Sleet and Dellinger (2020) distinguish between “nursing theory” “behavioural in that the former primarily focuses on patient care while latter behaviour change. They posit application of behavioural theory is instrumental advancing nursing research practice. Nurses can benefit from a thorough understanding theoretical perspectives related to health-behaviour Behaviour change provide conceptual ...

The aim of this article is to outline types of ‘bias’ across research designs, and consider strategies to minimise bias. Evidence-based nursing, defined as the “process by which evidence, nursing theory, and clinical expertise are critically evaluated and considered, in conjunction with patient involvement, to provide the delivery of optimum nursing care,” is central to the continued developmen...

This article examines how cultural misunderstandings and language differences generate ethical dilemmas in crosscultural nursing. It explores the consequences of actions that result when health care providers lack an awareness of the value systems of patients that differ from their own. Described are the principles arising from ethical theory, their application to nursing, and incorporation int...

quality of nursing care in chronic heart diseases: concept analysis based on hybrid model    gholami m [1] , mohammadi f [2] *, fallahi m [3] , seyed bagher maddah s [4] , ahmadi a [5] , rafii f [6] , khankeh h r [7]     received: 22 jan, 2013 accepted: 9 apr, 2013    abstract  background & aims : quality of nursing care as a concept is subjective, multidimensional, ambiguous, neutral, related ...

Introduction: Physical activity is the voluntary and involuntary movement that activates respiratory metabolic functions to produce energy expenditure during activities of daily routine hobbies. Objective: To know benefits physical explain how it related Nursing Systems Theory. Method: Documentary-qualitative design study. Results: The can be conceptualized in a cognitive, preventive, motivatio...

introduction. with constant changes in health care it is imperative that nursing education programs themselves act as agents of change. nursing education has the responsibility to produce nursing professionals and expert practitioners to shape the nursing practice not merely respond to changes in the practice environment. it must prepare nurses who can participate as full partners in health car...

The coexistence of technology and caring is best exemplified in nursing. The theory of Technological Competency as Caring in Nursing illuminates this coexistence as the essence of technology in health care premised on machine technologies as a generic concept of objects or things that are mechanical, organic, and electronic. With its timely development these technologies are continually imbued ...