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these reforms. The data revealed a "sense of tension and conflict between nurses traditional values, roles and responsibilities ...
to proper interaction with culturally diverse patients: "These standards provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence,...
neighbor who incurred a head injury and did not want to go to a hospital because she lacked the funds to pay for treatment. Wardan...
Advances in technology have changed everything from how patients are diagnosed to acute care to managing chronic illnesses. Techno...
the profession of nursing has developed some basic ideas that serve as the foundation that guides all subsequent professional prac...
and technology, however, she refers to these elements as the "Trim," which is a term she originated that differentiates between ca...
profession is very rewarding, if at times very difficult and even heartbreaking. This paper describes the Good Samaritan College o...
This involves intensive, one-on-one teaching, which enables autistic children to learn the intricacies of behaviors or skills via ...
many of the findings of nursing research have little or no relevance to their daily practice. Im and Meleis (1999) cite several re...
information. These guidelines are also based on this researchers finding that self-care promotes the pediatric patients spiritual ...
with their illness decreases and their partners ability to help them with the process is impeded as well. Decreased communication...
is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...
Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...
patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...
are possess "awareness and intention," and can construct a sense of self-identity and meaning," which includes the ability to choo...
task forces, committees, and organizational projects," while also serving as "resources to other nurses to facilitate advancing sk...
include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...
Sometimes the ability to perform foot self-exams for follow-up education or acute illness (Nettles, 2005, p. 44). Additionally, ...
supply and the importance of fruit and vegetables in the patients diet. She authored over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on nurs...
quality and safety for the care they can expect to receive from nurses and midwives and other health professionals are the same" (...
In ten pages this paper discusses the holistic approach of Sr. Callister Roy's nursing theories in terms of how they successfully ...
In fifteen pages this paper focuses upon a diabetic home health care setting in a research proposal that studies and compares two ...
time were better qualified to make such definitions. Baker had received her preliminary degree in nursing in 1945, a degree which...
In five pages this paper considers the perpetuated images of nurses in general and of the nursing profession overall. Three sourc...
(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...
evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...
must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...
and can be applied in a variety of clinical settings, as well as in educational programs and research. Orems theory is bas...
for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...
effectiveness has been studied extensively, and that studies consistently conclude that NP-based care is comparable to that origin...