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This paper reports two shooting sprees in the last couple of years at workplaces. The paper also reports the violence of bullying in nursing. Three articles are summarized and compared. There are five sources listed in the bibliography of this three page paper.

This research paper discusses aspects of the APN role. Topics covered include interaction between colleagues and with patients, the nursing process in the delivery of care, strengths and weaknesses and the future of AP nursing. Six pages in length, seven sources are cited.

In a paper of three pages, the author reflects on the creation of a needs assessment for XYZ Hospital, which identifies the value in the use of simulation technology for the instruction of nurses. Specifically, the author reflects the importance of simulation-based education for instructing nurses in the use of pulmonary artery (PA) catheterization.

In twenty eight pages such issues as Nursing Theory and Practice; Nursing Theory and Research; Analysis and Critique of Family Nursing Theory; Analysis and Critique of Nursing Theory; What is Nursing Theory?; Nursing's Body of Knowledge; and Nursing's Ways of Knowing are discussed. Twenty one sources are cited in the bibliography.

A 3 page essay that offers a template for a student nurse to use in writing about his/her personal nursing philosophy. A nurse’s beliefs “regarding humanity, values, the nature of nursing, the focus of nursing, the goals of practice and the focus of nursing research and education” collectively formulate a personal philosophy of nursing that informs and shapes that particular nurse’s practice behaviors (Courier, 2008). As a medical profession, nursing knowledge draws upon the related scientific fields (CSUB, 2006). However, nursing also goes beyond the medical model of healthcare delivery to stress humanistic, caring qualities that address the emotional, psychological side of human experience, as well as physiological needs. The purpose of the following essay is to provide a guide to a nursing student that can aid that student in describing his or her own personal philosophy of nursing. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 3 page research paper that discusses the theories of Hildegard Peplau and Dorothea Orem, who are two of the nursing profession’s most influential theorists. Peplau’s Interpersonal Nursing Theory and Orem’s Self-Care Deficit Theory have for decades provided nurses with a foundational understanding of nursing that has facilitated both everyday nursing care and nursing research. This examination of these two theories contrasts and compares the core concepts of their theoretical perspectives, demonstrating their commonalities. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

A 7 page research paper that discusses nursing leadership. Superlative nursing leadership translates into staff nurses feeling empowered to do deliver a high level of patient care. When nurses are trained in leadership concepts they feel better prepared to be advocates for their patients and challenge the authoritarian status quo. This examination of literature considers the importance of nursing leadership and the ramifications of leadership and its challenges that student nurses face after graduation in today’s healthcare environment. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

A 6 page research paper in which the writer explores and summarizes various strategies hat can be employed by nursing management. The problems with turnover and nurse retention that have been have been typical of this nursing unit over the last several years are actually quite typical of the country as a whole, as nationally, the turnover rates for hospital nursing staff averages over 20 percent (Force, 2005). However, since this is a widespread problem, which has been acerbated by the nursing shortage, management strategies that promote nursing staff retention, as well as strategies that address the issues that research shows to be influential in creating nursing staff job satisfaction. Nursing managers are the link between hospital administration and nursing staff. Therefore, one of the crucial responsibilities of a nurse manager is to implement strategies and procedures that ensure nurse retention and job satisfaction (Anthony, 2005). Bibliography lists 9 sources.

A 3 page research paper that discusses how new nurses can survive the transition to practice. The fact that there is a knowledge and skill gap between a new graduate registered nurse's education and "actual practice requirements of new registered nurses" (RNs) has long been acknowledged among nursing professionals (Burns and Poster, 2008, p. 67). This gap in knowledge suggests that the novice nurse needs a survival guide in order to survive the critical transition from student to licensed RN. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

This 10 page paper reviews three articles related to nursing and nurse leadership. The first article reviews an article about interventions to reduce problems for patients discharged from the hospital; the second article investigates the new quality assurance procedures in the United Kingdom; and the third article investigates why nurses become nurse leaders. The essay ends with the writer's reflections on the nurse leadership article. Bibliography lists 3 sources.

5 pages in length. Professional nursing involves much more than tending to the physical needs of patients. Bound by such guiding industry principles as the American Nurses Association (ANA) standards, the Nurse Practice Act and Nursing's Social Policy Statement, professional nursing incorporates the tenets of conceptual, philosophical, legal and ethical foundations and processes. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 20 page research paper that in which the writer assumes the persona of a nursing leader working in a hospital where the nurses are unionized. The writer establishes a background for this investigation by examining what is meant by the terms "humanistic" and "leadership," which includes a discussion of various leadership models and theories. Then, this investigation looks at nursing literature pertaining to nurses' unions and the processes of unionization and how this supports the importance of establishing a working partnership between union leaders and nursing management. Bibliography lists 18 sources.

The paper is a theory based paper looking at the marketing mix in the airline industry in preparation for a large paper examining Southwest Airlines. The paper includes an introduction and the questions that will be addressed in the research. Sixteen sources are cited in the bibliography of this eight page paper.

The writer looks at some of the tools that may be used to improve quality of care by reducing fall incidence rates. The paper examines three risk assessment tool which look a the risk an individual faces, including personal risk and environmental risk. The writer then looks at IT tools, such as the balanced scorecard. The last part of the paper considers the role and importance of benchmarking. Eight sources are cited in the bibliography of this ten page paper.

This marketing paper looks at Apple and the way that the iPad is marketed. The paper starts by looking at the background to the firm identifying some of their most important geographical markets. The main section of the paper examines the elements of the marketing mix. These are considered in general and the differences in the way that are applied across different areas is discussed. Three sources are cited in the bibliography of this five page paper.