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Healthcare Solutions From Clinical Practice

in scientific reasoning that she changed the face of nursing. She made use of statistical analysis in order to demonstrate the way...

Sharing Grief

did you wonder about your stepfather being alive or dead? What you write may resemble the following: I was considered too young to...

Health Assessment Models and the General Practice Nurse

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

Operating Room Nursing Specialties and Oncology

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

Formulating Nursing Theory

verifies old knowledge (Wilkerson, 1998). As this suggests, the continuation of scholarly advances in the development of nursing t...

Importance of Evidence-Based Practice

makes the point that EBP involves more than simply utilize research evidence; and Penz and Bassendowski emphasize this point by s...

Atrial Fibrillation

percent of al cardiac surgery patients (Brantman and Howie, 2006). While this postoperative condition is typically well-tolerated ...

The Value of the Family

individual family member are considered within this context (Friedman, Bowden and Jones 37). In analyzing the various theories th...

Impact of a BSN on Nursing Role

background of hospital RNs is a significant factor in providing quality nursing care, as this study showed that the level of educa...

Nursing, Mental Health, and Spirituality

In eight pages this paper discusses holistic practice in terms of nursing's role, spirituality, and what mental health means. Sev...

Pain Management and Long Term Care Residents' Rights

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...

Florence Nightingale's Work

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

NJ's Advanced Practice Nurses

from an advanced practice nurse. Patients value the nurse practitioner (NP) as a trustworthy source of medical information that a...

Nursing and Communication Theory

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

Jean Watson, Nursing Theorist

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

Practicing Nursing in Pennsylvania

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

Interview/Diabetic Nurse Educator

perceived self-efficacy (Capik, 1998). JJ explained how Penders theory guides her priorities in establishing educational goals, ...

Licensing Registered Nurses

legislation that authorizes a Nurse Licensure Compact (National Council of the State Boards of Nursing, Nurse Licensure Compact, 2...

Cultural diversity, End-of-Life Issues

rituals of this religion in order to offer quality care. They should know, for instance, that an Orthodox Jew is required to wash ...

Geriatric Clinical Nurse Specialist/State of CA

in any other state must, as of January 1, 2008, have a masters or another advanced graduate degree in nursing (Phillips, 2005). Wi...

Personal Definition of Nursing

upholding the human dignity of the people involved, as well as their "unique biopsychosocial, cultural, (and) spiritual being" (LM...

Role of Culture/Mental Health Nursing

to work efficiently and effectively across cultural boundaries. This concept also encompasses not only the assumption that nurses,...

Nursing Philosophy and Practice, Their Relationship

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

Three Nursing Articles, Summaries

This paper presents three summaries of nursing articles, as well as commentary on how one of these articles helps the student's nu...

Rosemarie Parse's 'Human Becoming' Nursing Theory

transcendence is moving beyond the meaning moment with what is not-yet. Moving beyond is propelling with envisioned (Parse, 1998, ...

Discussion of Professional Nursing

the factors that make nursing unique The Department of Nursing at California State University at Fresno defines nursing as a "uni...

Issues in Advanced Practice Nursing

This research paper discusses ten different topics that pertain to advanced practice nursing. The topics discussed include Watson'...

The Future of Nursing, The IOM Report

This research paper discusses the Future of Nursing, which is a report issued by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the...

Nursing Practice Theories

This 2 page paper gives an overview of using middle range theory on regards to the nursing practice. This paper explains how evalu...

APN Posts, Definition and Roles

This essay pertains to how the International Council of Nurses defines advanced nursing practice and it also discusses the confusi...