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the fever? Was it related to an infection in the surgical wound? Was the patient developing atelectasis and pneumonia? Or, was the...

The following are research questions that could be asked of staff members regarding whether the program is needed: * Are there pat...

official entity until 1993. Today it addresses an array of nursing issues. The goals of the program are: * "Promoting quality in...

proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...

over their blood glucose levels; and (3) encouraging continuous improvement in nursing knowledge and patient education. The progr...

II. Population The target population for this inquiry are children of the world. However, the population needs to be narrowed as...

thinks is, to a certain extent, a result of genetic influences; however, this capacity is also highly influenced by the process o...

pilot study was performed first, in which the research tested the methodology. This also involved developing an interview schedule...

the question of what effect an aging nursing work force has on American healthcare in general. First and foremost, the aging of ...

of the study by stating it explicitly: "The purpose of this study was to explore how undergraduate nursing students learn to care ...

socially isolating, as outside opinion is discounted. The team adopts a "defensive posture," which is evidenced by "derogatory, de...

which means that the homeless population in Vancouver encompasses roughly 1800 people (The Americas, 2004). They are virtually all...

take to the streets rather than cope with abuse, violence or parental drug addiction. Also, as indicated above in regards to alcoh...

Developing Clinical Guidelines by Allen et al (1997) set out to determine the disparities that exist within the resolution process...

of fulfilling desires of order. Orem also sees the family as a relational concept (Taylor, 2001, p. 7). It only exists because o...

study also examined the availability of information resources available to the RN respondents (both at work and at home). Their fi...

(Domrose, 2001). However, current trends have developed that have greatly expanded the scope of med-surg nursing, which includes a...

Kanters position that the situational aspects of a working environment have the ability to influence worker attitudes and behavior...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

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

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

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...

2001). Toms condition remained so precarious that personal care for him had to be done very tentatively. For example, brushing his...

less people living in rural communities and the "more remote geographical regions" of Australia than in urban locales (Bushy 104)....

self-knowledge (Simpson, 2004). While anecdotal evidence is not regarded as conclusive, the experience of individual nurses in reg...

numbers of young students came to believe that perhaps nursing would provide an outlet for caring natures as well as support a fam...

age. Therefore, the patient population is increasing. This factor is also influenced by the fact that that the huge lump in the Am...