SEARCH RESULTS

relationships between self-care agency and the self-care demand" (Kumar, 2007, p. 106). Within the context of Self-Care Deficit ...

indicates that 51 percent of patients who are older than 65 received no medication information at the time of hospital discharge H...

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

be increased substantially, of course, by those immigrants families who would likely be admitted to the country as well. The inte...

Background/Review of Literature The eight articles/studies that constitute this literature review encompasses several key concept...

a peaceful death among terminal patients. HSBs of specific groups of any size - whether large or small - are positively related t...

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

report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...

(Allmark, 2003, p. 4). Poststructuralism: This perspective takes a deconstructive view of structuralism and "sees inquiry as ine...

serve to mentor teens and provide socially positive guidance and support. Diagnostic and screening exams will also be available, b...

12-21, live relatively sedentary lives, as they are not active enough to successfully maintain good health (Covelli, 2007). The in...

of all ethnicities, races and socioeconomic groups is high, as there were roughly 9 million new infections among young people aged...

college degree is now a requirement for all registered nurses. A nursing major is comprised of a diverse and challenging liberal ...

sparse for the HIV-positive gay man beyond that of the homosexual community, however, Serovich et al (2006) point out how the choi...

concerns the how NP practice has been implemented in countries other than the US. The majority of research articles available in v...

to five-times the risk for CHD, which contrasts sharply with the double risk encountered in African American men. There is also a ...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...

interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...

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

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

Sometimes the ability to perform foot self-exams for follow-up education or acute illness (Nettles, 2005, p. 44). Additionally, ...

task forces, committees, and organizational projects," while also serving as "resources to other nurses to facilitate advancing sk...

patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...

nurses are part of this generation and a large majority of nurses are retiring. It has been estimated that 50 percent of the count...

are possess "awareness and intention," and can construct a sense of self-identity and meaning," which includes the ability to choo...

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

quality and safety for the care they can expect to receive from nurses and midwives and other health professionals are the same" (...

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

supply and the importance of fruit and vegetables in the patients diet. She authored over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on nurs...