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This left Mee with little opportunity to connect with these patients as human beings and she started "to feel like a machine," whi...

has focused on two corollary components: 1. the accuracy of body size estimations and 2. the attitudes and feelings individuals ...

effectiveness has been studied extensively, and that studies consistently conclude that NP-based care is comparable to that origin...

to take insulin only when his blood glucose level was above the value established by his physician. The nurse laid out all ...

body. Though "the VG site has long been established as an optimal site, not all nurses use it" (Scott and Marfell-Jones, 2004; p....

process that requires "interpretation, sensitivity, imagination and active participation" (Jenner, 1997). Scientific knowledge, o...

addressing specific phenomena or concepts and reflecting practice (Liehr and Smith, 1999). The grand theories of nursing, that is,...

viewpoints that articulate their own unvoiced feelings toward their profession. For example, in a discussion in an online nursin...

the most frequently reported intervention classifications for NPs were patient education, drug management, nutrition support, risk...

the mountains in California, ride a horse in the Grand Canyon, volunteer in a cancer center, finish painting his house, attend his...

operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). This is broken down into three basic categories: 1) wholly compen...

clinical nurse specialist and the advanced nurse practitioner is decidedly hazy. However, Wickham (2003) states that a nurse worki...

as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...

In the meantime, I plan to study teaching strategies and rationale, and also expand my personal travel experiences. Today as neve...

with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of ...

adaptation has a process in which individuals respond positively to environmental changes and described three types of stimuli: fo...

within these models. Definition of nursing model Semantic confusion abounds in the relevant literature as to what--precisely--is...

certification program (Policy statement, 1999). On the other hand, the additional education required to become a licensed NP may t...

ethics are a part of the concern. The hospital should not accept a patient load that it cannot handle. Another example of an issue...

proposed method of resolution is to design, develop and evaluate a clinical, evidence-based "diabetic education program to increas...

draw on the fundamental concepts espoused by the metaparadigms. Nevertheless, each branch of nursing theory approaches the subjec...

evaluate nursing care and use research findings in clinical practice" (Barnsteiner, Wyatt and Richardson 165). This survey reveal...

declined as "educators, employers and others recognize the need for educational changes in nursing" (Bednash, 2000, p. 2985). Asso...

includes strategies that are designed to make the individual feel better, such as "exercise, spirituality, support groups and humo...

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...

classifies the stroke patients needs in four domains: 1) medical/surgical issues; 2) mental status/emotion/coping behaviors; 3) ph...

drugs and to administer those drugs in a manner that is beneficial to our patients as well as being put into a positions where we ...

train sufficient numbers of new nurses. Turnover is high among those who remain in the profession, and those so dissatisfied - an...

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