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of the patient experience" (Engebretson 20). The background provided by a large, close-knit family means that, from childhood, I h...

as well as those studies that have suggested broadening students exposure to families and children with special needs. This discus...

much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...

in nursing educators aged 36 to 45 (Lewallen, et al, 2003). To complicate matters further, recent statistics show that nurses wh...

all aspects of nursing. While the prime relationship in nursing is the one between the nurse and patient, relationships between nu...

secretary, should leave the ward when there were fewer than three children on the unit and work a second adult unit as well. He wa...

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

illustrates how she ignored the potential for causing harm when she increased the patients drugs; only after the medication had be...

(BNE:NPA, 2006). To investigate for heart disease was clearly indicated by physicians orders and, furthermore, Eddie failed to not...

potential for long term physiological complications as well as long-term emotional impacts. Not only does the type of care needed...

the study intervention. Also, as yet, Cook is not clear about the purposes, aims or goals of the study. Literature Review While ...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

in scientific reasoning that she changed the face of nursing. She made use of statistical analysis in order to demonstrate the way...

result that nursing pays well enough to support a family now, which is in great contrast to conditions in the distant past. The p...

their web site with which this nursing organization is involved. For instance, the AACN promotes a specific cardiovascular health ...

that is, a full-fledged study, the independent variable refers to the part of the methodology that is manipulated and the dependen...

required qualified, competent staff. This resulted in the establishment of training schools for nurses (Formal training, 2005). Un...

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...

the central problem is often the inappropriate use of unlicensed personnel in the workplace setting. Though nurse mangers are ins...

considered one of a number of high stress jobs, and stress is problematic, causing inefficiencies, high staffing turnover rates an...

which a person demonstrates fundamental functioning in their life environment (Jones and Kilpatrick, 1996). In other words, the c...

advocates, providing medical treatments prescribed by physicians, and keeping accurate records of changes in patient status (Nurse...

of a unified health care organization that included both Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Womens Hospital (BWH...

recognition of cultural and social influences on health care outcomes. As a result, advanced practice nurses have also become int...