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reality of the profession. It needs a makeover much as it had in the 19th century in Brittan when nursing reformers struggled to h...

paternalistic approach that has been favored by physicians. Watsons theory stresses nurses should "honor anothers becoming, autono...

to individuals connected by a blood tie. However, to be a "family," members must "live in close contact, care for one another, an...

for my patients. Personal philosophy of nursing: Tourville and Ingalls (2003) offer a fascinating and very apt analogy to descri...

recognized categories for APNs within this state (TBoN, 2006). The scope of practice for Tennessee APNs includes the legal abili...

i.e., death. While euthanasia does not allow people to avoid the "cause of our fear-death-it does allow us to control its manner, ...

This paper is basically about nurse leadership. A scenario was presented in which a nurse director needed to present a new annual ...

This essay includes three sections. The fist section reflects on tempered change strategies as described in a journal article. The...

Counseling as a professional field is still rather young and it certainly does not garner the status of 'therapist.' This is true ...

noted that cases of a rare lung infection, pneumocystis carinni pneumonia, had occurred in Los Angeles and also that three young m...

when nurses are needed the most, which is when we are ill (line 12). This is when "Nurses come through, with their care and goodwi...

based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...

(Cunningham, 2008). Observed Results Cortez (2008) states that in the past, patients had been known to call 911 from their ...

seek the same health goals for clients as in mainstream nursing, nurses in remote locations often cope with problems and obstacles...

potential need for treatment for impaired skin integrity due to immobility. Therefore, the nurse will begin precautions prior to a...

further harm; instead of deferring to this individuals personhood, she wholly disregarded what his physician considered to be the ...

regarded as creating obligations on others to help her exercise her rights. An inherent theme that is implied in all of the questi...

management dilemma" and is written by Orly Toren and Nurith Wagner. The authors discuss different ethical dilemmas nurse face dail...

Beginning in the early 1990s, managed care targeted nursing as an expenditure where hospitals could cut costs. Managed care consul...

which initiates a series of events that will either successful contain the infection or prompt it progression toward active diseas...

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

for nurses who come into intimate contact with clients from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Ott, Al-Khadhuri and Al-Junaibi...

1999). Lee and his family owned a small business and had no health or medical insurance. The family was urged to begin the process...

have had ethical reservations about taking a patient off of life support, but she did not add to Lynns burden by interfering with ...

or state agencies may seek and implement studies. II. Nursing Home Care for the Elderly Whenever nursing home care is an...

who consistently place the needs of others above their own. The individuals who do this seemingly so naturally often can be diffi...

of stem cell research far outweigh the negativities. Because of these benefits stem cell research can be ethically defended utili...

and the directives of the medical environment. For over two decades, for example, the health care industry has recognized a decli...

the ability to learn nursings technical complexities and already have full command of ethical values to the point that the can act...

if they are simple and straightforward. These patient data records will be replaced weekly, and each will contain a weeks worth o...