Essays and Research Papers on Nursing

A 4 page paper reviewing a direct patient education session. The purpose here is to observe a nurse’s instruction on checking blood glucose before taking insulin, and then assessing the instructional effort. The lesson for the observer was that the one providing instruction needs to ensure at several points that the patient has ...

This 11 page paper looks at the problem of obesity, paying particular attention to the age group of 16 0 18 years. The aim of the paper is to develop an effective educational program aimed at reducing obesity in 16 – 18 year. Included in the paper is a discussion on the problem and current ...

A 10 page paper. This essay presents an overview of learning theories, the needs of diverse learners and how to recruit a more culturally diverse nursing population, motivation, and assessment. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This is an 11 page paper discussing the importance of student autonomy in the education of health care professionals. Health professionals within the health care environment are expected to handle autonomous decisions, independent problem solving and administration throughout their careers. When students enter medical or nursing programs however, they have had little or no exposure ...

A 3 page research paper that addresses the need for HPV patient education in order to increase the vaccination rate for HPV vaccine. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page continuation of an educational initiative following completion of a needs assessment and analysis at a long term care facility. The initial assessment indicates that a need exists in further training and education in techniques and rationale of infection control in the institutional setting. This paper discusses learning theory and selects ...

A 7 page paper discussing the need for an in-house short course program addressing the use of physical and chemical restraints of elderly nursing home residents. Restraints are notorious for being misused; what is discussed less in the popular press is the benefit that they can provide. The purpose of such restraints is ...

This 5 page paper provides an overview of an approach to studying health promotion. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 3 page research paper discusses an evaluation plan for an HIV prevention program for African Americans. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

An 8 page paper that discusses several issues related to training. Topics include the importance of training, importance of measuring competencies, an evaluation process. Progressive discipline, and how progressive discipline and training are related. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 4 page paper that discusses the need for interactivity in distance education courses and how that can be enhanced through different instructional strategies. The paper provides examples in the field of nursing. The paper also provides one example of how distance learning can be used with patients. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 7 page research paper, which includes a 1 page abstract, which addresses a case of diabetic retinopathy, in which compliance is implicated by the illiteracy of the patient. King's Theory of Goal Attainment provides the theoretical foundation for the paper. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 3 page research paper that contrasts and compares 3 websites that address nursing diabetic patient education. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page paper discussing identification of an educational need and considerations in overcoming operational and administrative resistance to instituting an educational program. This is the report of an educational needs assessment and analysis at a long term care facility. The initial assessment indicates that a need exists in further training and education ...

A 3 page paper that discusses several issues that apply to nursing education. They are: identifying the topic for training (catheter-associated urinary tract infections and their causes and prevalence), a comprehensive educational model that can be used, and an explanation of different motivational theories. Bibliography lists 6 sources. x

A 4 page research paper that is a tutorial to a nursing student on how that student might go about reporting on the use of online education for professional development at the student's healthcare organization. The writer focuses on discussing the Felder-Silverman model of learning, as this model might be applied to the HealthStream online ...

A 3 page paper describing an educational program for newly-diagnosed adult diabetes patients. Among other topics, the paper addresses behavioral objectives, content, teaching methods and evaluation. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 7 page research paper that discusses Senate bill 2545, which would facilitate and encourage people to issue advance directives concerning end of life care. The writer discusses the history of this issue and also the current debate, as well as outlining the parameters of the bill. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 3 page research paper reports on the websites of 4 health education professional organizations: the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), American Public Health Association-Public Health Education and Health Promotion Section (APHA-PHEHPS), American Association for Health Education (AAHE) and the American School Health Association (ASHA). Benefits of each organization are described. Bibliography lists 4 ...

This 3 page paper reports and discusses how simulations are used in different settings. Simulation is growing as an instructional tool because of the complexity of health care and because of the positive outcomes for nurses. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 15 page paper provides an overview of the impacts of nursing levels of education and the self-reported satisfaction or perceptions of elements like safety. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 10 page research paper describes Peer Education Classes, an HIV risk intervention offered by New Mexico AIDS Services (NMAS) Women's Health Project (WHP). The writer describes this intervention, its theoretical foundation, which is that Lev Vygotsky's sociocultural learning theory, and also provides recommendations for improvement of the program. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 5 page discussion of the complications that can be caused to delivering women and their babies by administration of epidural analgesia. The writer argues that there are several ways in which nurses can be effective in dealing with this problem, the most important one of which is educating their patients in this problem and ...

This is a 4 page paper that presents annotated bibliographies of three articles, each of which emphasizes a different learning theory and is related to nursing education. The three learning theories are behavioral, cognitive and constructivist. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 6 page research paper that addresses the topic of using health belief model (HBM) as the theoretical foundation for a health education intervention that addresses noncompliance among congestive heart failure patients. Bibliography lists 5 sources.