JAN JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING ORIGINAL RESEARCH Quality nursing care in the words of nurses Linda Maas Burhans & Martha Raile Alligood Accepted for publication 19 March 2010 Correspondence to L.M. Burhans: e-mail: linda.burhans@gmail.com Linda Maas Burhans PhD RN CPHQ Associate Executive Director of Education and Practice North Carolina Board of Nursing and Adjunct Faculty‚ East Carolina University College of Nursing‚ Wilson‚ NC‚ USA Martha Raile Alligood PhD RN ANEF Professor
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Nursing Research in Developmental Disabilities Nurses are a vital part of a healthcare team‚ and research plays a very prominent role in all areas of nursing. Nurse’s area of practice takes place in an environment of continuing advances in research and technology‚ which changes nursing care requirements. As I learned from my supervisors‚ when I started to work at United Cerebral Palsy (UCP)‚ Developmental Disabilities is a source of pain and bewilderment to many families. As a nurse that works with
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Developments in Nursing Research and Nursing Research Utilization The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with information on historical developments in nursing research and nursing research utilization. The paper will focus on five key developments that have influenced nursing research over the years. Developments covered‚ will include; the work of Florence Nightingale‚ the development of educational programs for nursing research‚ the American Nurses Association (ANA)‚ nursing research
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ISSUES OF NURSING | Current Trend in Nursing Research What is research? Focused on uncovering new knowledge to help understand phenomena‚ answer questions‚ or address problems‚ Goal directed‚ A systematic process of inquiry. Research means “to search again or carefully examine” (Langford 2001). “A systematic study of problems in patient care.” Abdellah: “A systematic detailed attempt to discover or confirm facts that relate to a specific problem to improve the practice and profession of nursing.” Polit
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universal rule in the field of research and scientific publishing. APA style directs to classify the writing practices of a large communication community. American Psychological Association‚ or APA‚ has recognized as norms of communicating and studying for the science and social science fields‚ including healthcare. APA style is used particularly in nursing research and journals to support the analytical and critical writing essential for a nursing career. Writing and research finished in APA style may
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Appraisal Critical appraisal article on “Quality nursing care in the words of nurses” Burhans & Alligood (2010) Journal of advance nursing 66(8). This part will be short description of author’s qualifications‚ abstract‚ literature review‚ which methods was used to reveal answer for the research questions‚ findings on six essential themes‚ discussion on responsibility and quality nursing care. The title is clearly defined as research on ‘Quality nursing care in the words of nurses”. This represents
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The Image and Voice of Nursing May 19‚2012 Introduction One of the most diverse and powerful profession is nursing. Although it is a powerful profession the image of nursing does not reflect this. The importance of nursing is shaped by the images people see as patients‚ family members‚ members of a community and in the media. Over time there have been many images of nursing from angels to sexual cartoons. There have been many nurses who have had a voice
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Research: Its Significance to Nursing Practice I guess the greatest reason (I could think) why we are studying Research today is that someday as a Nursing Practitioner we are not only going to stare at the walls of our hospitals and scratch the bottom of our multi-colored (red‚ blue‚ black and green) pen in our heads whenever there are significant problems happening around our future working environment‚ those problems that are causing bad effects to our profession and to the kind of care we will
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Care Quality of Nursing Homes in America The quality of care in nursing homes around the country is a topic that has become heavily researched over the past 30 years. In some parts of the world‚ like Wales‚ residents appreciate the care they receive from loving nurses and good programs (Palfrey‚ 2011). However‚ in many countries such as the United States‚ residents argue that there is a major need for reform in the nursing home industry. This issue has recently become overwhelmingly important
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Running head: NURSING SHORTAGE Nursing Shortage Epidemic Stefani Dayvault ITT TECHNICAL Institute‚ Saint Petersburg Campus Abstract This research paper explores shortages of Registered Nurses (RN) who successfully complete an associate degree or higher in relation to the demand required to fill the workforce market. This research paper will explore past‚ present‚ and future contributors to the epidemic of nursing shortage that affect the present health care system. These factors include
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