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a method which pursues both action and understanding at the same time, and points out that it is particularly relevant in situatio...

homes. Rather, it is a high-quality facility dedicated to providing the best of care to its residents. Staff members are employe...

to changes which in turn can result in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Primary nursing is not a new con...

(p. 835) among Medicaid residents of Massachusetts nursing homes between 1991 and 1994. This mixed method (i.e., quantitative as ...

well. This study also appears to be sound scientifically. Its primary means of data analysis is statistical; the methods b...

p. 144). Each has value, but each exists with a paradox. The more abstract theories are more easily generalized, but more diffic...

are getting calls from every part of the country every day. I am hearing from nurses that the working conditions are intolerable a...

expected only to continue for several years to come. Then, growth will begin to decline in response to fewer numbers of people re...

determine their relationships with others, as well as pull people of similar interests and often similar personalities together an...

(Snyder and Lindquist, 2001). Under this philosophy the social factors and even the spiritual factors of an individuals existen...

that have affected my choice of working as a nurse. Of course many people have these factors in common within their personal valu...

base on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, officially bringing the United States into World War II. At the time of the surprise attack, howev...

use this possibility as an excuse to not provide other people, people who are obviously suffering tremendously and would inevitabl...

eventually revert to many of the methods formerly used in patient care. She makes clear distinction between research in nursing t...

appropriate. Also, when changing bed linens it is imperative that the soiled bed linens get placed in a bag and not into the clea...

nurses which makes job searching easier. Registered nurses are in great demand and it is thought that there will be a significa...

to identify and to relate in terms of actual patient care. Ida Jean Orlando created a conceptual view of the nursing process whic...

the associates course of study to address the very things that can make the greatest difference in patient outcomes and satisfacti...

Under her wing, Nightingale took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to health. ...

and nursing literature abounds with how such theories influence and guide nursing practice in all of its varied aspects. For exa...

and Ingalls (2003) describe the four metaparadigms allegorically as the "roots" of a living tree, emphasizing that the metaparadig...

are under our care. By promoting healthy and better communication between us and the patient, we do not need to involve the famil...

theoretical framework for promoting professional development through the use of quality circles. This management theory involves a...

leader. Finally, my educational objectives include demonstrating an awareness of and a skill for nursing research, which requires...

and nurses need to be and has generated capacity and energy within that body of nursing to reach that vision" (Ralko 6). A princip...

nurse anesthetist. For one week, I watched the interactions between the nurse anesthetist and other professionals, as well as the...

and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...

upholding the human dignity of the people involved, as well as their "unique biopsychosocial, cultural, (and) spiritual being" (LM...

This paper is basically about nurse leadership. A scenario was presented in which a nurse director needed to present a new annual ...

to nursing practice in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as the welfare of each high-needs baby is intrinsically tied to fami...