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

the associates course of study to address the very things that can make the greatest difference in patient outcomes and satisfacti...

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...

nurses which makes job searching easier. Registered nurses are in great demand and it is thought that there will be a significa...

to identify and to relate in terms of actual patient care. Ida Jean Orlando created a conceptual view of the nursing process whic...

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

study also examined the availability of information resources available to the RN respondents (both at work and at home). Their fi...

(Domrose, 2001). However, current trends have developed that have greatly expanded the scope of med-surg nursing, which includes a...

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

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

But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...

Nightingale as power-crazed and iron-willed. Salvage (2001) tends to believe that these criticisms of Nightingale reflect lingerin...

This nurse that leaving the acute care facility had to do with "When youre constantly short-staffed and feel your managers arent s...

Empirical research ahs consistently reported that when communication between the two professions is good, which includes doctors ...

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...

leaders should facilitate their development of trans-cultural nursing skills such as being able to assess patterns that are eviden...

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

leader. Finally, my educational objectives include demonstrating an awareness of and a skill for nursing research, which requires...

(Yost and Burke, 2006). The forensic LNC testified that the doctor in the case was negligent by allowing the patient to be air tra...

view as well, developing theories of nursing that focus on nursing and its components as systems of varying degrees. Some, such a...

degrees of restricted motion (Swank and Lehnert 631). Computer-assisted systems (CAS) have been developed to aid surgeons in obtai...

nurse anesthetist. For one week, I watched the interactions between the nurse anesthetist and other professionals, as well as the...

These authors conducted a large study of 3,830 individuals consisting of 17.8 percent nurses, 21.8 percent physicians, 29.6 percen...

or chronic illness; however, nurse practitioners also have additional intensive education that involves risk reduction and prevent...

first started to administer to the injured and the sick, the notion that nurses should be women has prevailed (Odendaul, 2004). T...

we had a helper who came in during the day and a nurse at night. Both of them were kind, experienced and very caring, and I could ...