Journal of Nursing Science (2008) 5‚ 71 doi:10.1111/j.1742-7924.2008.00111.x EDITORIAL Nursing theory – remembering our future Modern nursing theory began with Virginia Henderson in the 1960s. In her grand theory of nursing‚ she defined nursing as “assisting individuals to gain independence in the performance of activities contributing to health or its recovery (Henderson‚ 1966‚ p. 15). Since the 1970s‚ the literature on nursing theory has focused upon two levels of nursing theories: the “grand
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Working on the ICU: Nurse Staffing The process of going to college‚ studying to become a nurse‚ and ultimately finding a position in our ever growing‚ competitive work field is quite the challenge. Now that the beginning stages of our career have been completed and we have secured our positions as an ICU nurse‚ we face a different dilemma daily within the workplace; understaffing. We have lost three nurses and currently‚ those positions will not be re-filled‚ leaving the workload to fall onto our
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Theoretical Framework for Nursing Practice – Module 6 A. Compare and contrast two of the models or theories presented in this chapter considering their usefulness in practice‚ research‚ education and administration. For the purposes of this discussion‚ I have selected King’s Theory of Goal Attainment and Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations. On a broad perspective‚ both theories aim at explaining the interaction processes that happen between a nurse and her patient. Imogene
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The range of an organism and its dispersal is limited or affected by many things in its surroundings. These things can be slightly different in their specifics from organism to organism but generally‚ for all organisms‚ these are the main restrictions to their range and dispersal (either natal or breeding). The first limiting factor to the distance they can travel from their population or parent is the resources available. One artificial barrier is habitat fragmentation by humans and their use of
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Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing Ethical and Legal Issues in Nursing This paper explores the legal and ethical nursing issues surrounding two different health care case studies. The first case study is regarding the decision-making process of a family for aggressive vs. palliative measures for a patient without advanced directives. The second case study is regarding a nurse’s obligation to report witnessed negligent actions of another nurse being sued in a malpractice case. This
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The nursing shortage impacts the world in a prodigious way. The nursing shortage has an adverse impact on patient care‚ as well as on nurses. The causes of the nursing shortage are multi-faceted and there is no single measure that influences the declining issues. The most concerning issue of the nursing shortage is the decline in patient care‚ and positive outcome (Buchan‚ 2010). The research question in this study is the following: How does the nursing shortage affect quality of patient care
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Staffing‚ Recruiting‚ and Outsourcing Clayton Clayton Staffing Solutions can deliver temporary mortgage recruiting solutions for lenders‚ servicers‚ investors‚ and issuers—of any size. We work with mortgage professionals across the entire range of the loan life cycle. Over the past several years‚ the mortgage industry has been in a constant state of influx. Sometimes it’s expanding‚ racing along at a phenomenal rate; other times it’s shrinking‚ slowing down to the pace of a crawl. This fluctuation
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environment and react through their focus on staffing policies to enhance their own competitive advantage within a business setting. This essay identifies the key reasons why staffing policies are changing as well as how they are changing from an organisational point of view. This paper also includes academic literature and organisations to support the theories and practices used. Introduction The nature of work in today’s society brings many challenges for staffing in organisations. Some of the factors
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Title: Ethical and Legal issues in Nursing paper Student Name: Aleyamma John‚ RN Course Name/Number: NUR/391 Due Date: Mar 21‚ 2011 Instructor Name: Dolores Martinez Nurses are facing many legal or ethical dilemmas in their career. Nurses should combine knowledge of ethical and legal aspects of health care and professional values into nursing practice. It is very essential to know what kind of dilemmas nurses may face during their profession and how they have been dealt with in the
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Geology of the Front Range 1. Research on the Front Range Mountains located in the Rocky Mountain region has brought about a lot of findings that they intend to share with the rest of the community. Over 1 billion years ago‚ molten rock was dispersed throughout the world. In time‚ this molten rock would form together which in turn formed the continents in which we live today. This is true for Pikes Peak as well. Being the tallest mountain of the region (standing at 14‚278 feet) there
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