Pros and Cons of QII
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the topic of Quality Improvement Initiatives (QIIs) in regards to hospital settings and specifically in regards to pressure ulcers (PUs). The writer first lists 4 pros and 4 cons in regards to the QII Six Sigma and then briefly discusses this QII in terms of PU prevention. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khpcqii.rtf

Prostanoid Receptors
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A 9 page research paper that, first of all, describes prostanoid receptors and their role in human physiology and then briefly summarizes current scientific research on this topic. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khprorec.rtf

Prostate Cancer and Quality of Life
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A 5 page research paper that offers a proposal for a qualitative study that would investigate qualify of life issues for a prostate cancer patient and his life partner. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: khqolpro.rtf

Prostate Cancer and Quality of Life
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A 5 page literature review focusing on quality of life following diagnosis of or treatment for prostate cancer. The bottom line that each of these studies finds is that there are at least four major themes associated with patient QOL. Those are "enduring uncertainty, living with treatment effects, coping with changes, and needing help" (Harden, et al., 2002; p. 701). Placing attention to each of these areas can assist patients with maintaining and even improving QOL after a diagnosis of prostate cancer. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSnursLitRevPros.rtf

Prostate Cancer: A Comparison of Incident Rates Between African American and Caucasian Men
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This 9 page paper assesses the problem of prostate cancer and provides a comprehensive view of the variances of incident rates in two populations: African American and Caucasian Men. This research study provides an overview of the assessment of the independent variables of the two races and their impact on the dependent variables, the incident rates. This paper also defines the scope of the problem from a general perspective and then the issue for each of these populations. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MHPROSTA.wps

Prostate Victims & Their Partners/Quality of Life
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A 5 page research paper that takes the form of a research study proposal, which briefly describes an area that is under addressed by empirical research, specifically, this area pertains to quality of life issues that take into consideration factors that affect not only the health of the cancer victim, but also consider how quality of life issues affects the patient's life partner. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khpcqol2.rtf

Protecting Children’s Safety On and Through the Internet
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A 7 page paper examining the role of the Internet in disseminating children’s health and safety information and also presenting a danger to children’s health and safety. The paper discusses discernment of information quality, providing high-quality sites (i.e., WebMD) containing information for parents. The paper also discusses what parents should be teaching their children about Internet use and discusses the ISPs and several blocking software packages that can aid in that purpose. It concludes that public health and community nursing can assist parents in this endeavor by providing information on reliable sites and making suggestions for negotiating that fine line between teaching their children responsible use of the Internet and fear of all strangers regardless of circumstances. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSpubHltIntrnt.rtf

Protocols of a Survey for HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination and Access to Health Care Access
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This 20 page paper provides an overview of the protocols used for a survey of patients with HIV/AIDS. This paper relates the process for those demonstrating stigmatization and discrimination in regards to health care access. Bibliography lists 25 sources.
Filename: MHAIDSt2.rtf

Psychiatric Nursing/Patient-Nurse Relationship
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A 9 page research paper that discusses the nurse-patient relationship, past and present. This examination of nursing literature presents an overview of the nurse-patient therapeutic relationship--its foundation in nursing theory; the factors that influence its success or failure, and, most importantly, the theoretical perspective that is being offered for the future of mental health nursing. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: khnpr.rtf

Psychiatric Nursing/Use of Restraint
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A 4 page research paper that contrasts and compares position papers from the Internet sites of two psychiatric nursing organizations. The International Society of Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurses (ISPN) and the American Psychiatric Nurses Association (APNA) both have position paper posted regarding the use of seclusion and restraint on psychiatric patients. The positions of these organizations are extremely similar. They both, for example, approve of the use of seclusion and restraint only as a last resort. However, there are also differences between the two documents. Examination of the two official position papers reveals that the APNA document is more informative and more precise, while assuming what is basically the same position as the ISPN on this topic. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khisap.rtf

Psychiatric/Mental Health Web Site Analysis
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A 3 page paper. The writer chose the NIMH Web site to discuss and analyze. The site is described, offering specific topics and links provided. Two specific disorders, ADHD and Depression are used as examples, justifying the choices with the incidence of each disorder. The writer then comments about the usefulness of this type of information for nurses. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: PGnimha.RTF

Psychosocial Nursing
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This 6 page paper provides instruction on how one would evaluate a hypothetical recovery group run by a nurse. Many issues are addressed in terms of how the group is run, the culture of the group and how it might be structured. The group population is analyzed. Bibliography lists 3 sources
Filename: SA19Nurs.wps

Public Awareness on Cholesterol
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A 6 page research paper that summarizes and analyzes 10 studies as they pertain to the parameters of a proposed research study. This evaluation of research literature focuses on how each of the ten studies that profiled offers data that can be instrumental in implementing the proposed study design. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khcho10.rtf

Public Health Nurses' Role in Health Policy
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A 6 page paper assessing three studies addressing nurses' ability to influence public health care policy. How much direct influence nurses can have on policy-making does not appear to be clear, but likely is greater than many nurses perceive. Particularly in the area of public health, nurses' roles appear to be weighted more to the traditional roles than in other areas of health care though actually may not be. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: KSnursPubHlthPol.rtf

Public Health Nursing Questions
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An 8 page paper answering 5 public health nursing questions. Topics include Lillian Wald; the concept of health for all; Healthy People 2010; data collection; the Community as Partner model; and population pyramids. Specific questions are included as an appendix. Includes 2 charts. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSnursPubHlth.rtf

Public Health Nursing: Combatting Childhood Obesity
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A 7 page proposal for a pilot program combining nutritional and activity information for preteens, as well as education in the tools that marketers use to sell nutritionally bankrupt foods to children and their families. There are times that the phrase, “Knowledge is power,” is misused and misleading. This is not one of those situations, however. Marketers pay immediate and intense heed to consumer wishes when consumers are “voting with dollars” on the success of their various enticements to buy. Training children to recognize marketing pressures empowers them to make better choices for themselves, while also providing information that parents can use to reinforce the messages promoted. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KSnursGrntChldObes.rtf

Public Health Questions
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A 26 page research paper that answers questions on a variety of issues pertinent to how to conduct research. Bibliography lists 18 sources.
Filename: khpubhqu.rtf

Public Health/Then & Now
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A 4 page research paper that encompasses 2 topics. The first topic is on Lillian Wald and Mary Brewster and how they introduced public health nursing in the U.S. during the early twentieth century (roughly 2 pages). The second topic addresses the Public Health Association of New York City, offering an overview (roughly 2 pages). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khphtn.rtf

Public Hospitals / History & Development
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A 20 page paper discussing the complex existence of public hospitals in the U.S. Early history is discussed with emphasis on the Pennsylvania Hospital and the New York Hospital. In addition to early history the history of the early part of the century is discussed as well as some present day information. Following this is a section relating to current issues relating to rules, regulations, and legislation. The bibliography lists 30 sources.
Filename: Hosphist.wps

Putting Classical Nursing Virtues into Practice
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A 4 page paper examining the ethical values of autonomy, beneficence, non-malficence, fairness and fidelity, choosing one to discuss in depth. The telos chosen to pursue here is to become a nurse working in a hospital. The purpose here is to examine one of the classical virtues of nursing (beneficence) from the perspective of enabling the accomplishment of the chosen telos. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSnursValPers.rtf

Putting Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort in Practice
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A 7 page paper examining Kolcaba's theory of nursing and how to put it into practice. Many of the technological advances in medicine and nursing have focused far more on processes and outcome benefits than on the comfort of the patient. Kolcaba (2008) holds that greater comfort translates to greater attention to the health-seeking behaviors (HSBs) that can enhance long-term health and wellbeing. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSnursKolc.rtf

Qualitative Controversy: Participant Observation In Nursing
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13 pages in length. Qualitative research explores an area, collects data through observations and interviews with people and generates hypotheses. Working in the opposite direction as the quantitative research, in this method the researcher would first explore the geographic location collecting the data through interviews and observation, and then generate a hypothesis based on the data. The validity of such research can be tested by asking questions such as the importance of the subject, the methods used for collecting and analyzing data, and point of view of the researcher. However, even though the nursing industry is moving more toward qualitative research methodology, there still exist certain controversial issues pertaining to participant observation with regard to access, ethical issues, power and relevance. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
Filename: TLCQualN.rtf

Qualitative Research Critique of an Article on Breast Cancer Research
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of a qualitative research critique of an article on breast cancer. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: MHBreaC4.rtf

Qualitative Research in Medicine
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A 4 page paper answering three questions about the use of qualitative methods in medical research. Questions address avoiding bias; designing a study; and contemplating how an interdisciplinary group would receive the work and responses that can be made to their questions or objections. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSnursQualRes.rtf

Qualitative Research Methodology
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A 7 page research paper that includes a brief abstract which focuses on qualitative research methodology. It focuses on the characteristics and epistemological elements that define the topic of qualitative research, looking at foundational philosophical differences between qualitative research and quantitative research methodologies. Issues addressed include how qualitative researchers establish the validity of their studies, which includes discussion of internal and external validity. The literature also address ethical issues and how they are defined and addressed. This literature review delineates the differences between qualitative and quantitative research and also discusses the advantages of qualitative research in addressing topics related to human behavior and experience. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khqurem.rtf

Qualitative Research Questions
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A 20 research paper that answers specific questions that pertain to qualitative research. The writer particularly draws on Creswell's discussion of the five traditions of qualitative research. Bibliography lists 16 sources.
Filename: khqurqua.rtf

Quality Improvement Tools for e-health
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A 5 page research paper that discusses 2 quality improvement tools. The process of "analyzing performance, adopting strategies to improve service delivery and continuously monitoring and adapting" is frequently referred to as quality improvement (QI) (Shefer, et al, 2003, p. 77). Within the healthcare industry, QI goals are to increase the delivering of correct services, while decreasing errors and costs and improving customer satisfaction (Shefer, et al, 2003). Part of the processes involved in QI encompass electronic innovations and techniques. Within the parameters of QI tools for e-health initiatives, there are a diverse range of topics and health issues addressed. The following examination of QI looks at two QI tools that are currently being employed by the US federal government and the Canadian healthcare system, OASIS and MDS-HC, respectively. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khqitool.rtf

Quality Improvement/Pressure Ulcers
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A 4 page research paper that discusses a quality improvement initiative for PU prevention in nursing home care. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khpuqua.rtf

Quality Nursing Care
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An 8 page research paper that discusses the principles of quality nursing care. Nurses constitute the largest group of healthcare practitioners offering direct patient care; and therefore, whether or not patients receive quality care is intrinsically tied to the level of professionalism exhibited by a nursing staff (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). It follows then that quality patient care is the quintessential goal of nursing. This exploration of literature offers an overview of the principles of quality patient care that have been developed by nursing scholarship. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: khqunc.rtf

Quality of Care/Geriatrics
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A 3 page research paper that examines the topic of quality of care in nursing for geriatric patients. The writer argues that this area has problems that are unique to this population. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: khqocger.rtf

Quality of Life with AIDS
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An 8 page research paper that summarizes the issues associated with helping patients preserve their quality of life after an HIV/AIDS diagnosis. Bibliography lists 11 sources.
Filename: khqlaids.rtf

Quality within Australian Nursing
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A 10 page research paper that offers a comprehensive literature review in regards to factors and principles associated with quality nursing care, with a particular focus on nursing in Australia. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: khausqc.rtf

Quantitative Nursing Research: Reducing Costs While Increasing Quality
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An 8 page proposal for a quantitative study addressing the effects that a primary nursing structure can have on nursing home costs while also achieving better patient outcome. All health care costs continue to increase despite managed care, regulatory insurer and individual efforts to halt the spiral. These cost increases have not spared the skilled nursing facility (SNF), which in fact has additional issues with which to contend. The ongoing nursing shortage has meant for SNFs that they have fewer RNs available to them and that recruiting and retention has become more costly over the past several years. The situation as it exists is expected to intensify in coming years as the baby boomers now approach retirement age. Primary nursing appears to offer a solution that can lower costs, increase quality of care and increase turnaround time in receiving payment for Medicare patients. Bibliography lists 13 sources.
Filename: KSnursResCosts.rtf

Questions on Nursing Ethics
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A 12 page research paper that considered several different topics related to ethics and medical issues. Topics covered include right-to-die issues, stem cell research, and whether nurses should be required to get flu shots. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: khnurflu.rtf

Questions: Statistics in Nursing Research
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A 5 page paper answering 8 questions about the use of statistical analysis in nursing research. Topics include descriptive statistics, the null hypothesis, p values, t-test, ANOVA and Orem’s theory of self care, among others. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KS-MAstatsQuest.rtf

Rationale for Nursing Staff Training
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A 5 page paper discussing the reasons for and need of ongoing training in health care, for the purpose of persuading a real-world director of nursing to take advantage of training programs available. In today's hypercompetitive health care environment where costs continue to spiral upward despite efforts to contain them, it can seem to be counterproductive to devote scarce financial resources to training individuals who already are supposed to know how to perform their jobs. Those adhering to this view likely are unaware that they are broadcasting their own need for further training and development… Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: KSnursEduCompli.rtf

Reaction Essay to MS Article
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A 4 page reaction essay that summarizes and provides a brief response to an essay by Allen Macurdy, who was diagnosed as having muscular dystrophy at age 8. The focus of Macurdy’s essay is on his relation to healthcare providers and the writer discusses the implications of his testimony. No additional sources cited.
Filename: khmsvic.rtf

Reaction Essay to Treating the Poor/Matthew Dumont
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A 3 page essay that is written as an imaginative exercise, using the perspective of a community health nurse accompanying psychiatrist Matthew Dumont on the calls that he describes in his text in chapter nine of Treating the Poor. No bibliography is provided.
Filename: khmatdum.rtf

Reaction Paper on a Case Study
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A 3 page reaction paper to an essay by Dorothy C. Buck, entitled “Raoul,” which recounts the experience of this mother in raising a son with cerebral palsy. The writer discusses the implications of this article in regards to medical practice as it was in the 1960s contrasted with the holistic nursing practice of today. No bibliography is provided.
Filename: khcprea.rtf

Reducing Absenteeism/Nursing Home
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A 5 page research paper that looks at the problem of absenteeism in nursing home employees, with particular focus on absenteeism among assistive personnel. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: khcnaab.rtf