{"title":"Assessing the health care needs of Kansas' young adults with disabilities.","authors":"Jean Hall, Barbara Starrett","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76690,"journal":{"name":"The Kansas nurse","volume":"82 7","pages":"5-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41000594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Glen W White, Michael H Fox, Catherine Rooney, Anthony Cahill
{"title":"Assessing the impact of Hurricane Katrina on persons with disabilities.","authors":"Glen W White, Michael H Fox, Catherine Rooney, Anthony Cahill","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76690,"journal":{"name":"The Kansas nurse","volume":"82 6","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26890731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Legislative report. Mega bill SB 11: new law for Medicaid reform, Office of the Inspector General established, Umbilical Cord Donation Information Act, confidentality of cancer registry data and more.","authors":"","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76690,"journal":{"name":"The Kansas nurse","volume":"82 5","pages":"17-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26832139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A message from your president.","authors":"Ellen Carson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":76690,"journal":{"name":"The Kansas nurse","volume":"82 5","pages":"24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26832140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Complementary therapies: what are the ethics challenges for Kansas nurses?","authors":"Eileen E Morrison","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nurses have an important role in CT/IM now and in the future. Their influence is great because they serve as the frontline in health care and are often the source of patient information. Since the trend of integrating CT/IM modalities into patient self-care appears to be here to stay, nurses need to understand what they are, how they are used, and what the contraindications might be. In addition, each nurse must decide his or her position on these modalities. This decision should be an educated decision that is in keeping with nursing philosophy and practice. There are several take away points about CT/IM from this article; it should be remembered that: 1. CT/IM is here to stay and can be a part of nursing practice now and in the future. 2. Patients use a variety of CT/IM modalities to augment treatment or to work toward quality of life. 3. It is important for nurses to be lifelong learners where CT/IM is concerned so that they can be a better advocate for patient's information and safety needs. 4. Opportunities exist for nurses to expand their practices to include CT/IM modalities. 5. Ethics-based nursing practice supports the need to maintain currency about CT/IM practices.</p>","PeriodicalId":76690,"journal":{"name":"The Kansas nurse","volume":"82 5","pages":"3-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26832136","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethical issues and new nurses: preventing ethical distress in the work environment.","authors":"James West","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As new nurses move from the familiar educational milieu into a work situation they encounter barriers to caring for patients and their families. The characteristics of the contemporary work environment, paired with the competencies of the new graduates, have the potential to threaten the ability of these nurses to provide safe and effective care for patients thus creating ethical distress. Educational interventions in the work place can effectively provide adequate solutions to these problems. The keystone between the healthcare institution and the development of a competent nurse is an effective mentor. As new nurses graduate from school and enter the health care industry they encounter many barriers that distract them from caring for their patients. With limited experience they are ill equipped to prevent ethical distress when confronted with ethical dilemmas. Educational strategies such as an adequate orientation can help a new graduate cope with the complexities of a health care industry confronted by an increase in acuity of patients, progressively more complex medical interventions, and a shortage of nurses.</p>","PeriodicalId":76690,"journal":{"name":"The Kansas nurse","volume":"82 4","pages":"5-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"26741072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}