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today will reach retirement age within 15 years (Mee and Robinson, 2003). At the same time, fewer people are entering nursing, as ...

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

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

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...

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

(p. 835) among Medicaid residents of Massachusetts nursing homes between 1991 and 1994. This mixed method (i.e., quantitative as ...

well. This study also appears to be sound scientifically. Its primary means of data analysis is statistical; the methods b...

in which nurses had to request perceptions for certain types of dressing was a waste of time and resources, which in turn impacted...

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...

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

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

nurses which makes job searching easier. Registered nurses are in great demand and it is thought that there will be a significa...

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

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...

(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...

during which time they reviewed data regarding the patient and made adjustments to the clinical care program. The advanced practic...

determine their relationships with others, as well as pull people of similar interests and often similar personalities together an...

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

expected only to continue for several years to come. Then, growth will begin to decline in response to fewer numbers of people re...

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

use this possibility as an excuse to not provide other people, people who are obviously suffering tremendously and would inevitabl...

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

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

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

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