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economic positions (McGinn and Murr, 2006). All of this development in the past several years has led to a restatement of Shannon...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...

caring; 2. every human culture has lay (generic, folk or indigenous) care knowledge and practices and usually some professional ca...

and one must wonder - Why? This article suggested the reasons have to do with physician fears of having a malpractice lawsuit file...

with sudden flashbacks intruding on thoughts (Fagan and Freme, 2004). Other symptoms include: an exaggerated startle reflex, sleep...

by trying things out)...reflective learners (learn by thinking things through, working alone) 5. sequential learners (linear, orde...

A 7 page client profile that discusses nursing care for an elderly client with degenerative brain disease and offers a research su...

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

and in 2001 unofficially took over daily operations of Johnson & Johnson as he was being trained to succeed Ralph Larsen upon his ...

Partially as a result of improved heath care practices which result in longer life and partially as the result of the movement aw...

differences between these two classifications are then described and three factors that are believe to influence the formation of ...

Beginning in the early 1990s, managed care targeted nursing as an expenditure where hospitals could cut costs. Managed care consul...

In light of all the possibilities coping styles as it relates to the nature and scope of the issue are quite diverse....

also a former student of Vivians is now in the rather awkward position of also being one of her doctors, as he is an intern and re...

of the study by stating it explicitly: "The purpose of this study was to explore how undergraduate nursing students learn to care ...

article, "Mother-Infant Skin-to-Skin Contact (Kangaroo Care)," kangaroo care offers the parents the only opportunity to engage in ...

in which care is provided for aging and dying adults in general. In addition, the researchers recognize that preparation for dyin...

authors state that research "and theory are key underpinnings that guide safe, effective, and comprehensive" (p. 35) practice. As...

trying times of their lives. Nurses have the capacity to improve lives. Nothing could be more meaningful or provide a greater sens...

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

regards to lung function. If patients cannot breath on their own, RTs are trained on how to intubate patients and connect them to ...

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

the disease as well as around the prevention of the spread of the causative organism to other individuals that come into contact w...

the "number of initial admissions with at least one readmission divided by total discharges excluding deaths" (Lagoe, et al., 1999...

balance these too opposing criteria. Empowering care aids the geriatric patients in overcoming learned helplessness, as they take ...

activities" (Orems Self-Care Model Concepts) that patients need to undertake to meet their own health care needs on a routine basi...

caring as the very definition of what constitutes personal values from a nursing perspective (2003). Koerner (1996), likewise, e...

Critically-Care nurses, 1989 in Nursing Management, 1999, p. 38). This abbreviated version of AACN nursing standards was located...

in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...