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care system. Middaugh (2003) asserts that nursing management should provide emergency planning that spells out "what people should...

The link between nurse caring and patient satisfaction has been reported numerous times. For instance, the AORN journal reported a...

for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...

viewpoints that articulate their own unvoiced feelings toward their profession. For example, in a discussion in an online nursin...

body. Though "the VG site has long been established as an optimal site, not all nurses use it" (Scott and Marfell-Jones, 2004; p....

must have at least some knowledge of the topic of discussion beforehand, or the discussion can disintegrate into an exercise in "p...

several years. Psychologically, it has been found that individuals more actively involved with their own health care often fare m...

and can be applied in a variety of clinical settings, as well as in educational programs and research. Orems theory is bas...

in the 19th and early 20th century, the fact is even more remarkable. "Well and Strong and Young" Updike writes that in 1854 Bar...

from pain that began after radiation therapy that caused nerve damage (Fischman, 2000). After receiving therapy at a pain clinic, ...

when Coco Chanel made the look desirable. Since that time, legions of youth and adults have sought to possess the "perfect" tan, ...

expressing his or her misery. Such caregivers may have experienced patients who are as likely to cry out, thrash around, or simply...

the realization of the "dehumanizing" of patients that led to them being referred to as "Bed x," "Case x" or some other nameless, ...

2002 and allowed for a National Nurse Service Corps program to provide funding for tuition, expenses and a stipend to those nursin...

gives the appearance of increased attention to theory and evidenced-based nursing in an atmosphere of caring for the individual. ...

the inclination is to treat the dying patient with as little emotion as possible, so as not to suffer emotionally as well, many nu...

have different concerns and worries which will need to be addressed prior to the tackling of the practical issues. The plan will...

fairly positive towards the 12-hour shift, but the nursing educators were extremely negative. The teaching staff opposed the use o...

particular, resilience is also crucial because each instance is completely unique and may require a different response. In other ...

nursing is based significantly more within the psychological components of the patient/caregiver relationship than most people rea...

as a therapeutic relationship between patient and nurse (Frisch and Kelley, 2002). Other theorists since that time have examined t...

care. The team leader is responsible for overseeing and coordinating all of the elements of care and also delegates care of specif...

transcendence is moving beyond the meaning moment with what is not-yet. Moving beyond is propelling with envisioned (Parse, 1998, ...

of the nurses and the nurse population ratio is considered higher than most in the region (MoH, 2002). Recent advances in nursing ...

course of action is often jumbled. Is the patient cognizant enough to make the correct choices? Many issues come into play when a...

as how the profession has been viewed for at least a century. It was an honorable and respected position for a woman and one that ...

Replicatability is one hallmark of valid quantitative research. In past years, qualitative research in nursing has been ass...

(Walsh, 2003; p. 22). The intended role is that of partner with an MD in providing direct patient care in terms of serving in rol...

nursing. Forchuk and Dorsay (1995) and Barker, Reynolds and Stevenson (1997) identify Hildegard Peplau as the first to apply nurs...

issues of spirituality. In essence, the parish nurse has the ability to treat the whole patient, rather than only addressing symp...