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a mentor and/or a preceptor. Mentoring is the "process through which a relationship is established between an experienced indivi...

The paper begins by briefly identifying and explaining three of the standard change theory/models. The stages of each are named. T...

cost in the short term" versus "production and cost in the long term." The short-term, also know as the short-run, is the period o...

In five pages this paper considers 3 of Kant's formulations regarding a lone categorical imperative as presented in his philosophi...

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

generations. Though Nightingale promoted a professional demeanor, nursing was not something that most well-bred women would even ...

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...

imply, a standardized nursing language provides a "uniform nomenclature for the diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation components...

expectancy is increasing and more people are surviving serious illness and living longer with chronic illness. At the same time, t...

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

all aspects of nursing. While the prime relationship in nursing is the one between the nurse and patient, relationships between nu...

perceived self-efficacy (Capik, 1998). JJ explained how Penders theory guides her priorities in establishing educational goals, ...

Family crisis). However, society itself is made up of smaller units, of which the family is one, and therefore structural function...

move in concentric circles of caring--from individuals, to others, to community, to (the) world" (Vance, 2003). Caring science inv...

not money" (Collings, 1997; p. 52). The sentiment was true long before the 1980 survey, and its persistence over time likely woul...

and continues to do so, over the past two decades, as it was first published in 1979 (Falk-Rafael, 2000). In formulating her theor...

36). Both a therapeutic and social relationship are featured in the film Good Will Hunting (1997). The protagonist in the film, ...

patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...

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

many of the findings of nursing research have little or no relevance to their daily practice. Im and Meleis (1999) cite several re...

at the moment of unconcealedness. She wanted a poet to describe nurses work: not what was visible, such as the emptying of a bedp...

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

order to infer what theoretical framework is being utilized, and why such a framework is appropriate for the context. This parag...

perspective, is viewed as "the optimal level of ones potential relating to the environment" (Tourville and Ingalls 22). For examp...

of professional nursing, nursing theory provides perspectives and guidance that aids nurses in achieving their primary goal of pro...

In six pages this paper contrasts and compares these two approaches to nursing theory that are based upon the concepts of nursing,...

family as it enables the family system to be regarded in a myriad of ways (1998). Here, the family may be evaluated holistically, ...

In eight pages this report discusses the nurse's role in a consideration of leadership styles and theories. Ten sources are cited...

In seven pages this research paper examines how nursing was defined in the 19th century by Florence Nightingale and in the 20th ce...

old signs of questionable care still apply, however. Unexplained injury or falls, the occurrence of pressure sores, and evidence ...