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in which care is provided for aging and dying adults in general. In addition, the researchers recognize that preparation for dyin...

authors state that research "and theory are key underpinnings that guide safe, effective, and comprehensive" (p. 35) practice. As...

by the caring physical presence of this nurse in her last remaining hours. However, the way in which this case turned out saw the ...

A 7 page client profile that discusses nursing care for an elderly client with degenerative brain disease and offers a research su...

which is where the AIDS population appears to lose its right to privacy. Schmidt (2005) notes that more currently, the Kennedy-Ka...

of the study by stating it explicitly: "The purpose of this study was to explore how undergraduate nursing students learn to care ...

also a former student of Vivians is now in the rather awkward position of also being one of her doctors, as he is an intern and re...

of describing this sample. The authors relate that the study sample was recruited by contacting two major health care employers in...

A 6 page paper about establishing a learning center in a hospital. The dimensions and location of the center is reported, includin...

expectancy is increasing and more people are surviving serious illness and living longer with chronic illness. At the same time, t...

economic positions (McGinn and Murr, 2006). All of this development in the past several years has led to a restatement of Shannon...

of use) of sunscreen at the beach are important considerations. Other factors that should be assessed relative to subjective data...

explained the process further and made it clear that he would perform the catheterization, the man approved. As this indicates, fr...

and specific therapy" (Newswanger and Warren, 2004, p. 2405). As patients advance through the acute phase of the illness, supporti...

now regarded as a crucial and defining component of nursing, as caring defines "nursings unique area of practice and provides dire...

of family such as the one cited above. In many instances hospitals adhere to the traditional definition, which means that the poli...

As described by Araich (2001), four nursing strategies effectively summarize how a critical care nurse can use the RAM to aid a ca...

arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

caring; 2. every human culture has lay (generic, folk or indigenous) care knowledge and practices and usually some professional ca...

being more capable of acting proactively and preventively. The philosophy of nursing is something much grander and more complex t...

Partially as a result of improved heath care practices which result in longer life and partially as the result of the movement aw...

for all of the changes and as the result of the changes and the rise of the populist movement there was the use of paternalist des...

regards to lung function. If patients cannot breath on their own, RTs are trained on how to intubate patients and connect them to ...

the needs of the dying and her work indicates that there are times when the most meaningful communication that a nurse can offer i...

runs $127 on average (Cummings, 2002). The goal of the ALF is to help senior citizens maintain as much independence as possible wi...

trying times of their lives. Nurses have the capacity to improve lives. Nothing could be more meaningful or provide a greater sens...

and in 2001 unofficially took over daily operations of Johnson & Johnson as he was being trained to succeed Ralph Larsen upon his ...

operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). This is broken down into three basic categories: 1) wholly compen...

caring as the very definition of what constitutes personal values from a nursing perspective (2003). Koerner (1996), likewise, e...

Critically-Care nurses, 1989 in Nursing Management, 1999, p. 38). This abbreviated version of AACN nursing standards was located...