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

separate Texas lawsuits where insured parties had sued their HMO for failure to provide procedures or care recommended by their ph...

theoretical framework for promoting professional development through the use of quality circles. This management theory involves a...

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

as a solution to the problem of developing reflective skills, Ferrario defines reflective thinking as: a) analyzing, synthesizing,...

In four pages this research paper examines nursing's metaparadigm in a consideration of concepts including nursing, health, enviro...

The concept of health also has undergone change over the years. It formerly referred to absence of disease, but now it generally ...

determine their relationships with others, as well as pull people of similar interests and often similar personalities together an...

...purpose of this study was to describe the process of bearing illness and injuries among individuals with catastrophic illnesses...

(Snyder and Lindquist, 2001). Under this philosophy the social factors and even the spiritual factors of an individuals existen...

that have affected my choice of working as a nurse. Of course many people have these factors in common within their personal valu...

The ever-changing nature of Americas health care system has introduced a chaos in a population that for more than a century has be...

base on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, officially bringing the United States into World War II. At the time of the surprise attack, howev...

use this possibility as an excuse to not provide other people, people who are obviously suffering tremendously and would inevitabl...

are getting calls from every part of the country every day. I am hearing from nurses that the working conditions are intolerable a...

believe that acquiring English skills is the more important than teaching the children in Spanish (Porter, 1999). Porters article...

expected only to continue for several years to come. Then, growth will begin to decline in response to fewer numbers of people re...

p. 144). Each has value, but each exists with a paradox. The more abstract theories are more easily generalized, but more diffic...

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

even through government agencies (Visiting Nurse Association-Omaha/Southeast Nebraska, 2002). Various programs and services are sp...

Washington Medical Center, Seattle, and a clinical instructor, bio behavioral nursing and health systems, at the University of Was...

to changes which in turn can result in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Primary nursing is not a new con...

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

the ten greatest mathematicians of the twentieth century, when Farnsworth died he held 300 U.S. and foreign patents. This articl...

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

defining the leadership characteristics that would be the focus of this educational effort (Pintar, Capuano and Rosser, 2007). As ...

weaker, less developed than the other. This delayed his walking, and, even after he walked successfully at age 3, it took several ...

numbers of young students came to believe that perhaps nursing would provide an outlet for caring natures as well as support a fam...

self-knowledge (Simpson, 2004). While anecdotal evidence is not regarded as conclusive, the experience of individual nurses in reg...

promotion can address a variety of nursing clients in a variety of circumstances. For example, Richardson (2002) acknowledges that...