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are possess "awareness and intention," and can construct a sense of self-identity and meaning," which includes the ability to choo...
background of hospital RNs is a significant factor in providing quality nursing care, as this study showed that the level of educa...
patient care (Hassmiller and Cozine, 2006). Some strategies proposed by RWJF for helping to decrease the tremendous workload on nu...
many of the findings of nursing research have little or no relevance to their daily practice. Im and Meleis (1999) cite several re...
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...
This involves intensive, one-on-one teaching, which enables autistic children to learn the intricacies of behaviors or skills via ...
Aesthetic, the need for beauty, order and symmetry (Huitt, 2004). 7. Self-actualization is a plateau not all people reach. At this...
makes the point that EBP involves more than simply utilize research evidence; and Penz and Bassendowski emphasize this point by s...
verifies old knowledge (Wilkerson, 1998). As this suggests, the continuation of scholarly advances in the development of nursing t...
to proper interaction with culturally diverse patients: "These standards provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence,...
should be political informed by drawing on a variety of sources for information; vote for the candidates and/or ballot issues that...
these reforms. The data revealed a "sense of tension and conflict between nurses traditional values, roles and responsibilities ...
and technology, however, she refers to these elements as the "Trim," which is a term she originated that differentiates between ca...
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...
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...
a mentor and/or a preceptor. Mentoring is the "process through which a relationship is established between an experienced indivi...
naturally create a prime source of psychic conflict for nurses, which would facilitate the development of burnout. Jenkins, Ellio...
partners in the healthcare process. Through training and education, nurses learn to make decisions on multiple issues of patient c...
all aspects of nursing. While the prime relationship in nursing is the one between the nurse and patient, relationships between nu...
as well as those studies that have suggested broadening students exposure to families and children with special needs. This discus...
are necessary for patient survival" (Kelley, 2005, p. 2). When the blood volume in the body is too low, it activates "compensatory...
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...
nurse working on a medical unit at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. According to Kodet, the only thing ...