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of the patient experience" (Engebretson 20). The background provided by a large, close-knit family means that, from childhood, I h...

it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

all aspects of nursing. While the prime relationship in nursing is the one between the nurse and patient, relationships between nu...

are necessary for patient survival" (Kelley, 2005, p. 2). When the blood volume in the body is too low, it activates "compensatory...

in nursing educators aged 36 to 45 (Lewallen, et al, 2003). To complicate matters further, recent statistics show that nurses wh...

the nursing theorists that have come after her (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). The interactive model focuses on the significant of ...

a mentor and/or a preceptor. Mentoring is the "process through which a relationship is established between an experienced indivi...

naturally create a prime source of psychic conflict for nurses, which would facilitate the development of burnout. Jenkins, Ellio...

p. 311). Specifically, this study focused on discerning how indicators of the "psychosocial work climate" affected the frequency w...

nurse working on a medical unit at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. According to Kodet, the only thing ...

This 3 page paper provides an overview of a nursing recommendation. This paper gives a number of reasons why the student would be...

For example, in regards to nurse practitioners from other state, the law states, "The Board (meaning the Board of Nursing) may iss...

Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...

move in concentric circles of caring--from individuals, to others, to community, to (the) world" (Vance, 2003). Caring science inv...

2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...

(BNE:NPA, 2006). To investigate for heart disease was clearly indicated by physicians orders and, furthermore, Eddie failed to not...

This research paper discusses nursing theory and nursing practice, as well as the theories of Watson and Orem. Seven pages in leng...

This paper presents a hypothetical example of how a student might wish to express her nursing ambition. The principal focuses of t...

This paper pertains to two middle range nursing theories, Kolcaba's comfort theory and nursing intellectual capital theory, and th...

risk factors that can be altered, with special attention to lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. B. Treatment of ischemia usua...

such as medical history as well as their role in consultation and also in the way that preventative healthcare is delivered, the ...

member with a meaningful recovery experience? When did you first realize that you wanted to help others? Relating personal details...

to the wide-ranging aspect of nursing than merely administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise ...

and continues to do so, over the past two decades, as it was first published in 1979 (Falk-Rafael, 2000). In formulating her theor...

nurse, 2005). In addition to basic educational preparation at the RN level, oncology nursing practice also requires cancer-speci...

2003). Most international nurses coming to the US come from the Philippines, but many also come from Canada and India with addit...

the very act of following the "law" (i.e., supply and demand) of economics now has exacerbated the shortage of nurses who also are...

up billboards offering cash incentives, while nursing schools also originated creative means of recruiting more students (Wells). ...

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