. By examining where cancer technology and treatment was 30 years ago, compared to the present, it is easy to see the rapid rate of change and what this has meant in terms of saved lives with improved treatment options. In 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a national war on cancer, as he signed the National Cancer Act, which established a federally funded program to search for a cure (DeNoon). Looking at advances since that time shows that there has been a great deal of progress toward reaching this goal. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khcan30.rtf

Carcinoma of the Breast
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A 5 page research paper that offers an overview of breast cancer staging definitions and how this influences the choice of therapies and treatment options. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khbcanr.rtf

Care for the Elderly / At Home vs. Nursing Home
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An 7 page overview of health care options for the elderly. Evaluates the need for long-term care and the factors which went into creating this need and identifies home health care as being advantageous in many respects over health care provided in residential nursing homes. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: Eldrcare.wps

Care Partners/RNs & PCTs
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A 7 page research paper (which includes an abstract) and offers a proposal for a research study that evaluate Care Partner teams, composed of an RN and a PCT (Patient Care Technician). Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khpcts.rtf

Career Paths for Nurses
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This 8 page paper is chock full of information on the nursing profession inclusive of different types of nursing. Salary ranges are discussed in depth as is the outlook for nursing ten years or so into the future. Geography is discussed as well as duties. A chart is included that provides specific salary estimates for various types of nursing roles. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: SA348nr.rtf

Caregiver Stress Level
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A 3 page research paper that discusses caregiver stress and how to reduce it. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khcstl.rtf

Caring and the Nurse Practitioner
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A 5 page research paper that discusses caring in advanced practice nursing from the standpoint of ethical, moral and legal obligations. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khcarenp.rtf

Caring for the Elderly in a Mixed Economy of Care
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A 3 page paper discussing whether a mixed economy of care improves quality and increases choice among frail older people. The answer is an unequivocal yes. The mixed economy of care absolutely improves quality and increases choice. Further, it makes greater use of available financial resources in that no one in the local area is being required to accept a greater level of direct care than they need. Bibliography lists 6 sources. KShlthCareMixedEconEld.rtf
Filename: KShlthCareMixedEconEld.rtf

Caring in Critical Care Nursing
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This 10 page paper provides an overview of the issue of caring in the critical care scenario. This is a nursing paper that outlines the importance of caring from a nursing perspective. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHNurCar.rtf