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

of a holistic approach to team management, and the integration of efforts to improve the overall function of nursing teams to redu...

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

of the nurses and the nurse population ratio is considered higher than most in the region (MoH, 2002). Recent advances in nursing ...

information. These guidelines are also based on this researchers finding that self-care promotes the pediatric patients spiritual ...

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

This involves intensive, one-on-one teaching, which enables autistic children to learn the intricacies of behaviors or skills via ...

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

sensory experience psychologically changes with age. He referred to the specific structures involved as "schemes" (Berk, 2004, p 2...

with their illness decreases and their partners ability to help them with the process is impeded as well. Decreased communication...

ability to empower and grow people" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). Over the past decade, there have been numerous studies that have fou...

supply and the importance of fruit and vegetables in the patients diet. She authored over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on nurs...

nurses are part of this generation and a large majority of nurses are retiring. It has been estimated that 50 percent of the count...

are possess "awareness and intention," and can construct a sense of self-identity and meaning," which includes the ability to choo...

quality and safety for the care they can expect to receive from nurses and midwives and other health professionals are the same" (...

individual family member are considered within this context (Friedman, Bowden and Jones 37). In analyzing the various theories th...

Sometimes the ability to perform foot self-exams for follow-up education or acute illness (Nettles, 2005, p. 44). Additionally, ...

task forces, committees, and organizational projects," while also serving as "resources to other nurses to facilitate advancing sk...

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

is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...

verifies old knowledge (Wilkerson, 1998). As this suggests, the continuation of scholarly advances in the development of nursing t...

makes the point that EBP involves more than simply utilize research evidence; and Penz and Bassendowski emphasize this point by s...

interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...

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

background of hospital RNs is a significant factor in providing quality nursing care, as this study showed that the level of educa...

of diabetes care, including blood/glucose monitoring, food intake monitoring, exercise monitoring, and insulin administration. Be...

(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...

evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...

must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...

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