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individual women (Walker. 1990). It is my belief that we live within a culture that has created inherent inequities based on gend...

expectancy is increasing and more people are surviving serious illness and living longer with chronic illness. At the same time, t...

(2003) gives the example of an nurse assigned to a busy intensive care unit (ICU) began experiencing clear signs of traumatic stre...

the nurse is uncertain of which tasks are appropriate to delegation, as well as the skill level of UAPs, their reluctance becomes ...

insanity, which becomes her only way she can avoid the domination that threatens to totally suffocate her individuality. In his di...

those who enforce religious laws" (Mernissi). In other words, by being larger than a size six, Mernissi, in the salesladys opinion...

This writer/tutor does not, of course, have any idea how the student feels on this topic, or, for that matter, the specific course...

to body changes due to issues of self-image and acceptance speaks to a very vulnerable group of individuals whose focus is more up...

the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nu...

in which nurses had to request perceptions for certain types of dressing was a waste of time and resources, which in turn impacted...

in the 19th and early 20th century, the fact is even more remarkable. "Well and Strong and Young" Updike writes that in 1854 Bar...

fairly positive towards the 12-hour shift, but the nursing educators were extremely negative. The teaching staff opposed the use o...

nursing is based significantly more within the psychological components of the patient/caregiver relationship than most people rea...

care. The team leader is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all of the elements of care and also delegates care of specif...

transcendence is moving beyond the meaning moment with what is not-yet. Moving beyond is propelling with envisioned (Parse, 1998, ...

of the nurses and the nurse population ratio is considered higher than most in the region (MoH, 2002). Recent advances in nursing ...

as a therapeutic relationship between patient and nurse (Frisch and Kelley, 2002). Other theorists since that time have examined t...

expressing his or her misery. Such caregivers may have experienced patients who are as likely to cry out, thrash around, or simply...

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...

or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...

the realization of the "dehumanizing" of patients that led to them being referred to as "Bed x," "Case x" or some other nameless, ...

2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...

gives the appearance of increased attention to theory and evidenced-based nursing in an atmosphere of caring for the individual. ...

several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...

when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...

from pain that began after radiation therapy that caused nerve damage (Fischman, 2000). After receiving therapy at a pain clinic, ...

sent them scrambling to revise the law to include only infants. This was also a lesson for other states offering or considering t...

The link between nurse caring and patient satisfaction has been reported numerous times. For instance, the AORN journal reported a...

evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...

(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...