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“ANA Position Statement on Accepting Assignments”
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A six page paper which looks at the American Nurses Association’s position statement regarding the right of nurses to accept or reject assignments on the grounds of harm which might come to themselves or their patients, and considers it in reference to the increased emphasis on nurses’ autonomy and the importance of nursing ethics. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: JLANAstat.wps

“Anger in Adolescents: Sex, Ethnicity, Age Differences, and Psychometric Properties”: A Review of the 2003 Study by Reyes, Meininger, Liehr, Chan and Mueller
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An 8 page review of a study published in the Jan/Feb edition of “Nursing Research”. The study is analyzed for completeness and applicability. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: PPnrsAng.rtf

“As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As a Girl”
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A 5 page overview of John Colapinto’s “As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As a Girl.” No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAcolapn.rtf

“Bedside Assessment of Heel Lance Pain in the Hospitalized Infant”: A Critique of the Study by Harrison, Evans, Johnston, and Loughnans
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A 9 page overview of the procedures and findings in this study designed to provide a quantitative analysis of pain in neonates when undergoing a heel lance procedure. This study is unique in that it evaluates the feasibility of assessing pain among a particular difficult population, newborn infants who can not verbally communicate their pain or allow the researcher any means of utilizing patient self-assessment of pain as can occur in older patients. While some behavioral and physiological manifestations such as facial expression and heart rate were determined to be reliable indicators of pain others such as body movement were found unreliable. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: PPheelLn.rtf

“Child Neglect and Abuse”
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A six page paper which looks at the issue of child neglect and abuse, in terms of the causes and symptoms of abuse, the extent of the problem, and the way in which health-care professionals and social services can establish and develop programmes to alleviate the situation. Bibliography lists 6 sources
Filename: JLchildneglect.doc

“Cultural, Political and Ethical Issues in Nursing”
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A five page paper which looks at contemporary issues of political and ethical strictures which have an impact on the nursing profession, and at the way in which the profession interacts with the individual and the community both inside and outside the hospital environment. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JLnursingpols.wps

“Depression in younger stroke victims”
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A twelve page paper which looks at the specific problems faced by younger stroke victims, the many contributory factors which may contribute to the depression which is associated with recovery from stroke, and the way in which young stroke victims may suffer from a greater degree of isolation and negativity due to a lack of awareness of the particular difficulties which they face in comparison to older sufferers. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: JLstroke.wps

“Health care and the Homeless”
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A five page paper which looks at the specific problems faced by the homeless with regard to their access to health care provisions and considers some of the ways in which these problems could be addressed by the community as a whole. Bibliography lists 7 sources
Filename: JLhomeless.wps

“Herbal Treatment of Depression”
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A five page paper which looks at the chemical and neurological causes of depression and the potential value of herbal remedies such as St John’s Wort in the treatment of such conditions, as opposed to pharmaceutical drugs such as Prozac. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: JLherbs.wps

“Muscle protein degradation and exercise”
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An eight page paper which looks at the way in which exercise affects the processes of muscle protein degradation and synthesis, with relation to periods of exercise and recovery. The effects of hormonal imbalances on the rate of protein synthesis are also considered, in terms of the ways in which they affect metabolism and the balancing of nutritional intake. Bibliography lists 8 sources
Filename: JLmuscprotein.wps