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is considered to have written the first nursing textbook, Notes on Nursing (OConnor, Robertson and Davidson). As this suggests, ...
has always been about the development of autonomy, equality, social justice and democracy" (Mezirow, 1999). The transformative app...
and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...
The concept of health also has undergone change over the years. It formerly referred to absence of disease, but now it generally ...
In four pages this research paper examines nursing's metaparadigm in a consideration of concepts including nursing, health, enviro...
theoretical framework for promoting professional development through the use of quality circles. This management theory involves a...
today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...
nurse anesthetist. For one week, I watched the interactions between the nurse anesthetist and other professionals, as well as the...
and Ingalls (2003) describe the four metaparadigms allegorically as the "roots" of a living tree, emphasizing that the metaparadig...
and nursing literature abounds with how such theories influence and guide nursing practice in all of its varied aspects. For exa...
Under her wing, Nightingale took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to health. ...
are under our care. By promoting healthy and better communication between us and the patient, we do not need to involve the famil...
to identify and to relate in terms of actual patient care. Ida Jean Orlando created a conceptual view of the nursing process whic...
the associates course of study to address the very things that can make the greatest difference in patient outcomes and satisfacti...
Nightingale as power-crazed and iron-willed. Salvage (2001) tends to believe that these criticisms of Nightingale reflect lingerin...
study also examined the availability of information resources available to the RN respondents (both at work and at home). Their fi...
(Domrose, 2001). However, current trends have developed that have greatly expanded the scope of med-surg nursing, which includes a...
But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...
we had a helper who came in during the day and a nurse at night. Both of them were kind, experienced and very caring, and I could ...
(p. 835) among Medicaid residents of Massachusetts nursing homes between 1991 and 1994. This mixed method (i.e., quantitative as ...
well. This study also appears to be sound scientifically. Its primary means of data analysis is statistical; the methods b...
to changes which in turn can result in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Primary nursing is not a new con...
during which time they reviewed data regarding the patient and made adjustments to the clinical care program. The advanced practic...
that have affected my choice of working as a nurse. Of course many people have these factors in common within their personal valu...
Statistics expects that number to rise to more than one million in less than 20 years. The American Nurses Association and Monste...
The ever-changing nature of Americas health care system has introduced a chaos in a population that for more than a century has be...
a method which pursues both action and understanding at the same time, and points out that it is particularly relevant in situatio...
are getting calls from every part of the country every day. I am hearing from nurses that the working conditions are intolerable a...
eventually revert to many of the methods formerly used in patient care. She makes clear distinction between research in nursing t...
appropriate. Also, when changing bed linens it is imperative that the soiled bed linens get placed in a bag and not into the clea...