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arts, beliefs, values, customs, lifeways and all other products of human work and thought..." (Purnell, 2005, p. 7). It is the eth...

cardiac monitor, a seizure, drug reaction or other sign of a critical condition...(They) are expected to fill out reports" that we...

system," since the institution of mandated nursing ratios, and also that data shows California hospitals have not only been able t...

the effect of music on preoperative anxiety and postoperative pain with a participant group that listened to "peaceful pan flute m...

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

results are reliable and representative (Curwin and Slater, 1996). The first is the profiling of the samples to show that they are...

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

this writer/tutor encourages the student to reread the play, noting passages that support the chosen theme. While certainly study ...

to the medications needed to ensure their health. Beginning in 2004, Medicare began to offer aid, $600 a year, for covering the co...

factors" (Hader and Guy, 2004, p. 21). The international Association for the Study of Pain and the American Pain Society define pa...

through a consensual process, each member of the team feels that they had an input into the decision, whereas the process of votin...

it seems appropriate to suggest that a picture that appears less "faded" would be appropriate in conveying the message that the in...

There are numerous nursing scholars who utilizing ethnographic techniques in their research; university courses that address both ...

lawyers, uncaring nurses and pedophile clergy is to cut back on scientific research--a tenuous conclusion at best. Where the art...

This left Mee with little opportunity to connect with these patients as human beings and she started "to feel like a machine," whi...

operations of nursing" (Horan, Doran and Timmins, 2004, p. 30). This is broken down into three basic categories: 1) wholly compen...

Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD), it is necessary to discuss Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) because the two are being...

has focused on two corollary components: 1. the accuracy of body size estimations and 2. the attitudes and feelings individuals ...

In the meantime, I plan to study teaching strategies and rationale, and also expand my personal travel experiences. Today as neve...

with at least one individuals background in patient care in conjunction with the theorists higher awareness of the interaction of ...

adaptation has a process in which individuals respond positively to environmental changes and described three types of stimuli: fo...

instruction (Blas? and Blas?, 2001). They encourage professional growth and help teachers reflect on what they are doing and what ...

as business practices, documentation systems, process flows and lines of communication can differ (Blevins, 2001) Home health nur...

clinical nurse specialist and the advanced nurse practitioner is decidedly hazy. However, Wickham (2003) states that a nurse worki...

caring as the very definition of what constitutes personal values from a nursing perspective (2003). Koerner (1996), likewise, e...

Critically-Care nurses, 1989 in Nursing Management, 1999, p. 38). This abbreviated version of AACN nursing standards was located...

classifies the stroke patients needs in four domains: 1) medical/surgical issues; 2) mental status/emotion/coping behaviors; 3) ph...

certification program (Policy statement, 1999). On the other hand, the additional education required to become a licensed NP may t...

ethics are a part of the concern. The hospital should not accept a patient load that it cannot handle. Another example of an issue...

declined as "educators, employers and others recognize the need for educational changes in nursing" (Bednash, 2000, p. 2985). Asso...