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members to students, as state registered nurse practice acts typically mandate a ratio 1:10 (AACN, 2009). Individually, students,...

motor vehicle crashes, substance abuse, and illegal behavior" (Visser, Lesesne and Perou, 2007, S99). Symptoms include irritabili...

reveals about diabetic populations. The normal digestive processes of the body turn any form of carbohydrate that is consumed in...

the situation, the charge nurse might take a number of different actions in response to this information. For example, the charge ...

that by instituting improved sanitation and nutrition, there was a corresponding decrease in morality (Tourville and Ingalls, 2003...

leaders (Blakemore, Berenbaum and Liben, 2009). It does not matter if the opposite sex is performing the role, individuals who tak...

This essay presents a hypothetical example of how a student might choose to describe the student's professional development as a n...

Prospective Payment System (PPS), reimbursement rates going to both hospitals and physicians have declined significantly. In react...

a profession, nursing theory has responded to meet the needs of nurses. For example, from the mid-1970s through the 1980s, the foc...

by trying things out)...reflective learners (learn by thinking things through, working alone) 5. sequential learners (linear, orde...

more on intuition and to "a hidden knowledge that is not so open to cognitive description" (Bradshaw, 1995, p. 83). In other words...

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

own studies in numerous areas, such as formal logic, metaphysics, action theories, and to her readings of Aristotle, Aquinas and m...

and how discharge instructions should cover these contingencies. "Health" has historically been used to describe the "absence of d...

methods with measurable outcomes, creating a link between existing research and nursing process, define the role of nurse educator...

great importance placed on issues such as maternity services, which are seen as lower priorities in most developing countries (WHO...

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

The theory is "rooted in an agentic perspective," meaning that humans are the agents of change in their lives (Pajares, 2004). Peo...

carry out specific behaviors influences the behaviors in which they engage, their persistence in the face of obstacles, and the ef...

Integrity in this sense is about wholeness as opposed to how we often use the term (to mean honesty) (Johansson, 2002). It is abou...

first started to administer to the injured and the sick, the notion that nurses should be women has prevailed (Odendaul, 2004). T...

While these definitions are extremely similar, a differences in emphasis can reflect a differing philosophical stance. The manner ...

notable historic key developments in nursing research are: 1859 Nightingales Notes on Nursing published 1900 American Nursing Jou...

view as well, developing theories of nursing that focus on nursing and its components as systems of varying degrees. Some, such a...

an "integration of feelings with knowledge and experience" (Cumbie, 2001, p. 56). Nurses, as caregivers, have to reflect on their ...

(Yost and Burke, 2006). The forensic LNC testified that the doctor in the case was negligent by allowing the patient to be air tra...

degrees of restricted motion (Swank and Lehnert 631). Computer-assisted systems (CAS) have been developed to aid surgeons in obtai...

These authors conducted a large study of 3,830 individuals consisting of 17.8 percent nurses, 21.8 percent physicians, 29.6 percen...

The metaparadigms of nursing represent common concepts that are accepted throughout the profession and across international bounda...

or chronic illness; however, nurse practitioners also have additional intensive education that involves risk reduction and prevent...