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begins using drugs, stealing, experimenting with sex, and seeking out more radical means of self mutilation. Each of these change...

graduate nursing hires (Truman, 2004, p. 45). The novice nurses participate in six hours of classroom instruction, plus thirty hou...

This research team selected homeless adolescents as the focus for their study. While, in general, the concept that informed parent...

Developing Clinical Guidelines by Allen et al (1997) set out to determine the disparities that exist within the resolution process...

Budget Office forecasts that gross domestic product will grow by 3.6 percent after inflation (in "real" terms) this year and by 3....

2006). The activities of UAPs, unlike those of nurses and other licensed caregivers, is defined through job description and not re...

this scenario, the question to be explored now is how each of above named nursing models addresses these patient needs. The Syste...

that the concept of family that is most helpful to nursing practice is one that considers not only members of the immediate nuclea...

questions and concerns are unavailable or under-researched. I anticipate that in the future I will be implementing best practice...

reach an adaptive state. This will improve the patients health (Nicholson, 2009). The physiological mode refers to all physical ...

the various roles and responsibilities that the specialty involves, they share the common quality that the nursing process is inhe...

This research paper discusses the ongoing debate about what should be the entry level degree necessary for entry into nursing. The...

MEDMARX is thought to be the most comprehensive reporting of medication error information in the nation (Morantz & Torrey, 2003). ...

part of their academic preparation knowledge that pertains to how "to initiate, plan and manage change" (Elser, McClanahan and Gre...

lethal drug is given with the intent to bring about death, thus ending suffering" (28). Of course, there is a difference between ...

Hanson (2004) recommends a toothbrush, but specifies that it should be soft and that non-abrasive toothpaste should be selected. P...

nurse anesthetist. For one week, I watched the interactions between the nurse anesthetist and other professionals, as well as the...

images represent some aspect of nursing? Examination of this question shows that two of these images are particularly helpful in d...

and nurses need to be and has generated capacity and energy within that body of nursing to reach that vision" (Ralko 6). A princip...

The concept of health also has undergone change over the years. It formerly referred to absence of disease, but now it generally ...

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

In four pages this research paper examines nursing's metaparadigm in a consideration of concepts including nursing, health, enviro...

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

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

Under her wing, Nightingale took care of the soldiers while at the same time training other women to "nurse" them back to health. ...

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

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

This hypothetical interview provides students with an example of how an interview with a nursing manager might be described. The m...

This essay offers an analysis of the nursing profession. Specifically, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats are ident...

This essay presents an example paper that can be used as a guide to describing a personal nursing philosophy. The student's reason...