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when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...

have different concerns and worries which will need to be addressed prior to the tackling of the practical issues. The plan will...

the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nu...

2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...

gives the appearance of increased attention to theory and evidenced-based nursing in an atmosphere of caring for the individual. ...

the realization of the "dehumanizing" of patients that led to them being referred to as "Bed x," "Case x" or some other nameless, ...

as how the profession has been viewed for at least a century. It was an honorable and respected position for a woman and one that ...

expressing his or her misery. Such caregivers may have experienced patients who are as likely to cry out, thrash around, or simply...

of the patients in a single unit will be assigned to one RN; the other half will be assigned to another. Another will be availabl...

or understanding when the staff or the doctors have to move on to the next client. Many patients complain that their healthcare pr...

Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those...

Today, the problem of the nursing shortage has grown to the point that it is no longer only added stress and long hours for those ...

techniques or theories as they pertain to the medical world, and it is as if the prison setting is the last place where these tech...

evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...

(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...

body. Though "the VG site has long been established as an optimal site, not all nurses use it" (Scott and Marfell-Jones, 2004; p....

must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...

(Walsh, 2003; p. 22). The intended role is that of partner with an MD in providing direct patient care in terms of serving in rol...

and can be applied in a variety of clinical settings, as well as in educational programs and research. Orems theory is bas...

nursing. Forchuk and Dorsay (1995) and Barker, Reynolds and Stevenson (1997) identify Hildegard Peplau as the first to apply nurs...

issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...

effectiveness has been studied extensively, and that studies consistently conclude that NP-based care is comparable to that origin...

to take insulin only when his blood glucose level was above the value established by his physician. The nurse laid out all ...

viewpoints that articulate their own unvoiced feelings toward their profession. For example, in a discussion in an online nursin...

the mountains in California, ride a horse in the Grand Canyon, volunteer in a cancer center, finish painting his house, attend his...

formulation with others, testing new behaviors, integrating this learning into "new, more satisfying behavior, and then using thes...

affects specific individuals, but the future of society as a whole. As HIV infection has affected African American youth in greate...

This left Mee with little opportunity to connect with these patients as human beings and she started "to feel like a machine," whi...

lawyers, uncaring nurses and pedophile clergy is to cut back on scientific research--a tenuous conclusion at best. Where the art...

for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...