Nursing Leadership and Conflict Management The complexities of communication in healthcare are accentuated by the urgency of providing expert-level care and continually fueling a high level of professional competence with one's peers and the broader professional communities. The more time-sensitive a given field of nursing or medical practice, the more critical it is to have highly accurate, relevant and timely patient data to make decisions on (White, Thornbory, 2007). Across the

Hospital Management and Leadership This study summarizes an interview conducted on a nurse who happens to be the head nurse in that hospital. This interview talks about the experiences that the said nurse has been going through as a leader and how she has been able to maneuver through the leadership ranks with ease. The paper also shares some insights about good leadership and how to foster it as learned from

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Committee Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, in the year 2008, proposed a collaborative program with the IOM (Institute of Medicine) for evaluating and responding to the necessity of transforming the profession of nursing. Realizing that nurses encounter numerous difficulties and barriers when meeting national health requirements and the assurance of creating a reformed system of healthcare, the two organizations launched a program on the nursing profession's future, lasting

Range Theory MID RANGE THEORY OF SPIRITUAL WELL BEING Middle Range Theory of Spiritual Well Being in Illness Nurse meta-theorists have recently been very much concerned about the different seasons of the patient's life, which has supported and promoted the development of middle range theories in the field of nursing. This is due to the reason that these theories focus on the specific health and illness issues instead of discussing the general

Health Disparity Health disparities refer to a certain kind of health-related difference closely tied to economic or social disadvantage. They negatively impact groups of individuals systematically subject to greater economic and social barriers to a hygienic environment and health, on the basis of their ethnic or racial group, age, gender, religion, mental health, socioeconomic standing, geographic location, gender identity or sexual orientation, physical, cognitive, or sensory disability, or any other characteristics

Cardiac Disorders and Sleep Apnea The objective of this study is to ascertain the relationship between cardiac disorders and sleep apnea. Toward this end, this work will examine the research on this area of study. An American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Foundation Scientific Statement from the American Heart Association Council for High Blood Pressure Research Professional Education Committee, Council on Clinical Cardiology, Strike Council, and Council on Cardiovascular nursing report