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affects specific individuals, but the future of society as a whole. As HIV infection has affected African American youth in greate...
and can be applied in a variety of clinical settings, as well as in educational programs and research. Orems theory is bas...
for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...
effectiveness has been studied extensively, and that studies consistently conclude that NP-based care is comparable to that origin...
to take insulin only when his blood glucose level was above the value established by his physician. The nurse laid out all ...
viewpoints that articulate their own unvoiced feelings toward their profession. For example, in a discussion in an online nursin...
lawyers, uncaring nurses and pedophile clergy is to cut back on scientific research--a tenuous conclusion at best. Where the art...
must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...
body. Though "the VG site has long been established as an optimal site, not all nurses use it" (Scott and Marfell-Jones, 2004; p....
evaluating information (including assumptions and evidence) related to the issue, considering alternatives ... and drawing conclus...
(Fawcett, 1995). Application of either model rests in large part on the appropriateness and completeness of nurse documentation (...
it comes to orders, medications, tests, transfers and so on. Another problem for both physicians and nurses is identifying all p...
will--in all likelihood--result in a professional negligence suit, rather than criminal charges. Suits against nurses result from ...
NAON recognizes that learning and developing professional is a life-long processes and it helps orthopedic nurses achieve the goal...
Smith, et al. (2002) explain that their purpose "was to investigate the effects of therapeutic massage on selected outcomes relate...
legislation that authorizes a Nurse Licensure Compact (National Council of the State Boards of Nursing, Nurse Licensure Compact, 2...
Additionally, the model also "incorporates a life span continuum, where the individual passes from fully dependent at birth, to fu...
in death is a wise safeguard. In the early part of the twentieth century, rationalizations abounded in medical literature that def...
partners in the healthcare process. Through training and education, nurses learn to make decisions on multiple issues of patient c...
the nursing theorists that have come after her (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003). The interactive model focuses on the significant of ...
much broader in its application. It is this broadness that allows nurses to reach across religious lines and distinctions. In a su...
a mentor and/or a preceptor. Mentoring is the "process through which a relationship is established between an experienced indivi...
naturally create a prime source of psychic conflict for nurses, which would facilitate the development of burnout. Jenkins, Ellio...
nurse working on a medical unit at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. According to Kodet, the only thing ...
perceived self-efficacy (Capik, 1998). JJ explained how Penders theory guides her priorities in establishing educational goals, ...
p. 311). Specifically, this study focused on discerning how indicators of the "psychosocial work climate" affected the frequency w...
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...
are necessary for patient survival" (Kelley, 2005, p. 2). When the blood volume in the body is too low, it activates "compensatory...
of the patient experience" (Engebretson 20). The background provided by a large, close-knit family means that, from childhood, I h...