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or even to survive in the very competitive industry of logging. Margaret Elley Felts biographical account of her experiences as t...

the cathode. * Conditions create a "deplating" reaction, dissolving metal ions from the point of contact between the anode and cat...

(Allmark, 2003, p. 4). Poststructuralism: This perspective takes a deconstructive view of structuralism and "sees inquiry as ine...

serve to mentor teens and provide socially positive guidance and support. Diagnostic and screening exams will also be available, b...

report, admissions, and emergency situations" (Griffin, 2003, p. 135). The rationale for this policy is that it protects the confi...

college degree is now a requirement for all registered nurses. A nursing major is comprised of a diverse and challenging liberal ...

12-21, live relatively sedentary lives, as they are not active enough to successfully maintain good health (Covelli, 2007). The in...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

are possess "awareness and intention," and can construct a sense of self-identity and meaning," which includes the ability to choo...

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

patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...

of diabetes care, including blood/glucose monitoring, food intake monitoring, exercise monitoring, and insulin administration. Be...

should be political informed by drawing on a variety of sources for information; vote for the candidates and/or ballot issues that...

to proper interaction with culturally diverse patients: "These standards provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence,...

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...

and technology, however, she refers to these elements as the "Trim," which is a term she originated that differentiates between ca...

these reforms. The data revealed a "sense of tension and conflict between nurses traditional values, roles and responsibilities ...

Case management is an important consideration in the nursing profession. Many examples are provided in the context of this researc...