A comprehensive knowledge of nursing theories is an integral part of graduate nursing. Initially I was also wondering just like the graduate student in the beginning of chapter 2 in (McEwen & Willis‚ 2011) about the application of theory to nursing practice. However the initial theory classes were lot of information in a short duration. Over the time of the course it became clear that theory development in nursing has been crucial
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Empirical knowing is the scientific form of knowing which comes from observation‚ testing and replications (McEwen & Ellis‚ 2014‚ p. 12). This could be observed in my instinctive understanding that the abnormal findings on initial assessment were related to symptoms associated with the patient’s diagnosis of UTI and knowledge that the medications prescribed to
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is high. Officers generally do not start out as corrupt‚ but years of work on the force can create animosity between officers and suspects and lead them to decide to use force more quickly (McEwen‚ 1996). Many times‚ officers patrol the streets alone which creates the chance for potential abuse of power (McEwen‚ 1996). Although police officers need to be allowed to exercise some discretion‚ they also need limits and guidelines to follow when using their powers of discretion (Manning‚ 1997). The decision
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tC MAPPING THE FUTURE IN UNCERTAIN TIMES No ON PAPER‚ ROB MCEWEN WAS AN UNLIKELY CHAIRMAN and CEO for Canadian mining company Goldcorp‚ Inc. With a background in finance‚ the small‚ soft-spoken man with the neatly-trimmed moustache preferred meticulous tailoring to industrial machinery. But despite his appearance‚ McEwen was a prospector at heart: he had a fascination with gold and grew up hearing tales from his father about miners‚ prospectors and grubstakes at the dinner table. So smitten
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NR443 Guidelines for Caring for Populations Milestone 1: Community Windshield Survey Purpose The purpose of this assignment is to complete a direct observational assessment of a community in your area. This windshield survey will be the initial step in uncovering a community health problem in your area and identifying community dynamics. This problem will be further assessed in the following two assignments. Course Outcomes This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcomes
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Nursing profession lacks a defined philosophical and theoretical view that is applied universally. This is maybe due to the fact that our nursing practice lacks unity and not yet standardized globally. We tend to borrow values from other sciences like psychology‚ sociology‚ anthropology as some of the basis of our nursing theories. We also have different educational preparation‚ working condition and different specialization (Jarrin‚ Olga F.). The two predominant philosophical views of thought in
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Discuss whether nursing is a profession or an occupation. What can current and future nurses do to enhance nursing’s standing as a profession? Nursing is a profession. According to McEwen and Wills (2014) “profession is a learned vocation or occupation that has a status of superiority and precedence within a division of work” (p. 2). I believe this describes nursing but needed more evidence to make my decision. I considered the “characteristics of a profession: a defined and specialized knowledge
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2(8)‚ 410- 417. Hays‚ M.‚ All‚ A.‚ Mannahan‚ C.‚ Cuaderes‚ E.‚ & Wallace‚ D. (2006). Reported stressors and ways of coping utilized by intensive care nurses. Dimensions of Critical Care Nursing‚ 25(4)‚ 185-193. McEwen‚ M. & Wills‚ E.M. (2007). Theoretical Basis for Nursing. Chapter 13 (314-317‚ 323)‚ Chapter 14 (338-340). Unit 10 Key Points Background‚ development and concepts of Stress Theory Relationship among Stress Theory concepts Phenomena
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labor‚ to improve the women’s ability to make informed choices about many aspects of their care and birthing process. The aim of concept analysis is to clarify meanings of similarity and identify multiple considerations for measuring the concept (McEwen & Willis‚ 2011 p.54). Concept clarification is an important step in developing fundamental principles of useful and usable knowledge in childbirth. The aim of this article was to study the concept of woman-centered care through analysis in
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conscious awareness and choice to create human and environmental integration” (McEwen & Wills‚ 2011). The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of adaptation in the hope to bring clarification to the use of the term in nursing research and practice. This will be done in the form of a concept analysis. A concept analysis is the rigorous process of bringing clarity to the definition of the concepts used in science (McEwen & Wills‚ 2011). The concept analysis process of Walker and Avant (2005)
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