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and empowerment must be mutually exclusive. Falk (1995) describes empowerment as a more contemporary concept than advocacy, and...

governor should strive to at least make a dent in the problem in the next four years. It seems that the most pertinent problems ar...

on a global scale. Therefore, for nurses to succeed in the complex world of the twenty-first century, many authorities feel th...

"Many changes in health care yesterday, have major unforeseen consequences today. While it is easy to predict results with the be...

Issues pertinent to these five elements include conceptual framework, scope of practice, policy implications and support of social...

In a paper consisting of six pages the argument is presented that nurses should be paid not on their level of education but rather...

quality of a patients life, (4) implementing managed care policies that threaten quality of care, and (5) working with unethical/i...

nurses considering returning to school for a Masters of Science in Nursing (MSN), the perceived barriers include issues directly r...

the condition. More frequently it is the healthcare system which is both exposed to the condition and thus responsible for detect...

In six pages this tutorial presents information on how to create a nursing instruction plan for how wounds can be self treated. F...

their roles. As a result, there is a need to temper the actions of the nurse in the carative environment with a recognition of th...

and the directives of the medical environment. For over two decades, for example, the health care industry has recognized a decli...

right? Not as visible a cause as AIDS, nor as prevalent in the news as Cancer, Meningitis will be a difficult sell to this segmen...

therefore, not only an extensive history but it can be contended to be just as applicable in todays nursing practice as it was whe...

over the age of 60 years in 1995, and that number will probably increase to about 1.2 billion (2002, p.1094) in 2025. Informatio...

or render physical care - she ministers to the whole person. The existence of suffering, whether physical, mental or spiritual is ...

ethics and value of this research. Ethically and scientifically responsible nurses must realize that from a deontologic perspecti...

with a study sample of six female diabetes nurse specialists, who worked with a multidisciplinary team offering comprehensive diab...

indwelling foley and compression boot. Her dressing is dry and intact. She was discharged with Percocet 5mg q6. Analysis and Out...

therefore more attractive to those very human individuals filling its nursing positions. A mentoring program can help support tho...

become stressed and this lowers morale. A nurse manager writes that at her hospital, her job has become overwhelming, but when dis...

the patient prior to his death. The nurse clearly felt the need to encourage the family to stay and spend as much time as possibl...

roles of nursing is direct patient care, and one of the seven essential AACN values is that of human dignity. In years past, dire...

Peplau addressed the inherent relationship between nursing and counseling, contending that nurses uphold the important responsibil...

unethical, or illegal practice of any person" (Erlen 67). But while it is a nurses duty to be a patient advocate, Beth should real...

and more nurses are standing at the front lines of managed care, acting somewhat as liaison between the patient and managed care o...

in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Hypotheses The purpose of the proposed study is to determine the eff...

For example, they like to focus on characters such as Al Capone instead of individuals who contributed a great deal to America and...

and was told not to consider having children for fear of passing on defective genes (Sheldon, 1997; p. 34). This occurred d...

chemistry and another in biochemistry. I recognized the wonder of chemistry, but what I failed to recognize at the time was the s...