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

Fifteen pages and 8 sources. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of the information available about job opportunities fo...

change the position before completing three years of clinical practice (MacKusick and Minick, 2010). This research article is very...

patient was in a significant amount of pain, he made jokes throughout his entire stay, as family members remained at his bedside. ...

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

This paper offers an overview of the careers of Dr. Patricia Abbott and Dr. Beverly L. Chang, Nursing Informatics pioneers. Three ...

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

Continuing education as it relates to the nursing profession is considered in this paper containing five pages and discusses nursi...

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

example charge nurses may make assignments in terms of patients to different style for the shift, there will not necessarily be in...

nurses which makes job searching easier. Registered nurses are in great demand and it is thought that there will be a significa...

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

with humanity, that is, to be humanistic in ones orientation refers to the principles of humanism, which has been given a variety ...

there a time when an individuals interests supersede those of the masses? These are ethical questions posed each and everyday thr...

begins with "orientation," which is a period in which the nurse and the patient become acquainted. The relationship then proceeds ...

2008, p. 208). The purpose of the study designed by Sorensen and Yankech (2008) was to investigate whether a "research-based, th...

Leadership and management while related are two distinctively different concepts. Leadership can be discerned from simply manageme...

that not only were nurses retained but that everyone on staff is motivated to be actively engaged and involved in the work environ...

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

who is the legal guardian, as this pertains to the legality of admitting a minor for psychiatric care. If the patient is accompani...

cope with ethical situations primarily from experience and only minimally from formal education, which leaves novice nurses with "...

Hospital. The purpose here is to describe and evaluate the restructuring of St. Vincents ICU to gain one-on-one nursing and so im...

some determining the study was inconclusive, others saying certain interventions should be made universal and still others stating...

Yet both organizations also observe that, sometimes, it is necessary to use seclusion and restraint, as a last resort, in order to...

definitions of community have emerged, with the consequence that, concurrently, definitions of health promotions have also evolved...

organization one works for and the policies that the executives in charge mandate. If one works for the federal government, then t...

management, in recent years, has been quite extensive. This body of empirical evidence and commentary largely supports the concept...

the women who have traditionally filled nursing positions will undoubtedly continue to pursue other professional opportunities tha...

NAON recognizes that learning and developing professional is a life-long processes and it helps orthopedic nurses achieve the goal...

nurse working on a medical unit at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center. According to Kodet, the only thing ...