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

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

individual family member are considered within this context (Friedman, Bowden and Jones 37). In analyzing the various theories th...

nurses are part of this generation and a large majority of nurses are retiring. It has been estimated that 50 percent of the count...

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...

background of hospital RNs is a significant factor in providing quality nursing care, as this study showed that the level of educa...

Dixs problems with mental health may have inspired her passion for aiding those who were diagnosed as being mentally unstable or i...

percent of al cardiac surgery patients (Brantman and Howie, 2006). While this postoperative condition is typically well-tolerated ...

backstabbing, failure to respect privacy and broken confidences" (Stanley, et al, 2007, p. 1248). Ferrell notes the importance of ...

Advances in technology have changed everything from how patients are diagnosed to acute care to managing chronic illnesses. Techno...

the profession of nursing has developed some basic ideas that serve as the foundation that guides all subsequent professional prac...

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

neighbor who incurred a head injury and did not want to go to a hospital because she lacked the funds to pay for treatment. Wardan...

profession is very rewarding, if at times very difficult and even heartbreaking. This paper describes the Good Samaritan College o...

the factors that make nursing unique The Department of Nursing at California State University at Fresno defines nursing as a "uni...

is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...

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

verifies old knowledge (Wilkerson, 1998). As this suggests, the continuation of scholarly advances in the development of nursing t...

makes the point that EBP involves more than simply utilize research evidence; and Penz and Bassendowski emphasize this point by s...

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

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

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...

illustrates how she ignored the potential for causing harm when she increased the patients drugs; only after the medication had be...

York found that, in the past, ambulance diversions were a seasonal event. However, more recent research finds that diversional sta...

the study intervention. Also, as yet, Cook is not clear about the purposes, aims or goals of the study. Literature Review While ...

concepts dominated the field of stress research beginning in the 1950s; however, by the 1970s, there was opposition to Selyes stre...

potential for long term physiological complications as well as long-term emotional impacts. Not only does the type of care needed...