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

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 profession of nursing has developed some basic ideas that serve as the foundation that guides all subsequent professional prac...

Advances in technology have changed everything from how patients are diagnosed to acute care to managing chronic illnesses. Techno...

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

these reforms. The data revealed a "sense of tension and conflict between nurses traditional values, roles and responsibilities ...

should be political informed by drawing on a variety of sources for information; vote for the candidates and/or ballot issues that...

to proper interaction with culturally diverse patients: "These standards provide comprehensive definitions of culture, competence,...

This involves intensive, one-on-one teaching, which enables autistic children to learn the intricacies of behaviors or skills via ...

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

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 ...

is a term that refers to "a formal way of thinking (i.e. conceptualizing) about a process/system under study" (Conceptual Framewor...

(BNE:NPA, 2006). To investigate for heart disease was clearly indicated by physicians orders and, furthermore, Eddie failed to not...

potential for long term physiological complications as well as long-term emotional impacts. Not only does the type of care needed...

to work efficiently and effectively across cultural boundaries. This concept also encompasses not only the assumption that nurses,...

illustrates how she ignored the potential for causing harm when she increased the patients drugs; only after the medication had be...

York found that, in the past, ambulance diversions were a seasonal event. However, more recent research finds that diversional sta...

secretary, should leave the ward when there were fewer than three children on the unit and work a second adult unit as well. He wa...

nurses are part of this generation and a large majority of nurses are retiring. It has been estimated that 50 percent of the count...

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

quality and safety for the care they can expect to receive from nurses and midwives and other health professionals are the same" (...

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

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...

interests and values considered and respected in the decision-making process" (Fly and Johnstone, 2002). This rationale is undoubt...

verifies old knowledge (Wilkerson, 1998). As this suggests, the continuation of scholarly advances in the development of nursing t...

makes the point that EBP involves more than simply utilize research evidence; and Penz and Bassendowski emphasize this point by s...

include an understanding of how insulin functions to control glucose levels and the interaction between variables that can affect ...