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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...

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...

Role of Culture/Mental Health Nursing

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

Nursing Practice Theories

This 2 page paper gives an overview of using middle range theory on regards to the nursing practice. This paper explains how evalu...

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...

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...

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...

EBP from Three Perspectives

This essay provides a student with a hypothetical guide to discussing interviews with RN, a nurse practitioner and a patient conce...

Peplau and Orem/Core Concepts

begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...

Humanistic Leadership & Nursing Unions

with humanity, that is, to be humanistic in ones orientation refers to the principles of humanism, which has been given a variety ...

Integrating EHR into Practice: Nursing's Role

This paper discusses Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and the role that nurses play in implementing and utilizing these record sy...

Nursing Leadership, Advocacy & Responsibilities

Leadership and management while related are two distinctively different concepts. Leadership can be discerned from simply manageme...

Following Watson's Example/Personal Philosophy of Nursing

Stimulus for developing of the students personal philosophy The process of nursing education exposes students to diverse clinical...

Nursing Leadership & Groups

socially isolating, as outside opinion is discounted. The team adopts a "defensive posture," which is evidenced by "derogatory, de...

Organizational Change in St. Vincent's ICU

Hospital. The purpose here is to describe and evaluate the restructuring of St. Vincents ICU to gain one-on-one nursing and so im...

Greensboro Sit-Ins

turned into many as the protest continued for almost 6 months.5 In addition, it sparked many other protests throughout the South a...

Aging Nursing Population/Healthcare

the question of what effect an aging nursing work force has on American healthcare in general. First and foremost, the aging of ...

Nursing: Article Reviews

some determining the study was inconclusive, others saying certain interventions should be made universal and still others stating...

Homeland Security, INS and Epidemiology

problems, but refugees are perhaps most at risk, since many of them "come from areas where disease control, diagnosis and treatmen...

Retention/Recruitment & Canadian Nursing Shortage

30 months, as this is when between 13 and 28 percent of senior nurses are due to retire (Sibbald, 2003). Currently, close to a thi...

Adult Learning Theories, An Article Summary/Chen

This article summary describes a study, Chen (2014), which pertains to nontraditional adult students and the application of adult ...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Judaism in the Works of Franz Kafka

In five pages the ways in which Judaism ins represented in Franz Kafka's works are examined with an emphasis upon his story 'Metam...

Organized Crime Syndicates and Commercial Burglaries

but commercial burglaries are up (Star Tribune 02B). For many reasons, burglars find commercial establishments a better target th...

Restraint Uses in Psychiatric Nursing

Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...

Civil Rights Movement and Civil Disobedience

being obedient. As the key Civil Rights moments mentioned above illustrate, civil disobedience is characterized by an abs...

Treatment of the Unborn Child, Surrogacy Laws, and Abortion

Royal College of Nursing of the United Kingdom v DHSS (1981) with reference to the Abortion Act 1967 (Lexis, 2003). This makes abo...