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

a specialized body of knowledge, skills and experience that enables these nurses to offer a high standard of care to critically il...

which a person demonstrates fundamental functioning in their life environment (Jones and Kilpatrick, 1996). In other words, the c...

advocates, providing medical treatments prescribed by physicians, and keeping accurate records of changes in patient status (Nurse...

of a unified health care organization that included both Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH...

recognition of cultural and social influences on health care outcomes. As a result, advanced practice nurses have also become int...

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

risk factors that can be altered, with special attention to lowering cholesterol and blood pressure. B. Treatment of ischemia usua...

member with a meaningful recovery experience? When did you first realize that you wanted to help others? Relating personal details...

issue of regulatory interest when attached to direct patient care (Nursing, 2004). As few nurses with no patient responsibilities...

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

to the wide-ranging aspect of nursing than merely administering medicine; in fact, the myriad components that ultimately comprise ...

and continues to do so, over the past two decades, as it was first published in 1979 (Falk-Rafael, 2000). In formulating her theor...

many of the findings of nursing research have little or no relevance to their daily practice. Im and Meleis (1999) cite several re...

with their illness decreases and their partners ability to help them with the process is impeded as well. Decreased communication...

This involves intensive, one-on-one teaching, which enables autistic children to learn the intricacies of behaviors or skills via ...

information. These guidelines are also based on this researchers finding that self-care promotes the pediatric patients spiritual ...

York found that, in the past, ambulance diversions were a seasonal event. However, more recent research finds that diversional sta...

ability to empower and grow people" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). Over the past decade, there have been numerous studies that have fou...

secretary, should leave the ward when there were fewer than three children on the unit and work a second adult unit as well. He wa...

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

illustrates how she ignored the potential for causing harm when she increased the patients drugs; only after the medication had be...

the study intervention. Also, as yet, Cook is not clear about the purposes, aims or goals of the study. Literature Review While ...

Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...

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

2005, p.165). In obese children, the number of fat cells present in the body can be as much as three times higher than in normal w...

naturally create a prime source of psychic conflict for nurses, which would facilitate the development of burnout. Jenkins, Ellio...

partners in the healthcare process. Through training and education, nurses learn to make decisions on multiple issues of patient c...

the nursing theorists that have come after her (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). The interactive model focuses on the significant of ...

it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...