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Nursing Philosophy and Practice, Their Relationship

This research paper discusses nursing theory and nursing practice, as well as the theories of Watson and Orem. Seven pages in leng...

Three Nursing Articles, Summaries

This paper presents three summaries of nursing articles, as well as commentary on how one of these articles helps the student's nu...

Utilization of Research/Nursing Shortage

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

Interview/Diabetic Nurse Educator

perceived self-efficacy (Capik, 1998). JJ explained how Penders theory guides her priorities in establishing educational goals, ...

Jean Watson, Nursing Theorist

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

Practicing Nursing in Pennsylvania

For example, in regards to nurse practitioners from other state, the law states, "The Board (meaning the Board of Nursing) may iss...

Licensing Registered Nurses

legislation that authorizes a Nurse Licensure Compact (National Council of the State Boards of Nursing, Nurse Licensure Compact, 2...

Role of Culture/Mental Health Nursing

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

Diabetes Self-Management - Hispanic Patients

has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...

Med/Surg Leader, An Interview

embarrassment in front of others, withheld pay increases, and termination" (Marriner-Tomey, 2004, p. 118). While conferring reward...

Atrial Fibrillation

percent of al cardiac surgery patients (Brantman and Howie, 2006). While this postoperative condition is typically well-tolerated ...

Formulating Nursing Theory

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

Importance of Evidence-Based Practice

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

Elder Neglect in Nursing Homes

be vulnerable to abuse or neglect for a variety of reasons and in a variety of situations, which range from home care to care in r...

Case Study/Death of a Client

2001). Toms condition remained so precarious that personal care for him had to be done very tentatively. For example, brushing his...

The Value of the Family

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

Impact of a BSN on Nursing Role

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

Health Assessment Models and the General Practice Nurse

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

Health and Alcohol as Perceived by a GP Nurse

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

Texas Physicians and Nurse Practitioners

and the American Nurses Association found somewhat "paternalistic and demeaning" as the guide determined that "the physician is re...

Pain Management and Long Term Care Residents' Rights

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...

Nursing, Mental Health, and Spirituality

In eight pages this paper discusses holistic practice in terms of nursing's role, spirituality, and what mental health means. Sev...

Nursing Career Development

nurse (Cosgrove, 1996). Even at this level, however, the nursing field is one which demands a continued commitment to education. ...

Nursing and Communication Theory

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

Florence Nightingale's Work

the incidence of the deaths that were preventable, and also developed the polar-area diagram as a way of demonstrating the impact ...

CNS' Role

is one of several advanced positions that a registered nurse might choose, and while the CNS is a specialized occupation, this spe...

Nursing and Evidence Based Practice Enhancement

body. Though "the VG site has long been established as an optimal site, not all nurses use it" (Scott and Marfell-Jones, 2004; p....

Nursing Theory

viewpoints that articulate their own unvoiced feelings toward their profession. For example, in a discussion in an online nursin...

Rosemarie Parse's 'Human Becoming' Nursing Theory

transcendence is moving beyond the meaning moment with what is not-yet. Moving beyond is propelling with envisioned (Parse, 1998, ...

Nursing Practice and the Basis of Nursing Theory

as a therapeutic relationship between patient and nurse (Frisch and Kelley, 2002). Other theorists since that time have examined t...