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Lateral violence in nursing undermines productivity of the nurses resulting to high rate of injuries to patients, heavy economic losses in the health sector in addition to poor delivery of services.... Many theories have been put forward to explain the phenomena in nursing but low self-esteem plays a major role in perpetrating lateral violence.... This paper discusses lateral violence in nursing.... In nursing profession, Kramer (1974) defines lateral violence as unsuitable behavior or aggression between fellow nursing colleagues....
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Essay
The paper "Nursing Practice in Comfort theory" focuses on the critical analysis of the major issues regarding the use of the nursing practice in comfort theory.... The Comfort theory has wide applications, such as those empirically tested already, like on women with breast cancer and receiving radiation therapy, as well as people with urinary problems or mental problems, or who are at their end-of-life stages (Kolcaba & Dimarco, 2005, p.... olcaba (1991) developed the Comfort theory because, during her course of study, she believed that 'comfort' is not yet fully analyzed as a nursing concept (p....
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Term Paper
n her life, she has participated in programs involved in leading practice and thinking in the education of nurses, geriatric nursing, policies of nursing and health, administration as well as leadership programs (Houser, Player and sigma, 2004).... Generally, in the nursing field, women have made their mark in various departments.... As nursing leaders, issues such as gender parity in a male-dominated career could not deter the legendary leaders from spearheading relevant and reliable medical researchers....
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Both China and Kenya have certification programs for ursing, in form of 3-years comprehensive training, which caters for the preliminary training, ward rotation and theory in clinical training.... The history of the development of nursing education in both China and Kenya was shaped by the political environments in these countries.... The colonization and the arrival of the western missionaries marked the beginning of formal nursing education, so it will be discussed in the paper....
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Research Paper
The model focuses to find a solution for a patient with no compliance with his care at home after being discharged.... This case involves a patient who is discharged from hospital after.... ... ... The patient none compliance involves the continuing with the habit of smoking.... This habit results in chest pains....
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The paper "Impact of Nursing Unit Turnover on Patient Outcomes in Hospitals" uses Dorothea Orem's model in nursing theory to solve the problem in the scenario chosen.... The self-care deficit theory is a middle-range nursing theory developed to be used in the nursing care unit by Dorothea Orem.... The theory is based on the central philosophy that all the patients wish to care for themselves as they have the ability to do so.... The theory that can be applied in solving problems that may arise in the nursing care units both patiently focused problems as well as administrative issues in meeting their needs as well as identifying possible ways of solving and coping with their problems (Orem, 2003)....
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From the paper "King's theory of Goal Attainment", Imogene King developed the goal attainment theory in the early 1960s.... The theory describes the dynamics of the interpersonal relationship that lead to the growth of patients towards attaining certain goals in life (Meleis, 2011).... The main concerns of King's theory of goal attainment are the factors that are likely to affect the attainment of desired goals of patients' growth among these factors are roles of different players, space, stress, and time....
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Research Paper
In this regard, nursing theory is a set of definitions, assumptions, concepts, and relationships derived from nursing models or other related disciplines aimed at proposing a purposive and systematic view of phenomena.... The paper under the title 'Great Significance in the Nursing Discipline' presents a theory that can be defined as a set of interrelated concepts that give a systematic view about a specific phenomenon that is explanatory and predictive in nature in nature....
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