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accomplish beneficial behavioral change. As Kurt Lewins pioneering work with change theory points out, any change initiative ent...

While these definitions are extremely similar, a differences in emphasis can reflect a differing philosophical stance. The manner ...

In fourteen pages this research paper considers how a nursing intervention can be designed to assist adults with PTSD resulting fr...

more on intuition and to "a hidden knowledge that is not so open to cognitive description" (Bradshaw, 1995, p. 83). In other words...

change and its rationale (which was based on the results of empirical research), implemented the change and then "supported the c...

2000). When we look at the way the decision making process is followed in any firm or individual then it is likely that at some po...

caring; 2. every human culture has lay (generic, folk or indigenous) care knowledge and practices and usually some professional ca...

view as well, developing theories of nursing that focus on nursing and its components as systems of varying degrees. Some, such a...

the new paradigm becomes the new standard. Lewin once commented, "If you want to truly understand something, try to change it" (Go...

makes life easy for Jim, and is good for the people who are chosen for the special tasks, the rest of the staff is resentful. Furt...

is defined as the needs of that individual to meet "Universal self-care requisites associated with life processes and maintenance ...

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

transformative perspective because Newman argues that rather than being diametrically opposed, disease and health are merely facto...

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

(Berube, 2000). This type of teaching follows what could be called the linear thinking model (Berube, 2000). But....science is not...

as: programmed instruction, mastery learning instructional objectives, applied behavior analysis and contracts (Ormrod, 1999). Tea...

(Walsh, 2003; p. 22). The intended role is that of partner with an MD in providing direct patient care in terms of serving in rol...

point that relatively few paid attention to it at all. In many respects, the same has occurred in the discussion of anythin...

issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...

can result in aggressive responses" (FAT, 2004). A triggering event can frequently be something insignificant, such as a joke, ges...

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

One of the earliest moral development theory came from Kohlberg who offered a stage theory in three levels. This theory has been t...

Bolman and Deal (2003) the "structural frame" within management practices deals with all of the goals, specialized roles, formal r...

This research paper presents 5 articles that pertain to Patricia Benner's "From Novice to Expert" nursing theory. The writer summa...

This research paper discusses Jean Watson's theoretical perspective as expressed in her nursing theory. The writer offers a thorou...

client who is the focus of this case study is an 86-year-old woman who has been living at home with her husband. Her medical histo...

formulated by Lars Tornstam, a Swedish professor of sociology, has provided a new conceptualization of aging, as this theory perce...

between a patient and a doctor in a community practice setting" (Manias, 2010, p. 934). However, this scenario is no longer the mo...

From this perspective, individuals can be viewed as open systems, in which energy is transformed within the body, gaining or losin...

The non-technical interpretation of the results of a study is presented and assessed in the Discussion section. The Introduction ...