The current nursing shortage and high turnover rate among nurses is a great concern‚ not only for health care organizations but also for the general population. The increase in an older population‚ as the “Baby Boomers” approach retirement age will add to this shortage‚ leaving many to wonder who will take care of them in their golden years. Subsequently‚ many of these “Baby Boomers” are nurses themselves and will be retiring‚ adding to the shortage. The Current trend for recent nursing graduates
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finish reading the novel Links by Nuruffin Farah‚ and it is an intriguing story. The characters and incidences in this book are depicted vividly by Farah and at times‚ I began to believe that they were more than just fictions. I know that Links is a work of fiction that is set against the backdrop of actual events; however‚ the situations described in the book were very realistic. While reading this novel‚ the main character Jeebleh took on the role of a liaison between myself and the political crisis
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adults: An empirical study”‚ investigates two aspects of reminiscence therapy and the reduction of depression in the elderly. Reminiscence Therapy (RT) was first developed by Butler (1963) as a psychological intervention for older adults; however‚ research findings regarding its therapeutic utility as inconsistent and inconclusive (Karimia‚ et al.‚ 2010). Not entirely sure what reminiscence meant‚ I looked it up. According to the Dictionary.com (2013)‚ reminiscence is the act of recalling a past
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Critique of a Research Report: Comparison of Communication Outcomes in Traditional versus Simulation Strategies in Nursing and Medical Students Khaoula Louati University of Athabasca Introduction The purpose of research in nursing and medicine is to acquire knowledge that would improve nursing and medical practices. The research paper that will be critiqued is “Comparison of Communication Outcomes in Traditional versus Simulation Strategies in Nursing and Medical Students”. The aim of this
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Aging is a procedure that we cannot stop because it is a process that will continue to the end of our final days on this planet called earth. Just picture ourselves being old: Old with grey hair‚ scraps of baldness can be seen here and there like holes‚ hard coarse nails‚ extra dry and soggy skin that looks lumpy‚ a back that is slight hunched‚ a weather beaten face with lines and beady looking eyes that has seen it all and have surrendered to the painful reality that one is extremely old. Walking
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What is Research? People undertake research in order to find things out in a systematic way‚ thereby increasing their knowledge (Jankowicz‚ 1995). “Systematic” suggests that research is based on logical relationships and not just beliefs (Ghauri and Gronhaug‚ 2010). To “find things out” suggests there are a multiplicity of possible purposes for your research (Becker‚ 1998). It is therefore an activity which has to be finished at some point to be of use. The results of research really are all around
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Childhood Obesity Evaluating the Research Process HCS/465-Health Care Research Utilization September 17‚ 2012 Kerrie Kelly Ji Li‚ PhD and Neal Hooker‚ PhD conducted a study on the links of childhood obesity and children who are enrolled in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP)‚ School Breakfast Program (SBP)‚ clubs such as sports and others‚ and different living and household factors. This study utilized the conceptual framework of the literature review from the National Survey of Children’s
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What is nursing? What exactly does it mean to nurse a patient‚ and how has this definition changed over the past centuries? What does the discipline of nursing consist of? In this essay‚ I aim to attempt to answer these questions‚ along with the help of a myriad of nursing researchers whose studies have helped to broaden my perspective on what exactly it is that I now do for a living. I will be discussing the different types of nursing knowledge that assists us as nurses to care for patients and
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choice was: Discuss research utilization in nursing practice versus evidenced based practice of nursing. Are the definitions interchangeable? The reference chapter used was chapter 17 in the text book titled Using Research Findings in Practice Settings. I would like to start off by defining Research Utilization and Evidence Based Practice. Research utilization refers to using research knowledge to change an existing clinical practice or profession situation‚ a process of using findings from
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how functional areas link with each other within Tesco. The functional areas in any business can’t work alone; they must interact with other departments and have good communications within them. Most functional areas in Tesco deal with external people or organisations‚ these are called external links. For example‚ suppliers‚ which are usually contacted by the purchasing or production function to make orders; the R&D department then contacts specialist suppliers and research if the products they
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