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

objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and their wives,...

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

MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...

At the heart of nursing is the nurse-patient relationship, which provides the foundation for nursing care (Patusky, 2003). This r...

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

reveal a steady growth in the number of nurses joining unions due to discontent" (Blankenheim 2001, p. 13). They are doing so to l...

states, "The nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety and rights of the patient" (Code of Ethics f...

improve it, then nursing can truly be an invaluable profession to choose. This leads us to the reality of helping people. Perha...

are often called upon to provide comfort where there seems to be none, patience in the face of adversity, and grace under fire. Th...

should all be considered (OConnor and Walker, 2003). Traditionally, societys influence on educational planning has meant that the...

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

between states and federal regulation. The purpose here is to determine whether the USAF advanced nurse practitioners are "functi...

been in operation for some time, and it currently is building a retirement community of duplexes for those over 55 who do not yet ...

is understandable given that MRSA is one of the primary threats in terms of diseases encountered in ICUs in the US. Over fifty pe...

to a nursing facility, it should also be understood that each situation is unique. When both the family members and the staff of t...

with "depression, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and decreased overall physical and mental functioning" (Hearn, 2001). Problem Stat...

and environment integral relationships" (Carey, 2003). One way in which to determine the usefulness of the theory and how p...

to believe that his strategy for paying the hospitals bill for treatment to be a sound one. He had sued the local trolley line (a...

Acquiescing to the constraints imposed by organizational and professional structure does not mean that the nurse has no alternativ...

leadership of the nursing department with another individual at the VP level. Maras has full leadership of the department o...

Although she lived, she suffered extensive brain damage, leaving her in what is described as a "persistent vegetative state" (Jero...

from disease to non-disease to health. She argues that "This synthesized view incorporates disease as meaningful aspect of health...

model of nursing is predicated upon the call for an interdisciplinary approach in the creation and establishment of appropriate an...

In four pages a hypothetical situation is considered in which a conflict commences in an ICU between a healthcare assistant and a ...

that nurse is guilty of doing something unethical. Nurses must impose a high standard of care in the office, hospital or home sett...

to three days more than 20 years ago. We ruefully joke that some managed care plans only allow new mothers to be hospitalized on ...

the near future, however. This presents potentially severe consequences for the economics of elder care. The stakeholders in this...

should be emphasized that some nurses see their function in a more spiritual manner. They take their role as a calling to help tho...

From this perspective, individuals can be viewed as open systems, in which energy is transformed within the body, gaining or losin...