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and more nurses are standing at the front lines of managed care, acting somewhat as liaison between the patient and managed care o...

on nurses increase (Cullen, 2003). Nevertheless, nurse educators and scholars stress that it is through recognition of caring as a...

is wheelchair bound, but nevertheless cooks for herself and shops for herself in a nearby grocery store, using her motorized wheel...

is they do, when they change their actions, then the image of nursing will change" (Watson, 1996, p. 142). Watson has recognized ...

caused by the illnesses the may then have a negative physiological backlash on the patient. For other condition it may be the ro...

experience, particularly that immigrant experience as it occurs within the modern medical environment, revolves around cultural un...

She has promoted her theory of human caring throughout the world from various positions including lecturer at several universities...

and the patient are often unproductive (Roberson and Kelly, 1996; Hanna, 1997). Understanding the basis for this cultural percept...

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

trying times of their lives. Nurses have the capacity to improve lives. Nothing could be more meaningful or provide a greater sens...

UK/Europe, 2004), this is also supported with changes such as the introduction of new bedding that aims to create a new differenti...

activities" (Orems Self-Care Model Concepts) that patients need to undertake to meet their own health care needs on a routine basi...

in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...

caring as the very definition of what constitutes personal values from a nursing perspective (2003). Koerner (1996), likewise, e...

Critically-Care nurses, 1989 in Nursing Management, 1999, p. 38). This abbreviated version of AACN nursing standards was located...

of their basic business focus, but others would not fit into any neat category. Some generated revenues at gratifying levels; oth...

party as an entity respectively. Political parties function to keep like-minded people together and have a sense of purpose, but m...

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...

the medical team with which these patients have surrounded themselves. It is the patients responsibility to cooperate and do ever...

undergoes surgery for a hip arthroplasty 24 hours after admission. Twenty-four hours after surgery the nurses note that Mrs. Gale...

achieved that the critical care nurse may address the bio-psycho-social implications of the event (Alfafara and Hedges, 1996). Fur...

or reject MEDITECHs suggestions as they see fit. Whether users accept or reject the suggestions made by MEDITECH, care prov...

carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...

operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). This is broken down into three basic categories: 1) wholly compen...

their own or other personal commitments equally as compelling. Returning to school as a full-time student is not a viable option ...

In light of all the possibilities coping styles as it relates to the nature and scope of the issue are quite diverse....

differences between these two classifications are then described and three factors that are believe to influence the formation of ...

regards to lung function. If patients cannot breath on their own, RTs are trained on how to intubate patients and connect them to ...