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Nurses' lived experiences with medication errors: a literature review

Nurses are tasked with the proper distribution of medications. Unfortunately, they sometimes are unable to perform that task properly due to various factors.

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Principles of interpersonal communication and self-concept development

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Addressing motivation gaps in middle school reading instruction

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Quantitative and qualitative methods in criminal justice evaluation

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Media's negative effects on body image concerns in adolescent girls

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Adolescent stress and the need for school counseling support

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Patient recall of obstetrician-gynecologist HIV testing recommendations

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Close family ties and marriage stability in adult children

The success of marriage has been shown to depend on a number of variables, such as interpersonal competence (Cole and Cole, 1999), personal meanings of marriage (Timmer and Orbuch, 2001), socioeconomic status, education, wife religiosity (Brown, Orbuch, and Bauermeister, 2008), and close ties to…

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Treatment of internet pornography addiction using cognitive behavioral therapy and 12-step programs

Sexual addiction is a disorder that is characterized by repetitive and compulsive thoughts about sex and sexual acts. Like other types of addictions the behavior must have a negative impact on the person so that it leads to issues with the person's social, occupational or legal functioning.

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The evolutionary benefits of laughter as a biological adaptation

According to Mora-Ripoli (2012), the old cliche that laughter is the best medicine is really true: laughter, even in the absence of something that is funny, can actually be healing.

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