Nursing Essays

The Royal College of Nursing (2003, p.3)defines nursing as“the use of clinical judgment in the provision of care to enable people to improve, maintain, or recover health”. Nursing is a profession which is quite rewarding as it includes providing a range of care to patients and their families. There are …

Bibliography             Sr. Callista Roy is an exceedingly valued nurse theorist, writer, lecturer, researcher and teacher who presently is a Professor and Nurse Theorist at the Boston College School of Nursing in Chestnut Hill, MA (Meyers, n.d.). She occupies herself with: a) teaching epistemology of nursing, b) teaching masteral and …

Introduction The professional nurse chosen is that of a dental nurse. This role of nursing is as demanding as any other nurses role and is often overlooked. The salary is basic often just above minimum wage but the role requires experience and attending a dental nursing course. The dental nurse …

Wound Care and Ostomy Nurses website describes the WOCN as “a professional, international nursing society of more than 4000 nurse professionals who are experts in the care of patients with wound, ostomy and continence problems.” It was founded by nurses in 1968 as an effort to manage conditions such as …

Caring and nursing are often closely related. Most people choose their career as a nurse because they want to take care of others. Caring allows a person to be treated in a holistic way, instead of just treating a patient’s symptoms or even just fixing the patient’s problems. The client …

Advances in information and telecommunication technologies are revolutionizing health and education services throughout the world, including the provision of nursing services. By lessening distance and time, these technological advances significantly improve access to health and healthcare, most particularly among underserved populations and those living in rural and remote areas. These …

Abstract This is a paper on Sister Callista Roy’s Adaptation Model (RAM). I will discuss the basis of the theory which is to view the person as an adaptive system. The ability of a person to adapt to internal and external stimuli and the effects of the following three classes …

Since the start of medical history, nurses have been at patients sides and tending to their wounds. Nurses are described as the first line of defense for the patient. Doctors do not spend the time that nurses do at the patient’s side and nurturing them back to health. However, nurses …

To many, death may seem like a daunting topic, but it is a topic, which affects everyone and should be discussed. Every person deserves to have some autonomy when it comes to end-of-life care decisions. There are ethical and legal disputes that arise because of disagreements between patients, families, and …

            The contribution of Hildegard Peplau to theories on nursing, especially on psychiatric nursing practice, is widely recognized (Barker, 1998). In a period of forty years, Peplau was able to provide valuable insights as to the broad range of roles that a nurse can play, both in general and particular …