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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Professional nurse"”.
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The role of the professional nurse in providing continuity of care for geriatric patients at Groote Schuur Hospital
… It was evident that the Community Liaison nurse had proved to be an invaluable member of the health team of a large, specialist hospital such as Groote Schuur. The activities of the Community Liaison nurse led to improved continuity of care for patients needing extended care facilities in …
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The experiences of the enrolled nurse, midwife and professional nurse (Tutors and clinical instructors) on the integration of the theoretical concept of caring into practice
A theses submitted for the requirements for the Degree of master of Nursing Science
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Cultural Comparison: Nurse Selected Pain Management Actions
… the type and ranking of pain management actions nurses select for Native American and Caucasian patients with acute low back pain.<br> 2. To determine if there are any significant personal and professional nurse factors which influence the type of pain management actions selected for patients …
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An interpretive qualitative study of baccalaureate nursing students following an eight-day international cultural experience in Tanzania
… or how their understanding of the role of the professional nurse was changed. A group of baccalaureate nursing students traveled to Tanzania and took part in professional and social opportunities over an 8-day period. All participants were required to complete a nursing course with global …
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Professional Role Attitudes and Decision-making in Medication Administration
<p>This is a case study of nurses' attitudes toward professional nurse role factors affecting decision-making in medication administration. This chapter includes an introduction to the problem, a statement of the problem, objectives of the study, the significance of the problem, definitions of …
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From Untrained Nurses Toward Professional Preparation in Montana, 1912-1987
Since the American Nurses' Association (ANA) published its first position paper in 1965 and in 1978 reaffirmed its position on the educational preparation for nursing practice at the ANA National Biennium, the Montana Nurses' Association (MNA) has maintained a consistent position that a minimum of …
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A success story in shifting the paradigm together : partnership between service and education in building an onsite clinical nurse leader program
… design of educational programs for the working professional nurse. Nursing education has a history of developing and implementing strategies to respond to their needs beyond the traditional, on campus classroom setting. Nursing programs were early adopters of distance learning technologies, from …
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Patients' experience of and attitudes towards care in a lay caregiver run institution Tumelong Hospice, Winterveldt
… in basic palliative care with the support of one professional nurse and a visiting doctor. The hospice experienced criticism from some professionals who feel that lay caregivers are not able to run a residential hospice service. Past experience in Winterveldt has shown that lay caregivers can …
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Critical Thinking: Are We Educating the Nurse Educator?
… and complicated health care arena demands a professional nurse who employs critical thinking. It is assumed that the nurse educator will facilitate these critical thinking skills in the student nurse through use of various teaching-learning methods. A variety of methods to enhance critical …
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Overcoming: A Theory of Accelerated Second-Degree Baccalaureate Graduate Nurse Transition to Professional Nursing Practice.
… to be related to the process of transition to professional nursing practice as the neophyte registered nurse (RN) transitions from student to professional nurse. Although not new, accelerated second-degree baccalaureate nursing (ASDBN) programs have opened in record numbers in recent years in …
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Experiences of community service nurses and unit managers in a rural public hospital in Zululand district, Kwazulu-Natal province
Introduction Community Service Nurses function under the Nursing Act No. 33 of 2005 and South African Nursing Council Regulation R765 of 24 August 2007. In South Africa, all nursing graduates who are citizens of South Africa should perform remunerated community service for one year, in public …
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A Synthesis of Dissertation Research on Faculty-Role Stressors in Nursing Education
… stressors unique to the multiple-functions of nurse educators: role expectations that include being professional nurse, classroom as well as clinical teacher, and being vulnerable to the stresses of each of those functions. The synthesis also revealed role stressors similar to those described …
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Carinus Nursing College : an historical study of nursing education and management using the general systems approach, 1947-1987
… the work in the output, which leads to the professional nurse. The models used are Bucheles' organizational system, Sharma's flow chart pattern, Mintzberg's parts of organizational systems, and power flows and as shown in Emery, Feibleman and Friends relations and rules of interaction in …
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Attitudes of registered nurses who practise in acute care hospitals in an urban centre of Manitoba towards writing nursing care plans
… the attitudes of general duty, registered nurses (RNs) who practise in acute care settings in an urban Manitoban centre toward writing nursing care plans (NCPs) and their self-reported NCP writing/revising behaviour. The relationship between the identified attitudes toward writing NCPs and …
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The Lived Experience of Faith Community Nurses Living the Call to Health Ministry
… is one of the newest specialized practices of professional nursing. A faith community nurse is an actively registered professional nurse, who serves as a paid or volunteer staff member in a faith community. The faith community nurse promotes health and wholism of the faith community, its …
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Effects of Anxiety Reducing Interventions on Performance Anxiety in Graduate Nurses
… to successfully transition from student to professional nurse. The stress involved in that transition can manifest itself as performance anxiety, a type of anxiety occurring when someone is the focus of attention and is fearful of interactions or of being humiliated or embarrassed. It occurs …
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Relationships among entry level preparation, experience, and leadership effectiveness styles of head nurses
Nurses are being promoted to head nurse positions without adequate preparation in leadership and management. One reason this problem exists is because nursing managers are being selected from different levels of basic nursing education programs. Only baccalaureate education has a curriculum …
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Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of New Graduate Nurses Caring for Hospitalized Patients Living with Dementia
… Study of the Lived Experience of New Graduate Nurses Caring for Hospitalized Patients Living with Dementia.</p> <p><strong>Purpose.</strong> This study explored new graduate nurses’ lived experiences in caring for hospitalized patients living with dementia.</p> <p><strong>Background.</strong> …
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Evaluation of the clinical assessment tools used to assess four-year diploma nursing students at a selected nursing college in Tshwane
… skills to complete the course and work as a professional nurse without adequate clinical knowledge. Objectives: The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality and the content of the clinical assessment tools used to assess clinical competence of four-year diploma nursing students in …
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