Patient and nurse safety

Read the following scenario from the text (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2011, p. 482): Twelve-hour shifts are problematic for patient and nurse safety, and yet hospitals continue to keep the 12-hour shift schedule. In 2004, the Institute of Medicine (Board on Health Care Services & Institute of Medicine, 2004) published a report that referred to studies…

Role of Literature

In the introduction for Chapter 1 of our text, the author states that there are many ways in which literature can benefit children and help shape who they become.  Think back to your own childhood.  What were some of the ways that literature influenced you and helped shape who you are today?  What role did…

Philosophy Discussion Board

For a moment assume that Descartes’ argument works in proving God’s  existence, does the ultimate conclusion follow as stated in premise 6?  Can Descartes be certain that God would not allow an evil demon or  computer to systematically deceive humanity? Maybe God has a reason or  needs to teach humanity a lesson. To get full…

Issues related to globalization

Identify at least three major global health issues that have impacted the U.S. health care system, and describe how this has affected and influenced stakeholders. Relate the global leadership style differences and similarities within the constructs of transformational leadership. Discuss at least three critical elements of culture and diversity on the modern health care organization….

Community Health Nursing

1. Design the nursing process to promote health with community partners across the life span in community settings with both predictable and unpredictable circumstances. 2. Create partnerships with communities in the customized therapeutic care process to protect, promote, and restore optimal community health. 3. Analyze practice decisions within the community utilizing critical thinking. 4. Evaluate…