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did you wonder about your stepfather being alive or dead? What you write may resemble the following: I was considered too young to...

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

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

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

individual family member are considered within this context (Friedman, Bowden and Jones 37). In analyzing the various theories th...

Sometimes the ability to perform foot self-exams for follow-up education or acute illness (Nettles, 2005, p. 44). Additionally, ...

task forces, committees, and organizational projects," while also serving as "resources to other nurses to facilitate advancing sk...

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

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 ...

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

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...

backstabbing, failure to respect privacy and broken confidences" (Stanley, et al, 2007, p. 1248). Ferrell notes the importance of ...

Dixs problems with mental health may have inspired her passion for aiding those who were diagnosed as being mentally unstable or i...

percent of al cardiac surgery patients (Brantman and Howie, 2006). While this postoperative condition is typically well-tolerated ...

are possess "awareness and intention," and can construct a sense of self-identity and meaning," which includes the ability to choo...

supply and the importance of fruit and vegetables in the patients diet. She authored over 200 books, reports and pamphlets on nurs...

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...

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...

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...

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

overall umbrella of informatics (Ericksen, 2011). For example, nurses specializing in informatics within the context of a hospital...

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

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,...

in Abrams (2004) article, as the author noted, have been successful in different organizations to recruit and retain talented empl...