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formulation with others, testing new behaviors, integrating this learning into "new, more satisfying behavior, and then using thes...

all aspects of nursing. While the prime relationship in nursing is the one between the nurse and patient, relationships between nu...

Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...

move in concentric circles of caring--from individuals, to others, to community, to (the) world" (Vance, 2003). Caring science inv...

perceived self-efficacy (Capik, 1998). JJ explained how Penders theory guides her priorities in establishing educational goals, ...

and continues to do so, over the past two decades, as it was first published in 1979 (Falk-Rafael, 2000). In formulating her theor...

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

perspective, is viewed as "the optimal level of ones potential relating to the environment" (Tourville and Ingalls 22). For examp...

at the moment of unconcealedness. She wanted a poet to describe nurses work: not what was visible, such as the emptying of a bedp...

family as it enables the family system to be regarded in a myriad of ways (1998). Here, the family may be evaluated holistically, ...

In seven pages this research paper examines how nursing was defined in the 19th century by Florence Nightingale and in the 20th ce...

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...

relationships, in terms of power dynamics and the initiation and resolution of conflicts. Communication theory is, therefore, impo...

they are working in the field now indicates that they understand the concepts and were successful in completing the ranges of stud...

different that needs attention, but many have been able to prepare for the changes that are happening to them. Geriatric patients...

transcendence is moving beyond the meaning moment with what is not-yet. Moving beyond is propelling with envisioned (Parse, 1998, ...

as a therapeutic relationship between patient and nurse (Frisch and Kelley, 2002). Other theorists since that time have examined t...

are licensed individuals who go through at least one year of formal education in addition to clinical instruction, and the focus o...

a peaceful death among terminal patients. HSBs of specific groups of any size - whether large or small - are positively related t...

In eight pages this report discusses the nurse's role in a consideration of leadership styles and theories. Ten sources are cited...

time were better qualified to make such definitions. Baker had received her preliminary degree in nursing in 1945, a degree which...

This research paper pertains to actions that nurses undertake to aid heart failure patients in regards to self-care management. Th...

This research paper pertains to a classroom scenario in which nursing students are having learning difficulties. Then, the writer ...

This research paper discusses ten different topics that pertain to advanced practice nursing. The topics discussed include Watson'...

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

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

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

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

of professional nursing, nursing theory provides perspectives and guidance that aids nurses in achieving their primary goal of pro...

students "with the contents of his narration-contents which are detached from reality, disconnected from the totality that engende...