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The use of unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) has sent a poor message to nursing professionals. In general, the medical establishment has used UAPs in ways that have disregarded the principles of the nursing practice…

Robert Putnam studied the impact of social changes on isolation and social connectedness. His work underscores that of Paul, but at a society level and not just at the personal level. Interestingly, Clara and her friends—both in nursing school and later in her life—seemed to have escaped the isolation that Putnam described—even through several moves to different states.

This paper outlines a nursing teaching plan for a patient with diabetes. Patients with diabetes must understand what is diabetes, what medications they are taking and why, and how to administer those medications to themselves in an appropriate fashion. Insulin injection and the use of blood glucose meters are discussed, along with dietary and exercise changes.

The health of any single person is the most important and most limiting factor about that person's ability to complete physical tasks and live a useful and purposeful life. Healthcare is a term that is widely used but…

Managing Quality in Practice Settings: Six Sigma at Floyd Medical Center

This paper will review existing research on allegedly sexually abused preschool aged children. The traumatic psychological effects of the abuse including low self-esteem, poor peer relationships, behavior problems,…

This is an eight page paper concerning the diversity in living arrangements among the elderly.

Self-Care Strategies Self-care is a widely acknowledged aspect of Counseling. Through research, studies and hard-earned self-knowledge, experts have defined personal attributes, strategies such as mentoring, and qualities that can lead to development of the therapeutic self. Due to differing experiences and results, experts may differently name those attributes, strategies and qualities but all are focused on taking care of the self as the counselor takes care of his/her clients and other people in his/her personal and professional life. Research shows that the concept of self-care is not unique to the Counseling profession. Common, important attributes of self-care in the "five areas" of the cognitive, emotional, physical, spiritual and social self are beneficial to all professions providing services to the public. In addition, the self-care strategy that includes mentoring is potentially highly beneficial to service professions, including counseling, due to coaching, establishment and maintenance of networks, assistance with new opportunities for training, publication, presentations and research, and provision of other supports for the mentee as needed. While it may be true that mentoring may not be strictly "necessary" for the counselor, the ideal mentoring relationship is clearly quite advantageous for the counselor. Finally, personal attributes for the development of the therapeutic self may be named differently by different experts: counselors may use the categories of physical self-care, psychological self-care, emotional self-care, spiritual self-care, workplace or professional self-care and balance; mentors, particularly those with a Buddhist outlook, may name nonjudging, patience, a beginner's mind, trusting, acceptance, letting go and nonstriving; nurses may name a genuine self that is honest, open and flexible and fosters the positive attitudes of worth, integrity, open-mindedness and hopefulness. The common threads in all these named qualities are focused on the development of a genuine, balanced, well-rounded self who can healthfully meet the challenges of personal and professional life.

Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNSNY): Organizational values

The paper talks about the Sister Callista Roy's theory on the care for patients. It highlights first her personal life adn achievement, it then goes to look at the contribution the theory has and the implementation in the patient care process in any hospital. It also highlights how the theory can prove to be a challenge.