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relationships between self-care agency and the self-care demand" (Kumar, 2007, p. 106). Within the context of Self-Care Deficit ...

of nursing and by lobbying" both Congress and regulatory agencies in regards to healthcare issues that affect nursing (ANA, 2008)....

these reforms. The data revealed a "sense of tension and conflict between nurses traditional values, roles and responsibilities ...

to proper interaction with culturally diverse patients: "These standards provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence,...

should be political informed by drawing on a variety of sources for information; vote for the candidates and/or ballot issues that...

and technology, however, she refers to these elements as the "Trim," which is a term she originated that differentiates between ca...

the profession of nursing has developed some basic ideas that serve as the foundation that guides all subsequent professional prac...

Advances in technology have changed everything from how patients are diagnosed to acute care to managing chronic illnesses. Techno...

neighbor who incurred a head injury and did not want to go to a hospital because she lacked the funds to pay for treatment. Wardan...

the factors that make nursing unique The Department of Nursing at California State University at Fresno defines nursing as a "uni...

profession is very rewarding, if at times very difficult and even heartbreaking. This paper describes the Good Samaritan College o...

patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...

of diabetes care, including blood/glucose monitoring, food intake monitoring, exercise monitoring, and insulin administration. Be...

in this case for a variety of reasons (Chaguturu and Vallabhaneni, 2005). First of all, despite any financial incentives, it has b...

percent of al cardiac surgery patients (Brantman and Howie, 2006). While this postoperative condition is typically well-tolerated ...

backstabbing, failure to respect privacy and broken confidences" (Stanley, et al, 2007, p. 1248). Ferrell notes the importance of ...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...

interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...

include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...

are possess "awareness and intention," and can construct a sense of self-identity and meaning," which includes the ability to choo...

background of hospital RNs is a significant factor in providing quality nursing care, as this study showed that the level of educa...

nurses are part of this generation and a large majority of nurses are retiring. It has been estimated that 50 percent of the count...

individual family member are considered within this context (Friedman, Bowden and Jones 37). In analyzing the various theories th...

supply and the importance of fruit and vegetables in the patients diet. She authored over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on nurs...

Sometimes the ability to perform foot self-exams for follow-up education or acute illness (Nettles, 2005, p. 44). Additionally, ...

quality and safety for the care they can expect to receive from nurses and midwives and other health professionals are the same" (...

ability to empower and grow people" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). Over the past decade, there have been numerous studies that have fou...

York found that, in the past, ambulance diversions were a seasonal event. However, more recent research finds that diversional sta...

concepts dominated the field of stress research beginning in the 1950s; however, by the 1970s, there was opposition to Selyes stre...