SEARCH RESULTS

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

with their illness decreases and their partners ability to help them with the process is impeded as well. Decreased communication...

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

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

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

information. These guidelines are also based on this researchers finding that self-care promotes the pediatric patients spiritual ...

many of the findings of nursing research have little or no relevance to their daily practice. Im and Meleis (1999) cite several re...

(BNE:NPA, 2006). To investigate for heart disease was clearly indicated by physicians orders and, furthermore, Eddie failed to not...

secretary, should leave the ward when there were fewer than three children on the unit and work a second adult unit as well. He wa...

to work efficiently and effectively across cultural boundaries. This concept also encompasses not only the assumption that nurses,...

illustrates how she ignored the potential for causing harm when she increased the patients drugs; only after the medication had be...

potential for long term physiological complications as well as long-term emotional impacts. Not only does the type of care needed...

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

order to infer what theoretical framework is being utilized, and why such a framework is appropriate for the context. This parag...

evolved through various versions of the ANA Code. In addition to describing the duties and obligations that provision 1 entails, T...

reproductive health, were assigned the task of creating a family genetic history, using the format of genogram. As this indicates,...

the personal growth and learning of second year student nurses working within two surgical units. The clinical logs produced by th...

is commonly utilized in other discourse in relation to the management of energy resources not related to human physical function. ...

and cleaning as a subject for education the need goes beyond the common sense approach. The recognition of the importance indicate...

looking at a potential scenario where a patient seeks the provision of narcotics with the intention of ending their life the nurse...