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defining the leadership characteristics that would be the focus of this educational effort (Pintar, Capuano and Rosser, 2007). As ...

are RNs who are "prepared, through advanced education and clinical training, to provide preventive and acute health-care services"...

numbers of young students came to believe that perhaps nursing would provide an outlet for caring natures as well as support a fam...

the politics found in hospitals and other environments (Reuters, 2008). Supply and demand is always a major driver of salaries in...

today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...

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. ...

The concept of health also has undergone change over the years. It formerly referred to absence of disease, but now it generally ...

and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...

In four pages this research paper examines nursing's metaparadigm in a consideration of concepts including nursing, health, enviro...

images represent some aspect of nursing? Examination of this question shows that two of these images are particularly helpful in d...

those under stress or who are unhappy with their lives. For this reason there has been a higher use in poorer social classes where...

and nurses need to be and has generated capacity and energy within that body of nursing to reach that vision" (Ralko 6). A princip...

records and kept him and his family informed about his progress to date and what he could expect along the path to recovery. Nurs...

Kanters position that the situational aspects of a working environment have the ability to influence worker attitudes and behavior...

In eight pages this paper examines the field of nursing in terms of nursing roles in health care management, education requirement...

use this possibility as an excuse to not provide other people, people who are obviously suffering tremendously and would inevitabl...

are getting calls from every part of the country every day. I am hearing from nurses that the working conditions are intolerable a...

In five pages a head nurse's administration involving separation of procedural requests, nurse complaints, visitation exceptions a...

This paper consists of five pages and considers three issues as they pertain to nursing homes including nursing rates of pay betwe...

In seven pages this paper considers the differences between nursing and being a nurse practitioner with a nurse practitioner's rol...

In five pages this paper discusses nursing in a consideration of using personal assessments like journaling to encourage creativit...

In five pages this paper examines the images of nursing and nurses within the context of the Carative model with individualized, d...

The ever-changing nature of Americas health care system has introduced a chaos in a population that for more than a century has be...

(Snyder and Lindquist, 2001). Under this philosophy the social factors and even the spiritual factors of an individuals existen...

that have affected my choice of working as a nurse. Of course many people have these factors in common within their personal valu...

during which time they reviewed data regarding the patient and made adjustments to the clinical care program. The advanced practic...

expected only to continue for several years to come. Then, growth will begin to decline in response to fewer numbers of people re...

p. 144). Each has value, but each exists with a paradox. The more abstract theories are more easily generalized, but more diffic...