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Theoretical Nursing Perspectives on Pain Management

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

Policy Statements and Nursing Standards

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

BSN Degree Problems

of the greatest areas of concern. Finding sufficient time for school, as well as all other activities required of the student, was...

Patient Depression and Nursing

influential resource and is a resource in which the patient will rely. Ethics Issues In this paper the treatment of a pati...

LPNs and RNs

advocates, providing medical treatments prescribed by physicians, and keeping accurate records of changes in patient status (Nurse...

Hospital Nurses, Employment Stress, Performance, and Social Support Among Other Nurses

considered one of a number of high stress jobs, and stress is problematic, causing inefficiencies, high staffing turnover rates an...

Review of "Outcomes of Therapeutic Massage for Hospitalized Cancer Patients"

Smith, et al. (2002) explain that their purpose "was to investigate the effects of therapeutic massage on selected outcomes relate...

Legal Issues & Nursing

will--in all likelihood--result in a professional negligence suit, rather than criminal charges. Suits against nurses result from ...

The Roper, Logan and Tierney Model of Nursing

Additionally, the model also "incorporates a life span continuum, where the individual passes from fully dependent at birth, to fu...

Nursing Ethics Issues

in death is a wise safeguard. In the early part of the twentieth century, rationalizations abounded in medical literature that def...

Causes, Solutions and Student Impact of the Shortage in Nursing

students. Why is there a nursing shortage? Basically, there is a nursing shortage because governments have not done what was requ...

Balance of Philosophy and Nursing Values

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

From an AS Degree to a BS in Nursing Past, Present, and Future

result that nursing pays well enough to support a family now, which is in great contrast to conditions in the distant past. The p...

Ethical Conflict Regarding Nurse's Code and a Patient's 'Right to Die'

In eight pages this essay discusses efforts to reconcile euthanasia and the Nurse's Code in a consideration of the ethics nonmalef...

Nursing and Issues Related to Case Management

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

A Consideraiton of the ANA Code for Nursing

In eight pages the concerns that have recently developed regarding the 1976 ANA Code for Nursing are considered including nursing ...

Collective Bargaining, Representation, and Concerns of Nursing Professionals

and Begun, 1996). The American Nurses Association has embraced an ambitious platform consisting of issuing formal policy statem...

Transcultural Approaches and Holistic Nursing

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

Nursing and Issues of Confidentiality

In seven pages the confidentiality issues nurses must contend with are discussed within the weighty context of the trust between p...

Nursing Delegation

fact that an individual "can be called to account for ones actions in regard to a duty" (Cornock, 2008, p. 64). While responsibi...

Nursing Leadership Environment Assessment Survey

survey. Encouraging nurses to cultivate an inquiring attitude The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN) indicates ...

Exercises to Support Continued Professional Development

in the International Journal of Nursing Studies, looking at the effectiveness of nurses delivering health promotion activities to ...

The Problem of Alcohol Abuse - Impact in Abusers and Families

Alcohol poses a direct risk as a result of the physical impact it has on the body. The use of alcohol is often seen as a social ...

Needs Assessment and Simulation

evaluated stated that they are predominantly "hands-on learners." Eight of the 10 nurses evaluated stated they were hands-on lear...

Nursing Programs, Academic Success

This research paper describes the strategies and factors found in recent nursing research that are associated with achieving acad...

Code of Ethics for Nurses/The ANA Guide

evolved through various versions of the ANA Code. In addition to describing the duties and obligations that provision 1 entails, T...

Nursing Studies: Identifying the Underlying Theoretical Frameworks

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

Genogram Analysis

reproductive health, were assigned the task of creating a family genetic history, using the format of genogram. As this indicates,...

Personal Nursing Philosophy

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

Comparison of Novice vs. Expert Clinician Skills

This research paper focuses on the development of novice nurses' skills and the ways in which they differ from those of an expert....