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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...

the profession of nursing has developed some basic ideas that serve as the foundation that guides all subsequent professional prac...

Advances in technology have changed everything from how patients are diagnosed to acute care to managing chronic illnesses. Techno...

include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...

quality and safety for the care they can expect to receive from nurses and midwives and other health professionals are the same" (...

individual family member are considered within this context (Friedman, Bowden and Jones 37). In analyzing the various theories th...

supply and the importance of fruit and vegetables in the patients diet. She authored over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on nurs...

interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...

is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...

Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...

Sometimes the ability to perform foot self-exams for follow-up education or acute illness (Nettles, 2005, p. 44). Additionally, ...

made available to commercial users, the practiced would "help to reinvigorate the American economy" (Schofield and Rothstein, 2004...

task forces, committees, and organizational projects," while also serving as "resources to other nurses to facilitate advancing sk...

This involves intensive, one-on-one teaching, which enables autistic children to learn the intricacies of behaviors or skills via ...

many of the findings of nursing research have little or no relevance to their daily practice. Im and Meleis (1999) cite several re...

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

information. These guidelines are also based on this researchers finding that self-care promotes the pediatric patients spiritual ...

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

makes the point that EBP involves more than simply utilize research evidence; and Penz and Bassendowski emphasize this point by s...

to work efficiently and effectively across cultural boundaries. This concept also encompasses not only the assumption that nurses,...

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

concepts dominated the field of stress research beginning in the 1950s; however, by the 1970s, there was opposition to Selyes stre...

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

reproductive health, were assigned the task of creating a family genetic history, using the format of genogram. As this indicates,...

order to infer what theoretical framework is being utilized, and why such a framework is appropriate for the context. This parag...

evolved through various versions of the ANA Code. In addition to describing the duties and obligations that provision 1 entails, T...

the personal growth and learning of second year student nurses working within two surgical units. The clinical logs produced by th...

is commonly utilized in other discourse in relation to the management of energy resources not related to human physical function. ...