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change, understand the reasons for this change and hare a vision of the future" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). The catch is that these g...

take to the streets rather than cope with abuse, violence or parental drug addiction. Also, as indicated above in regards to alcoh...

p. 1). Multi-infarct dementia (MID) is caused by a series of strokes, which are frequently small (MID, n.d.). Patients with MID ...

the nGMS as an assessment instrument. This computer program provides a check list that the nurse can use to cover all pertinent in...

as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...

In the meantime, I plan to study teaching strategies and rationale, and also expand my personal travel experiences. Today as neve...

certification program (Policy statement, 1999). On the other hand, the additional education required to become a licensed NP may t...

ethics are a part of the concern. The hospital should not accept a patient load that it cannot handle. Another example of an issue...

caring as the very definition of what constitutes personal values from a nursing perspective (2003). Koerner (1996), likewise, e...

Critically-Care nurses, 1989 in Nursing Management, 1999, p. 38). This abbreviated version of AACN nursing standards was located...

with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of ...

adaptation has a process in which individuals respond positively to environmental changes and described three types of stimuli: fo...

clinical nurse specialist and the advanced nurse practitioner is decidedly hazy. However, Wickham (2003) states that a nurse worki...

transformative perspective because Newman argues that rather than being diametrically opposed, disease and health are merely facto...

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

drugs and to administer those drugs in a manner that is beneficial to our patients as well as being put into a positions where we ...

train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - an...

proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...

draw on the fundamental concepts espoused by the metaparadigms. Nevertheless, each branch of nursing theory approaches the subjec...

evaluate nursing care and use research findings in clinical practice" (Barnsteiner, Wyatt and Richardson 165). This survey reveal...

classifies the stroke patients needs in four domains: 1) medical/surgical issues; 2) mental status/emotion/coping behaviors; 3) ph...

within these models. Definition of nursing model Semantic confusion abounds in the relevant literature as to what--precisely--is...

includes strategies that are designed to make the individual feel better, such as "exercise, spirituality, support groups and humo...

I replied that I could develop a program with her supervision, that nurses were more interested in furthering their training than ...

In five pages this research paper takes a nursing perspecitve regarding the elderly's physical changes and increased dependence th...

on diabetes into categories and addresses these topics on separate web pages, as does the first site. The homepage explains that t...

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...

"significant anxiety, particularly before they discover the most effective symptom management" (Moloney, et al, 2001, p. 19). In o...

their own condition. Judkins and Ingram (2002) designed a self-paced learning module in order to determine whether knowledge relat...

result that nursing pays well enough to support a family now, which is in great contrast to conditions in the distant past. The p...