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Christian Beliefs in Nursing

beliefs and worldview of the nurse. Salladay (2006) in her review of A Christian Vision of Nursing Practice by Mary M. Doornbos,...

Chain of Command in Nursing

risk. For example, Mahlmeister (1996) relates a pediatric situation in which a night nurse in a small hospital was expected to wor...

Oral Hygiene Protocol and Nursing Practice

Hanson (2004) recommends a toothbrush, but specifies that it should be soft and that non-abrasive toothpaste should be selected. P...

Practice, Knowledge, and Nursing Theory's Role

The metaparadigms of nursing represent common concepts that are accepted throughout the profession and across international bounda...

Practice Scope and Nursing Professionalism

(1999), research shows that the level of education reached by an RN contributes to a sense of professional autonomy and those nurs...

Nursing Practice and the Opposition of Euthanasia

lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...

Integration of the Hierarchy of Needs by Abraham Maslow and Self Care of Dorothea Orem

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

Influence of Advanced Practice Nurses

part of their academic preparation knowledge that pertains to how "to initiate, plan and manage change" (Elser, McClanahan and Gre...

Nursing Self Care Deficit Theory of Dorothea Orem

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

Jean Watson's Theory of Caring: Clinical Application

This research paper concerns Jean Watson's theory of human caring and its use within nursing clinical practice. Eleven pages in le...

Personal Reflections on Clinical Supervision

can facilitate a different type of learning and examination, peer groups may allow an exploration with fewer confines groups with ...

Community Mental Health Practice and Communication

to three days more than 20 years ago. We ruefully joke that some managed care plans only allow new mothers to be hospitalized on ...

Advanced Practice Nursing, the Self Care Deficit Model of Dorothea Orem, and Urinary Incontinence

development of nurse-operated continence centers, which provide conservative management for UI (Bernier, 2002). Continence nurses...

Impediments to the Utilization of Nurse Wives

particular certified nurse-midwives-- continues to increase, these impediments linger to a certain extent, and may continue to aff...

A Review of an Article on Hypothermia

had to have gone through surgery (orthopedic, gynecological, urological, vascular) of at least twenty minutes in duration. They ha...

Qualitative vs. Quantitative Nursing Articles

specifically state that their objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with pr...

Coronary Artery Disease Prevention and Exercise

risk factor, but is of less consequence among those diabetics who pay close attention to their blood sugar levels, test often and ...

Qualitative Study Death Sentence' to 'Good Cancer' Couples' Transformation of a Prostate Cancer Reviewed

objective in conducting their study was to "describe the experience of men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer and their wives,...

OR Nursing Practice Scope

2006). The activities of UAPs, unlike those of nurses and other licensed caregivers, is defined through job description and not re...

Nursing Perspective on the Issue of Living Organ Donation

however, Jones requested an ethics consult on the case due to the fact that Johns psychosocial evaluation had caused Jones to have...

Nursing and the Interaction Between Theory, Research, and Practice

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

Nursing Programs and Reflective Practice and Critical Thinking Connection

Developing Clinical Guidelines by Allen et al (1997) set out to determine the disparities that exist within the resolution process...

Dehydration & Older Patient

dehydrated? Has literature simply made you aware of this potential problem? You might say something like: "Considering the dire co...

Use of Restraints in Healthcare

indicates, restraint places health practitioners between the proverbial rock and a hard place. However, there are practice standar...

Aging Nursing Population/Healthcare

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

Women's Mental Health/Depression

minority groups. They are frequently poor and have little education. Scrandis, Fauchald and Radsma describe a "Charlottes Web of C...

Surgical ICU Clinical Practice and Theoretical Nursing Models

this scenario, the question to be explored now is how each of above named nursing models addresses these patient needs. The Syste...

Restraints Usage and Issues of Nursing Practice

According to one research study, the top five reasons why nurses employ restraints are "disruption of therapies, confusion, fall p...

Nursing Practice and Otitis Media

of ear infection (Chronic otitis media, 2003). OM is a serious childhood illness because, if not properly treated, it can lead to ...

Professional Practice and Nursing Philosophy

and religious background and beliefs, as well as how the health/illness continuum works within the framework of their life. "Env...