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Self-assessment programme for operating room professional nursing practice in Namibia
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Personal Creativity and Caring in Professional Nursing Practice: A Correlational Study
<p>Within the nursing literature, professional caring is described as the art of nursing—with much debate as to how to define this art. Often an editorial topic, the value of the humanities in nursing is lacking in research. This is a descriptive correlational study investigating the relationship …
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Building a Framework for Professional Nursing Practice Across the Continuum of Care
<p>Nursing professional practice models are designed to unite and align nurses under one vision, set of values, and a professional practice model. The goal of this project was to implement and enculturate a professional practice model of nursing with assistant nurse managers and leaders across the …
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Critical Thinking Disposition of Preceptor Nurse and Professional Nursing Competence of New Graduate Nurse
… thinking disposition of the preceptor nurses and professional nursing competence of the new graduate nurses and to clarify the relationships between them. It is expected to provide fundamental information for nursing education and clinical practice, and eventually to make a contribution to nursing …
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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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The Relationship of a Hospital Merger to Elicited Moods and Feelings of the Merging and Merged Professional Nursing Staff
<p>The objectives of the study are as follows:<br> 1. To determine the moods of the merging nurses four years following the merging of their institution.<br> 2. To determine the moods of the merged nurses four years following the merger of their institution.<br> 3. To compare and contrast the …
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An investigation into mutual perceptions of Ngwelezana Nursing College student nurses and the clinical professional nursing staff and the influence this has on student nurses' learning
… at assessing the involvement of the clinical professional nursing staff in students' clinical guidance. establishing student nurses' acceptance of clinical guidance offered by clinical professional nurses. identifying problems experienced by clinical registered nurses in clinical teaching. …
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An evaluation of the 1987 Texas Senate Bill 1160: The effectiveness of legislated accountability requirements for nurses
… Senate Bill 1160 in promoting accountability for professional nursing practice within the State of Texas. Mandatory reporting and peer review were examined as mechanisms to promote accountability. This study utilized a nonexperimental, explanatory evaluation research design. Data sources included …
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Characteristics of Second Step baccalaureate nursing programs as compared to National League for Nursing generic baccalaureate nursing programs
… that data about Second Step baccalaureate nursing programs for registered nurses remain elusive due to a lack of comprehensive research although such programs represent a significant trend in nursing education. The purpose of the study was to describe post-licensure professional nursing …
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Baccalaureate Nursing Students' Lived Experiences of a Leadership Role During Clinical Practicum
… <p>Leadership is an essential component of professional nursing practice used in many aspects of the Registered Nurse (RN) role. Baccalaureate nursing (BN) programs have the responsibility of preparing graduating nursing students with leadership orientation and practice. Excellent …
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The Role of Higher Education in Advancing Nurse Practitioners: A Look at the Institutional Decision Calculus of a Health Sciences University
In 2004, professional nursing joined the ranks of other health professions by altering accreditation standards for nurse practitioners, which now mandate that their terminal degree advance beyond the master's degree currently required for the doctor of nursing practice (DNP). This research examines …
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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
… 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 the self-reported NCP writing/revising behaviours also was examined. It was anticipated that …
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An Interpretive Study of the Professional Socialization of Neophyte Nurses into the Nursing Subculture
Making the transition from nursing student to practicing nurse requires the novice to master an array of complex nursing skills in order to care for acutely ill patients. In an era of cost containment, today's hospitals are demanding efficient and effective delivery of nursing services. Nurse …
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Differences in Knowledge Levels About Pain Management Among Advanced Practice Nurses and Non-advanced Practice Registered Nurses
… and skills and are in a position to influence professional nursing practice (Calkin, 1984) . It is assumed that advanced practice nurses have increased knowledge related to pain management, but the differences in knowledge between the advanced practice nurses and non-advanced practice nurses …
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Organizational Culture and Failure to Fail in Academic Programs of Nursing
Student success in academic programs of nursing requires completion of didactic and clinical activities. For didactic activities, failure is typically determined objectively. Clinical failure is determined subjectively, which may expose the competency and reputation of the clinical faculty. Each …
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Effect of using a nursing-essential advanced organizer in a collaborative learning activity to learn pathophysiology
… a foundational subject within the curriculum of professional nursing programs. Nursing students in a pathophysiology course in 2008 reported difficulty discerning salient and essential information from textbook reading assignments. An educational intervention was developed to assist students in …
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Dimensions of professional cohesiveness among registered nurses
… to investigate and describe the dimensions of professional cohesiveness (PC) among registered nurses. This was accomplished through an examination of the structural characteristics, types, levels, and actualization of PC. A nonexperimental, cross-sectional survey design elicited 1,622 …
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Research Proposal: The Changing Image of Nursing as Seen in the Nurse's Uniform
… to discover the factors that affect nurses’ professional attire, their attitudes toward client/patient expectations, and nurses’ perceived relationship between professional attire and their ability to care for clients optimally. The design was descriptive and exploratory as well as …
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Staff nurses’ attitudes toward power
… of the concept of power in relation to professional nursing practice. Data were collected by means of a mail survey. The sample consisted of112 randomly selected registered nurses employed as staff nurses in acute care hospital settings in British Columbia. Data were analyzed using …
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