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also as a result of the environment in which they are cared for, where smoking is banned. Teaching patients may be seen as a funct...

in African American communities in though it has level off and is falling in other US populations (Dyer, 2003). Adolescents are am...

the importance of taking assessment from a number of different, relevant perspectives. For example, mentors who are conscious that...

proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...

draw on the fundamental concepts espoused by the metaparadigms. Nevertheless, each branch of nursing theory approaches the subjec...

evaluate nursing care and use research findings in clinical practice" (Barnsteiner, Wyatt and Richardson 165). This survey reveal...

An effective and valuable nurse is one who has sound technical knowledge and experience in applying it, but who also is a superlat...

includes strategies that are designed to make the individual feel better, such as "exercise, spirituality, support groups and humo...

many people have these factors in common within their personal value sets, but I believe that the nurse possesses them in specific...

A nurses dedication and selflessness recall a mothers sacrifice and care (Dworkin, 2002). Furthermore, Dworking (2002) points out ...

preventing and controlling nosocomial infection. Yet its often neglected although nosocomial infections threaten the lives of appr...

train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - an...

(1999), research shows that the level of education reached by an RN contributes to a sense of professional autonomy and those nurs...

lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...

transformative perspective because Newman argues that rather than being diametrically opposed, disease and health are merely facto...

There are different studies that have made a partial examination of the developmental models of clinical mentorship and supervisio...

was perceived as merely the "handmaiden" of medicine, that is, a service that was there to facilitate the practice of the physicia...

rather than requiring patient transfer to ICU. This plan is consistent with the principles of planned change in that it focuses o...

have had ethical reservations about taking a patient off of life support, but she did not add to Lynns burden by interfering with ...

and with others interacting with the patient. Mezirow (1991) promotes the use of critical reflection in building new knowle...

criminal and social repercussions, creating a punitive response to alcoholism that can impact the views of service providers. Cha...

a process that assumes that a persons own subjective construction of reality is more accessible than anything else. The process o...

the order be filled. They specified one minor change, however. That was that each of the condoms that were manufactured include ...

2003, p. 50). Comments went on to say that it is disheartening when they arent acknowledged in any way for the hard work they do (...

"a heterogeneous disorder characterized by 2 pathogenic defects, impaired insulin secretion and insulin resistance. The resultant ...

for nurses who come into intimate contact with clients from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds. Ott, Al-Khadhuri and Al-Junaibi...

are working, for example, in pediatrics(Sherman 2004). Therefore, she suggests, as many have, that the nursing professional learn ...

for protocol and for adhering to standard practice. There are many aspects of the job for which the nurse is best suited to addre...

the word alone that Watsons ideology is based not just upon clinical actions but upon the implementation of emotional availability...

money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely would no...