or Latinos. Within this group‚ there are numerous health disparities which affects their quality of life; however‚ type II diabetes is becoming a detrimental disease altering the Hispanic community. Diabetes is a nationwide disease that bears on all age groups and minorities‚ but the burden of this health problem and its consequences impacts the Hispanics. “Type II diabetes affects Hispanic populations disproportionately and is the fifth leading cause of death for Hispanic people in the United
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Nursing research is the process that underpins all the other things we have talked about. How was it determined that one particular way of carrying out nursing care was better than another way? How was it decided that a particular framework of understanding will explain certain behaviors better than another? When we discussed frameworks of understanding or conceptual models earlier in the course you learnt that there are various ways of viewing mental illness were discussed and the treatments were
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universal rule in the field of research and scientific publishing. APA style directs to classify the writing practices of a large communication community. American Psychological Association‚ or APA‚ has recognized as norms of communicating and studying for the science and social science fields‚ including healthcare. APA style is used particularly in nursing research and journals to support the analytical and critical writing essential for a nursing career. Writing and research finished in APA style may
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Appraisal Critical appraisal article on “Quality nursing care in the words of nurses” Burhans & Alligood (2010) Journal of advance nursing 66(8). This part will be short description of author’s qualifications‚ abstract‚ literature review‚ which methods was used to reveal answer for the research questions‚ findings on six essential themes‚ discussion on responsibility and quality nursing care. The title is clearly defined as research on ‘Quality nursing care in the words of nurses”. This represents
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Research: Its Significance to Nursing Practice I guess the greatest reason (I could think) why we are studying Research today is that someday as a Nursing Practitioner we are not only going to stare at the walls of our hospitals and scratch the bottom of our multi-colored (red‚ blue‚ black and green) pen in our heads whenever there are significant problems happening around our future working environment‚ those problems that are causing bad effects to our profession and to the kind of care we will
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Care Quality of Nursing Homes in America The quality of care in nursing homes around the country is a topic that has become heavily researched over the past 30 years. In some parts of the world‚ like Wales‚ residents appreciate the care they receive from loving nurses and good programs (Palfrey‚ 2011). However‚ in many countries such as the United States‚ residents argue that there is a major need for reform in the nursing home industry. This issue has recently become overwhelmingly important
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Case Study: The patient with Diabetes Mellitus 1. This patient has diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA). Her labs would probably indicate: Serum glucose will probably be over 300mg/dL Osmolarity would most likely be high if the patient is dehydrated from polyurea caused by the hyperglycemia. Hyperglycemia itself is a hyperosmotic state. It’s possible that this high blood suger could try to pull fluids from cells‚ creating an almost isotonic state in the early stages of DKA. In other words‚ this
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Patricia Smith Grantham University Theories & Research in Nursing NUR401 Kelli Reid RN/MSN/MBA May 14‚ 2013 W7 Journal Entry 7: Ethical Dilemmas The need for nursing research is evident. With the evolution of evidenced based practice for nursing‚ only the most up to date or current best researched evidence is being used or promoted at the bedside (Burns & Grove‚ 2009‚ p. 16). Although this need for nursing research is evident‚ such research cannot be obtained at any price. The advantages
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Running head: NURSING SHORTAGE Nursing Shortage Epidemic Stefani Dayvault ITT TECHNICAL Institute‚ Saint Petersburg Campus Abstract This research paper explores shortages of Registered Nurses (RN) who successfully complete an associate degree or higher in relation to the demand required to fill the workforce market. This research paper will explore past‚ present‚ and future contributors to the epidemic of nursing shortage that affect the present health care system. These factors include
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Page 1 of 4 GEORGIA PIEDMONT TECHNICAL COLLEGE PN12 Newton Campus PRACTICAL NURSING FOUR-SEMESTER DIPLOMA The Practical Nursing program is designed to prepare students to write the NCLEX-PN for licensure as practical nurses. The program prepares graduates to give competent nursing care. This is done through a selected nu mber of academic and occupational courses providing a variety of techniques and materials necessary to assist the student in acquiring the needed knowledge and skills
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