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accomplish beneficial behavioral change. As Kurt Lewins pioneering work with change theory points out, any change initiative ent...

based on a research study that surveyed over 2,000 RNs who provide direct nursing care in three mid-western hospitals. This result...

that they are often asked to take care of more patients with higher acuity levels than they have in the past (Hassmiller and Cozin...

apply to the many diverse factors related to teen suicide attempts and completions. Three of these objectives are: 1. Reduce fire...

wages and benefits to its nurses that are competitive for its market or that have been collectively bargained with a labor organiz...

to nursing practice in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), as the welfare of each high-needs baby is intrinsically tied to fami...

The ANCI Competency Unit 4 demands that nurses accept accountability and responsibility for their actions in nursing. To do so we...

McKenna (1997) points out that mid-range nursing theories tend to focus on concepts of interest to nurses. This can encompass pati...

in order so that it can be determined if all of the childs educational needs are being met. Aiding disabled children in reaching t...

carcinoma in situ (DCIS). This is also known as "intraductal carcinoma or non-invasive breast cancer" (Breast Cancer, 2004; p. PG...

legal errors (Fackelmann, 2002). Furthermore, the AMA study demonstrated that there is a direct statistical connection between th...

with "depression, sleep disturbance, fatigue, and decreased overall physical and mental functioning" (Hearn, 2001). Problem Stat...

sky notion, the joke was that this thing was so great but no one knew how to make any money out of it. Firms were supplementing th...

efforts and prevention methods (Erickson, 1997). Ericksons (1997) study considered the impacts of psychology and specific attit...

be on the alert for any changes in blood pressure, urinary tract, and body temperature (Jackson, 2000). Muscles must be exercised ...

Kolatkar, 2005). For instance, a lack of exercise and obesity are believed to contribute to diabetes (American Diabetes Associatio...

housing, case management, nutritional guidance and vocational rehabilitation, as well as the development of new approaches to prev...

which initiates a series of events that will either successful contain the infection or prompt it progression toward active diseas...

Olsen, 2006). The authors recognized that within the scope of nursing theory, the paradigms can relate to either the practical nu...

The contracts are standardised with set terms of the way the contract are to be conducted (Demetrakakes , 1999). The only variable...

County Community College (DCCC) located near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serves the educational needs of 28,000 students annually ...

also possess knowledge concerning a particular family as a whole, including the intricacies of its family system, the position of ...

nursing from the time when Florence Nightingale founded modern nursing in the nineteenth century. Since Nightingale, a variety of ...

the nursing paradigm of "Person" as it is perceived as an adaptive system, and "Environment" as it pertain to providing the stimul...

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

increasing competition as well as a changing commercial environment. However, change does not stop, it is continuing. Furthermore,...

customer service (Southwest, 2012). The firm has been highly regarded by investor due to the strong financial results that have be...

but fully 60 percent of charts of reporting skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) make no mention of any behavioral interventions prio...

act as integral members of healthcare teams, provide direct and indirect patient care, and address central issues for patients, in...

In addition to their roles in the carative environment, RNs may also take on educational roles, providing important instruction, e...