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Critical Incident Stress: EMS Personnel And Firefighters
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6 pages in length. Reaction to critical incidents, such as tragedies, deaths, serious injuries, hostage and/or threatening situations, require the human being to respond in a way that intensifies the inherent stress related to Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Those within the rescue field are prone to inordinate levels of stress over and above many other professions; as a result, extremely traumatic or overwhelming situations sometimes spawn a damaging psychological reaction called Critical Incident Stress. Those who are involved with events that are far more serious than others will attend Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) as a means by which to diffuse some of the internal emotional buildup caused by post-traumatic stress, but sometimes that is not enough to address the extent to which an Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) or firefighter is suffering. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Critical Issue/Nursing Shortage
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A 3 page research paper that addresses a critical issue in nursing--the nursing shortage. Today's nursing shortage is driven social and demographic changes that are unprecedented, which makes this shortage markedly different from nursing shortages that have occurred previously. Therefore, solutions that have alleviated previous shortages will undoubtedly prove insufficient to address the current situation. The nursing shortage that healthcare is now experiencing requires new solutions, new answers. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Critical Reflections: The Concepts Of Critical Thinking, Advocacy And Decision-Making Within The Hospital Atmosphere
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11 pages in length. The writer recounts the situation of an 86-year-old man who sought emergency treatment for chest pain. Had it not been for the nurse's intuitive and critical thinking abilities, the family would not have been able to spend the man's last hours with him. Addressed is the importance of critical thinking, advocacy and decision-making within the hospital environment. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Critical Thinking in Nursing
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A 5 page paper which discusses many different aspects of critical thinking as it applies to the field of nursing. Critical thinking is very essential to any successful endeavor in relationship to the health industry, and especially in relationship to operative matters, where an individual’s life is in the hands of the professional. In light of this truth, several different descriptions of critical thinking are detailed, along with information regarding the instruction of critical thinking in the classroom of nursing students. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Critical Thinking in Nursing Practice
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This 3 page paper looks at definitions of the term nursing. Critical thinking in nursing is discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Critique of “A Winning Combination: Women, Literacy and Participation in Health Care”
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A 5 page paper critiquing a study published in 2002. It is the report of a study conducted to assess the reading levels of 50 women patients and then judge the reading levels of patient education materials that the women might receive from health care providers. The purpose of the study was to assess the relevance of a specific clinic’s instructional materials to the women of the local area. This particular study is useful but has some design and implementation shortcomings that should be addressed in future efforts. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Critique of “Anger in Adolescents: Sex, Ethnicity, Age Differences, and Psychometric Properties”
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A 3 page paper reviewing the report of a study seeking to discover how ethnicity, sex and age affect teens’ anger and hostility scales. The authors sought to determine whether the State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory (STAXI) is reliable for younger adolescents as well as older ones in which its reliability has been established. The study included children 11-16 years from black, Hispanic and white populations to find that the instrument does appear to be valid with each. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Critique of “Critical Thinking, Perceived Health Status, and Participation in Health Behaviors”
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A 6 page paper analyzing a study in nursing research published in a journal in 2004. The implications for nursing is that nurses should seek to reinforce patients’ decisions to initiate health behaviors at the outset, in an effort to call them back to the place where they applied critical thinking skills to arrive at a determination to begin health behaviors. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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Critique of “Nurse Practitioners and the Problem of Discounting”
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A 4 page critique of a qualitative study using grounded theory as its theoretical framework. Martin and Hutchinson (1999) set out to identify social and operational problems faced by Nurse Practitioners (NPs) in their daily routines, focusing on negative aspects of the NP position. Though their motives are sound, the conclusions they reach as a result of their study likely should be viewed as a beginning point of investigation rather than as any sound conclusion regarding the state of NP practice. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Critique of “Promoting Responsiveness between Mothers with Depressive Symptoms and Their Infants”
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A 4 page critique of a quantitative nursing study, which analysis to be sound. This study is one that can be quite useful in practice in that it illustrates that interactive coaching intervention is beneficial to mothers and children where mothers are suffering from depressive tendencies. This study indicates that positive support is beneficial. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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