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expected to develop some form of cancer "or another rapidly debilitating condition and well be dead within a year of getting the d...

images represent some aspect of nursing? Examination of this question shows that two of these images are particularly helpful in d...

those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

study from the Institute of Business Ethics revealed: "the ethical companies outperformed the others in four of the five years" (V...

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

and safety" (ANA, 2005). After all, if a nurse does not take steps to preserve her or his own safety, the nurse cannot adequately ...

today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...

1999). Lee and his family owned a small business and had no health or medical insurance. The family was urged to begin the process...

The concept of health also has undergone change over the years. It formerly referred to absence of disease, but now it generally ...

for nurses who come into intimate contact with clients from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Ott, Al-Khadhuri and Al-Junaibi...

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

In four pages this research paper examines nursing's metaparadigm in a consideration of concepts including nursing, health, enviro...

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...

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

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

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

But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...

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

Nightingale as power-crazed and iron-willed. Salvage (2001) tends to believe that these criticisms of Nightingale reflect lingerin...

other programs are designed to be more educational with interactive discussions between the inmates and the youth" (Schembri, 2006...

be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...

Empirical research ahs consistently reported that when communication between the two professions is good, which includes doctors ...

situation. As a provider of care, it is the role of the community health nurse to address the needs of Centerville adolescents i...

This nurse that leaving the acute care facility had to do with "When youre constantly short-staffed and feel your managers arent s...

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

this development and left orders for both analgesia and sedation, which helped at first, but became less effective as the hours pa...

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

defining the leadership characteristics that would be the focus of this educational effort (Pintar, Capuano and Rosser, 2007). As ...

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