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the "inability to determine the meaning of illness-related events" (McCormick, 2002, p. 127). Furthermore, Chinn and Kramer (1999)...

or render physical care - she ministers to the whole person. The existence of suffering, whether physical, mental or spiritual is ...

ability has improved considerably, inasmuch as the decisions I now make are more analytical and based upon a broader and more dive...

But, it also refers to the fact that nurses "shape and transform the environment" as well as offer care within the context of an e...

Stimulus for developing of the students personal philosophy The process of nursing education exposes students to diverse clinical...

attitude for science and the availability of educational opportunities, and the need for nurses in the job market, a the heart of ...

individual is an "open system," which includes "distinct, but integrated physiological, psychological and socio-cultural systems" ...

This essay presents an example paper that can be used as a guide to describing a personal nursing philosophy. The student's reason...

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

Nightingale as power-crazed and iron-willed. Salvage (2001) tends to believe that these criticisms of Nightingale reflect lingerin...

the factors that make nursing unique The Department of Nursing at California State University at Fresno defines nursing as a "uni...

In three pages this paper discusses special needs children and includes the personal philosophy of the writer regarding educationa...

for my patients. Personal philosophy of nursing: Tourville and Ingalls (2003) offer a fascinating and very apt analogy to descri...

This offers three posts that will be submitted to a nursing discussion board. These posts address various world views on science, ...

This research paper discusses the role of a Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). The writer discusses nursing meta-paradigm concepts, ...

have otherwise been a lingering existence in private homes or disreputable hospitals. Inasmuch as the nurse is "temporarily the c...

ability to empower and grow people" (Gokenbach, 2003, p. 8). Over the past decade, there have been numerous studies that have fou...

In five pages this paper discusses nursing in a consideration of using personal assessments like journaling to encourage creativit...

upholding the human dignity of the people involved, as well as their "unique biopsychosocial, cultural, (and) spiritual being" (LM...

background of hospital RNs is a significant factor in providing quality nursing care, as this study showed that the level of educa...

This research paper offers an overview of the role of Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP). The writer discusses the metaparadigm conce...

This statement presents an example paper of how to present a nursing educator's personal philosophy on teaching. The theory of mul...

led to alter his position. The old philosophers gave much attention to the issue of knowledge and epistemology. Aristotle ...

find faith during their times of troubles (Kushner, 1981; Muder, 2002). In the Introduction to the book "Why I Wrote This Book" K...

2001). Toms condition remained so precarious that personal care for him had to be done very tentatively. For example, brushing his...

tree is the founding theory of modern nursing, the theory formulated by Florence Nightingale. There are three branches in this ana...

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

students values : This calls for personal reflection. A question that the student can ask herself/himself is how he or she might h...

(Snyder and Lindquist, 2001). Under this philosophy the social factors and even the spiritual factors of an individuals existen...

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