For the last twelve months I have been honored to be a part of the American Nurses Association workgroup that…
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Nursing Practice
Pender’s Model Could Transform Your Chronic Care Clinic – Honest!
Could the HPM be helpful in your Chronic Care Clinic (CCC)? A major underpinning of the HPM is the assumption that individuals value growth and seek improvement in their health status. Self-efficacy, a belief in the ability to succeed, is an important part of the model. The nurse, as well as the patient, needs to believe that positive change is possible.
Peplau’s Theory of Interpersonal Relations – Could This Really Work in Correctional Nursing?
What is attractive about Peplau’s theory of nursing practice is that it focuses on the dynamics of the nurse-patient relationship and sees the nurse’s role as a therapeutic force in that relationship.
Dorothea Orem Would Make a Great Correctional Nurse!
Orem’s theory is a practical way to apply nursing theory to correctional nursing practice.
Five Mistakes New Correctional Nurses Make
I’ve worked with a lot of new correctional nurses over the years; many of them succeeded and embraced the unique…
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