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30 months, as this is when between 13 and 28 percent of senior nurses are due to retire (Sibbald, 2003). Currently, close to a thi...

socially isolating, as outside opinion is discounted. The team adopts a "defensive posture," which is evidenced by "derogatory, de...

generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women would even ...

pilot study was performed first, in which the research tested the methodology. This also involved developing an interview schedule...

quality and care" of health services that offered to rural areas throughout the US (Clinton, 2007). In addition to providing fun...

the question of what effect an aging nursing work force has on American healthcare in general. First and foremost, the aging of ...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

Statement, 2006). It is also a goal of HHC to "join with other health workers and with communities in a partnership" (Mission Sta...

those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

and nurses need to be and has generated capacity and energy within that body of nursing to reach that vision" (Ralko 6). A princip...

leader. Finally, my educational objectives include demonstrating an awareness of and a skill for nursing research, which requires...

images represent some aspect of nursing? Examination of this question shows that two of these images are particularly helpful in d...

nurse anesthetist. For one week, I watched the interactions between the nurse anesthetist and other professionals, as well as the...

today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...

The concept of health also has undergone change over the years. It formerly referred to absence of disease, but now it generally ...

and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...

theoretical framework for promoting professional development through the use of quality circles. This management theory involves a...

In four pages this research paper examines nursing's metaparadigm in a consideration of concepts including nursing, health, enviro...

less people living in rural communities and the "more remote geographical regions" of Australia than in urban locales (Bushy 104)....

age. Therefore, the patient population is increasing. This factor is also influenced by the fact that that the huge lump in the Am...

are RNs who are "prepared, through advanced education and clinical training, to provide preventive and acute health-care services"...

students values : This calls for personal reflection. A question that the student can ask herself/himself is how he or she might h...

that the statistician believes are related to the forecast variable. The variable to be forecast is called the dependent variable...

This paper addresses the new and growing field of forensic nursing. The author contends that forensic nursing is a necessity in t...

In three pages this paper examines the insight this text provides and how nursing practice could benefit from its application....

Kanters position that the situational aspects of a working environment have the ability to influence worker attitudes and behavior...

we had a helper who came in during the day and a nurse at night. Both of them were kind, experienced and very caring, and I could ...

study also examined the availability of information resources available to the RN respondents (both at work and at home). Their fi...

(Domrose, 2001). However, current trends have developed that have greatly expanded the scope of med-surg nursing, which includes a...

But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...