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

include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...

of diabetes care, including blood/glucose monitoring, food intake monitoring, exercise monitoring, and insulin administration. Be...

in this case for a variety of reasons (Chaguturu and Vallabhaneni, 2005). First of all, despite any financial incentives, it has b...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

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

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

is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...

interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...

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

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...

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...

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

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 ...

potential for long term physiological complications as well as long-term emotional impacts. Not only does the type of care needed...

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

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...

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

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...

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

a mentor and/or a preceptor. Mentoring is the "process through which a relationship is established between an experienced indivi...

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

nurse working on a medical unit at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. According to Kodet, the only thing ...

p. 311). Specifically, this study focused on discerning how indicators of the "psychosocial work climate" affected the frequency w...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...