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Nursing and the training of nurses through reflective practice techniques are examined in 11 pages with the importance of applying...

p. 144). Each has value, but each exists with a paradox. The more abstract theories are more easily generalized, but more diffic...

are getting calls from every part of the country every day. I am hearing from nurses that the working conditions are intolerable a...

base on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, officially bringing the United States into World War II. At the time of the surprise attack, howev...

and long-term care facilities (CNRA). The CNRA also outlined the distinct functions of a nurse in the care of individuals, recog...

eventually revert to many of the methods formerly used in patient care. She makes clear distinction between research in nursing t...

appropriate. Also, when changing bed linens it is imperative that the soiled bed linens get placed in a bag and not into the clea...

to changes which in turn can result in higher costs and reduced perceived quality of care. Primary nursing is not a new con...

homes. Rather, it is a high-quality facility dedicated to providing the best of care to its residents. Staff members are employe...

(Snyder and Lindquist, 2001). Under this philosophy the social factors and even the spiritual factors of an individuals existen...

that have affected my choice of working as a nurse. Of course many people have these factors in common within their personal valu...

a method which pursues both action and understanding at the same time, and points out that it is particularly relevant in situatio...

Statistics expects that number to rise to more than one million in less than 20 years. The American Nurses Association and Monste...

The ever-changing nature of Americas health care system has introduced a chaos in a population that for more than a century has be...

2001). Toms condition remained so precarious that personal care for him had to be done very tentatively. For example, brushing his...

students values : This calls for personal reflection. A question that the student can ask herself/himself is how he or she might h...

staff or group model HMOs would provide all health care by the mid-1990s, but, in actuality, such HMOs have been declining in numb...

Empirical research ahs consistently reported that when communication between the two professions is good, which includes doctors ...

and Robinson, 2003). Another element complicating the problem is the fact that in the early 1990s, many hospitals restructured a...

the associates course of study to address the very things that can make the greatest difference in patient outcomes and satisfacti...

to identify and to relate in terms of actual patient care. Ida Jean Orlando created a conceptual view of the nursing process whic...

and nursing literature abounds with how such theories influence and guide nursing practice in all of its varied aspects. For exa...

and Ingalls (2003) describe the four metaparadigms allegorically as the "roots" of a living tree, emphasizing that the metaparadig...

are under our care. By promoting healthy and better communication between us and the patient, we do not need to involve the famil...

theoretical framework for promoting professional development through the use of quality circles. This management theory involves a...

This nurse that leaving the acute care facility had to do with "When youre constantly short-staffed and feel your managers arent s...

Kanters position that the situational aspects of a working environment have the ability to influence worker attitudes and behavior...

we had a helper who came in during the day and a nurse at night. Both of them were kind, experienced and very caring, and I could ...

study also examined the availability of information resources available to the RN respondents (both at work and at home). Their fi...

(Domrose, 2001). However, current trends have developed that have greatly expanded the scope of med-surg nursing, which includes a...