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are necessary for patient survival" (Kelley, 2005, p. 2). When the blood volume in the body is too low, it activates "compensatory...

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...

nurse working on a medical unit at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. According to Kodet, the only thing ...

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

naturally create a prime source of psychic conflict for nurses, which would facilitate the development of burnout. Jenkins, Ellio...

the nursing theorists that have come after her (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). The interactive model focuses on the significant of ...

upheld. This in turn has created liability and civil suits for the city, and has tarnished the image for both the city and the de...

partners in the healthcare process. Through training and education, nurses learn to make decisions on multiple issues of patient c...

a mentor and/or a preceptor. Mentoring is the "process through which a relationship is established between an experienced indivi...

by Haigh and Morris (1994). Total is seen as being the entire organisation or company, from board level through to the tea lady. ...

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...

between the feuding parties, attempting to draw likenesses rather than differences. By focusing upon the positive, the informatio...

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

additional staffing, but that; expansion of the Emergency Department; and changes in local demographics all point to greater staff...

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

it to anyone who shares my love for animals and I personally feel that I receive much more than Im able to give" (Working at, 2006...

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...

York found that, in the past, ambulance diversions were a seasonal event. However, more recent research finds that diversional sta...

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

secretary, should leave the ward when there were fewer than three children on the unit and work a second adult unit as well. He wa...

is a "pre-observation conferences, an observation, and a post-observation conference" can be combined with a "cognitive coaching m...

and a domiciliary residence for homeless veterans (Mountain Home VA Medical Center, n.d.); the Knoxville CBOC frequently sends its...

the study intervention. Also, as yet, Cook is not clear about the purposes, aims or goals of the study. Literature Review While ...

illustrates how she ignored the potential for causing harm when she increased the patients drugs; only after the medication had be...

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...

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