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utilized 184 consecutive patients. All of the patients who were admitted were provided with informed consent. The researche...

provided in their own home. Services offered include, but are not limited to, general nursing services, physical and occupational ...

Outlook Handbook, which is published by the U.S. Department of Labors Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), registered nurses (RNs), a...

and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...

The concept of health also has undergone change over the years. It formerly referred to absence of disease, but now it generally ...

in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...

In four pages this research paper examines nursing's metaparadigm in a consideration of concepts including nursing, health, enviro...

today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...

those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

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

and nurses need to be and has generated capacity and energy within that body of nursing to reach that vision" (Ralko 6). A princip...

Kanters position that the situational aspects of a working environment have the ability to influence worker attitudes and behavior...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

and antibiotics" (Ersek, 2005, p. 48). Upon first glance, it would appear that euthanasia is an application that is in direct con...

Nightingale as power-crazed and iron-willed. Salvage (2001) tends to believe that these criticisms of Nightingale reflect lingerin...

theorist Jean Watson, who developed her Theory of Human Caring in the late 1970s. As a result of Watsons efforts to bring greater...

study also examined the availability of information resources available to the RN respondents (both at work and at home). Their fi...

(Domrose, 2001). However, current trends have developed that have greatly expanded the scope of med-surg nursing, which includes a...

But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...

Statistics expects that number to rise to more than one million in less than 20 years. The American Nurses Association and Monste...

The ever-changing nature of Americas health care system has introduced a chaos in a population that for more than a century has be...

well. This study also appears to be sound scientifically. Its primary means of data analysis is statistical; the methods b...

(p. 835) among Medicaid residents of Massachusetts nursing homes between 1991 and 1994. This mixed method (i.e., quantitative as ...

to changes which in turn can result in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Primary nursing is not a new con...

p. 144). Each has value, but each exists with a paradox. The more abstract theories are more easily generalized, but more diffic...

expected only to continue for several years to come. Then, growth will begin to decline in response to fewer numbers of people re...

during which time they reviewed data regarding the patient and made adjustments to the clinical care program. The advanced practic...

that have affected my choice of working as a nurse. Of course many people have these factors in common within their personal valu...

(Snyder and Lindquist, 2001). Under this philosophy the social factors and even the spiritual factors of an individuals existen...

are getting calls from every part of the country every day. I am hearing from nurses that the working conditions are intolerable a...