Essays and Research Papers on Nursing

A 10 page overview of stem cell research as it applies to nursing. This paper provides an overview of the controversy surrounding stem cell research then justifies the process under John Stewart Mill’s utilitarian theory. A review of the advances which have been made is provided as is an overview of current and ...

A 6 page discussion of the decision making which goes into high level emergency room care. This paper discusses the case of a fifty-one year old female who presents with shortness of breath, edema, and chest pain. The diagnostic measures recommended in this case and the follow up on the diagnoses are the ...

A 10 page paper which examines Alzheimer’s disease and discusses how family members and caregivers are effected. Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing a program supporting the goals of Healthy People 2010. This goal provides the focus of a program to be developed and directed at a group of 25 at-risk teens living in a group home in Kansas City, Missouri. The approach is that of issuing a one-page fact sheet ...

A Study Based on Rogers' Science": An 8 page paper evaluating this article. This is a qualitative study that could be used as a model for any in the medical community that might be apprehensive at the very mention of the word qualitative. It is sound, well done, valid, replicatable to a ...

A 5 page paper discussing this theory in conjunction with conditions in modern refugee camps. Application of Nightingale's theory directly applies today to refugee camps around the world. As these camps exist in countries whose economies have been decimated by never-ending war, drought or cataclysmic natural disaster, it is common for them to ...

14 pages in length. To be alive in mind but not body; to be alive by no other means than artificial instruments; to be alive only by the grace of modern technology is not to be alive in the holistic sense of the word. People whose bodies or minds have ceased to function ...

A 10 page paper discussing the growing use of qualitative research methods in clinical settings, focusing on the value of the interview as a data collection tool. Qualitative research still is not accepted as valid by all the medical community, but the fact remains that valid, reliable qualitative research can give insights that cannot ...

A 13 page paper discussing a proposed lesson plan for a one-day educational program addressing infection control in the long term care setting. The paper discusses the types of learners and learning styles present in the group and the theory that applies. It also highlights a point that could be a weak link ...

7 pages. Do not resuscitate orders might be painful for family members to follow but for the one whose life is slipping away this legal decision and the ethical justification must be honored. This paper discusses the ethics behind allowing a person to die by not allowing resuscitation. If this is ...

This 9 page report discusses the differences between Tegaderm™, or transparent film dressings and the traditional gauze-pad-tape form of dressing for a central venous catheter. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

A 5 page paper discussing the usefulness of the Neuman model in critical care. As a nursing theory based on systems thinking and on the interaction of systems within and around the patient, the Neuman model is far less effective in the critical care setting than in any other. The Neuman model can ...

A 4 page paper discussing the association of depression and bypass surgery. There are more than a half million coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgeries done in the United States each year. Depression has been associated with the surgery for years, either as a condition existing before the surgery or as something that ...

A 16 page paper discussing the ways that the concept of self-care has changed over the years, particularly as it relates to Orem's self-care theory. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare much better than those dependent on and at the mercy of the ...

A 10 page paper discussing the concept of patient dignity in the context of the analysis process of Walker and Avant (1995). Within that analysis, the larger concept of dignity is seen as an entire system that consists of several sub-systems. The paper provides several relational statements necessary to theory construction and discussion ...

A 5 page paper examining the compatibility of Orem's self-care framework and Maslow's hierarchy of needs. These two concepts absolutely are compatible in their natures. Assessing results according to Maslow's theories can inform nursing evaluation of the patient's progress in self care, and be used to encourage the patient to take on ...

In 4 pages, this paper discusses how the terms community and aggregate often are used interchangeably, and includes a discussion of whether a group constitutes a community or an aggregate illustrating that such use is not incorrect. Designing or evaluating nursing intervention efforts requires greater precision, however. The senior citizens at The Erie ...

A 5 page paper discussing in 6 questions issues of health promotion and aggregate-based research. The group for study is senior citizens with heart disease, and the study will be limited to primary and tertiary prevention in the local area. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

An 8 page paper discussing primary and tertiary levels of prevention of family violence, and the other areas of the community on which family violence can have a negative effect. Prevention measures aimed at lessening the individual and community effect of family violence should have measurable benefits in that area, of course, but they ...

A 3 page paper (700 words) discussing an assessment tool designed to be used in an educational effort among adults over the age of 65. The assessment tool asks all the “normal” questions that can apply to coronary heart disease, adding the multiplying factor that specific risk factors bring to the likelihood of developing ...

An 11 page paper assessing three nursing theories in their accommodation of patient stress. One of the most insidious hindrances to wellness is the presence of avoidable stress. Each of the theorists discussed here offers insight into and sound reasons for reducing patient stress, but not in blanket form. They condemn negative ...

A 13 page paper discussing the findings of a health assessment survey taken at Erie Center on Health and Aging. The assessment's goal was to both highlight risk factors and educate members of an aggregate of senior citizens with heart disease. The assessment reveals that nearly all of the 15 seniors surveyed have ...

A 5 page paper giving an account of the activities resulting in completion of the aggregate survey tool and assessment. The effort began on July 18, 2002, ending on August 1. The purpose of these activities was to identify and assess an aggregate of individuals over the age of 65 who also have ...

An 8 page paper discussing the value and benefits of greater diversity sensitivity in the emergency room. Emergency room personnel must be able to communicate with each other and with patients, of course. Medical instructions and procedures must be well understood among staff members, and it is critical that staff be able to ...

A 6 page paper describing Dorothy Orem’s model of self care, followed by a discussion of the model’s advantages and disadvantages. In this age of cost containment effort, self-care carries the promise of reducing the cost of direct patient care in those settings in which it can be used. Some of these situations ...