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expected to develop some form of cancer "or another rapidly debilitating condition and well be dead within a year of getting the d...
parents of children with cancer regarding the needs of siblings and on the support that was offered by hospital staff. The results...
often a factor in nurse/doctor communication. Nurses can bring power to nurse/doctor interchange by harnessing the power of lang...
& Kantor-Kaufmann, 2002). The meso level of the ecological model looks at the role of institutions and organizations in shaping ...
Beginning in the early 1990s, managed care targeted nursing as an expenditure where hospitals could cut costs. Managed care consul...
if the individual discovers that he or she has thoughts and feelings that are "very basic and very strong" with regard to others o...
1999). Lee and his family owned a small business and had no health or medical insurance. The family was urged to begin the process...
Developing New Nurse Leaders also considers the issue of shifts in leadership and governance, with a focus on the role of nurses a...
These authors conducted a large study of 3,830 individuals consisting of 17.8 percent nurses, 21.8 percent physicians, 29.6 percen...
Leaders create the future rather than simply become its victims (Kerfoot, 1998). They are generally thinking several months ahead,...
when he cannot feel a pulse. A new nurse, a first year graduate, Sally enters the room, sees Long and runs out. She encounters Nur...
prepared for this role" (McKenna, 1997, p. 87). Perhaps most significant of all was Florence Nightingales belief that env...
I - Demonstrating Integrity at all times D - Showing concern for the Dignity of others E - Displaying Excellence and Empathy in ...
and religious background and beliefs, as well as how the health/illness continuum works within the framework of their life. "Env...
(Summers, 2004). This switch back to pursing a doctors role sent a horrendous message concerning nursing to the viewing public. ...
the religious fervor generated by the teachings of "love and mercy" by Jesus Christ resulted in a dramatic increase in charitable ...
an adolescent client (Wallis, 2004, p. 59). Data on the development of abstract reasoning skills, as well as of the "recognition o...
appears a simple enough way in which to establish the particular approach toward pain management for a given patient. However, re...
lives, especially the course of their daily professional lives. We tend to get stuck in ruts where we rely on the same patterns an...
disagree with his wife could disrupt their marital relationship at a time when he needs this support, which is undoubtedly one of ...
educators in the past, are lured away from academia by better-paying positions in clinical and private practice (Mee, 2003). Furth...
19th and early 20th centuries. Hughes and Romeo (1999) question the usefulness of education that does not address the growing div...
US shortage has caused many healthcare institutions to look for nurses outside their countrys borders and many nurses are leaving ...
individual, this woman does reflect on the past and has some regrets, but some optimistic comments are made as well. In evaluat...
for registered nurses by 2010 (Feeg 8). While statistics such as these have received a great deal of press, what is less well kno...
issues pertaining to focus group interview with regard to access, ethical issues, power and relevance (Benner, 1991; Morse, 1994; ...
after the exposure to the initiating traumatic event (Stein, 2002). If PTSD-like symptoms become evidence and are intense prior to...
whole, and has also provided a basis for understanding the variety of nursing roles in this environment. At the same time, I have...
infant mortality rate in the United States, which is one of the highest of the developed nations. Women who smoke at the...
of a break in the skin (a cut, a crack in dry skin) becomes infected by bacteria or fungi (Monroe, 2003). Cellulitis can also occ...