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who is the legal guardian, as this pertains to the legality of admitting a minor for psychiatric care. If the patient is accompani...

as a central tenet to professional practice (Hanks, 2010). Both the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics and the Code ...

30 months, as this is when between 13 and 28 percent of senior nurses are due to retire (Sibbald, 2003). Currently, close to a thi...

necessary health-related behaviors" required for meeting "ones therapeutic self-care demand (needs)" (Hurst, et al 2005, p. 11). U...

care deficit theory and The transtheroretical model of exercise behaviour as well as allowing for the characteristics of those wit...

their roles. As a result, there is a need to temper the actions of the nurse in the carative environment with a recognition of th...

the question of what effect an aging nursing work force has on American healthcare in general. First and foremost, the aging of ...

theorist Jean Watson, who developed her Theory of Human Caring in the late 1970s. As a result of Watsons efforts to bring greater...

socially isolating, as outside opinion is discounted. The team adopts a "defensive posture," which is evidenced by "derogatory, de...

nurse seeks to preserve any culture-specific aspect of the patients life everywhere possible. When some culturally-linked aspect ...

This research paper discusses Jean Watson's theoretical perspective as expressed in her nursing theory. The writer offers a thorou...

This paper begins by discussing the theoretical focus of Florence Nightingale and then relates this information to the nursing th...

This research paper presents a concept analysis of comfort, which clarifies what is meant by this concept and the nursing interven...

p. 29), as stated in its title. Mean age was 81; 218 participants completed the study. The researchers evaluated the differences...

of her theory is the "improvement of nurses relationships with patients," which is a goal that she proposed can be accomplished by...

Peplau addressed the inherent relationship between nursing and counseling, contending that nurses uphold the important responsibil...

individuals belief, values, and membership in family and social groups. Brodie (2001) asserts that it is the hallmark of professio...

on nurses increase (Cullen, 2003). Nevertheless, nurse educators and scholars stress that it is through recognition of caring as a...

regard to the constant oppression of overtaxation; in their attempts to "escape from the burdens" (Hanson PG) of unfair economic o...

Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...

Utilizing a soil geomorphic perspective in various types of archaeological research cements the foundation for this paper consisti...

In five pages this paper discusses collaboration, teams, theorists including Deming, Drucker, Ouchi, Peters and Waterman, and McGr...

some determining the study was inconclusive, others saying certain interventions should be made universal and still others stating...

Hospital. The purpose here is to describe and evaluate the restructuring of St. Vincents ICU to gain one-on-one nursing and so im...

cope with ethical situations primarily from experience and only minimally from formal education, which leaves novice nurses with "...

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...

This 15 page paper discusses seven patients who suffer from various forms of mental illness, and argues that there may be an under...

In five pages this paper examines the model for holistic nursing in a consideration of its need for nursing approaches that are tr...

Case management is an important consideration in the nursing profession. Many examples are provided in the context of this researc...

affects specific individuals, but the future of society as a whole. As HIV infection has affected African American youth in greate...