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recognized categories for APNs within this state (TBoN, 2006). The scope of practice for Tennessee APNs includes the legal abili...

paternalistic approach that has been favored by physicians. Watsons theory stresses nurses should "honor anothers becoming, autono...

reality of the profession. It needs a makeover much as it had in the 19th century in Brittan when nursing reformers struggled to h...

have otherwise been a lingering existence in private homes or disreputable hospitals. Inasmuch as the nurse is "temporarily the c...

results from alcohol or drug misuse and which interferes with professional judgment and the delivery of safe, high quality care" (...

definitions of community have emerged, with the consequence that, concurrently, definitions of health promotions have also evolved...

seek the same health goals for clients as in mainstream nursing, nurses in remote locations often cope with problems and obstacles...

generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women would even ...

pilot study was performed first, in which the research tested the methodology. This also involved developing an interview schedule...

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

quality and care" of health services that offered to rural areas throughout the US (Clinton, 2007). In addition to providing fun...

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...

imply, a standardized nursing language provides a "uniform nomenclature for the diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation components...

be the disregard of their own value set (Chyssides et al, 1999). This situation may be further complicated where there is a legal ...

graduate nursing hires (Truman, 2004, p. 45). The novice nurses participate in six hours of classroom instruction, plus thirty hou...

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

and nurses need to be and has generated capacity and energy within that body of nursing to reach that vision" (Ralko 6). A princip...

and nursing literature abounds with how such theories influence and guide nursing practice in all of its varied aspects. For exa...

and Ingalls (2003) describe the four metaparadigms allegorically as the "roots" of a living tree, emphasizing that the metaparadig...

Under her wing, Nightingale took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to health. ...

are under our care. By promoting healthy and better communication between us and the patient, we do not need to involve the famil...

and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...

This research paper presents a comprehensive discussion of nurse manager responsibilities, which includes addressing nurse empower...

This essay presents an example paper that can be used as a guide to describing a personal nursing philosophy. The student's reason...

This essay offers an analysis of the nursing profession. Specifically, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats are ident...

Model (RAM) is one of the most highly utilized theoretical frameworks in contemporary nursing (Bakan and Akyol, 2008). The RAM pro...

This research paper/essay addresses the topic of nursing delegation within the context of a sub-acute unit located within a nursin...

This offers three posts that will be submitted to a nursing discussion board. These posts address various world views on science, ...

This 6 page paper explains how there should be more of a standard for education for people studying to be nurses and how nurse edu...

What should a nurse do when she knows that a surgeon is incompetent and killing children on his operating table? Even today, there...