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She
saw HOPE in HOSPICE
Florence Wald’s decision to resign her position as
dean of Yale University School of Nursing in 1968 to lead
a research study on the terminally ill led to the first
U.S. hospice and better care for thousands. Read
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You’ll
know you’re a nurse when ...
Three years after graduating with a BSN degree,
the author recalls unforgettable moments in her first year
as an RN. Read more |
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Nursing ethics
and Hägar the Horrible
When faced with an ethical dilemma, choosing the right course
of action is a challenge. A nursing professor provides perspective
and guidance. Read more
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Killing as
caring: Could it happen again?
Nursing is known as the caring profession, yet nurses participated
in the Holocaust. The author describes the historical setting
and challenges nurses to consider how they would respond.
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Nursing
Home Ethics: Inside out
The recipient of the 2004 AJN Book of the Year award for
her book on nursing home ethics looks at some of those issues
from another, very personal perspective. Read
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Helping
nurses make ethical decisions
The author, an International Council of Nurses consultant,
describes an important resource: The ICN Code of Ethics
for Nurses. Read more |
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Portable health care
Diabetes lay educators provide essential support and health
care information to a migrant population of farmworkers
that winters in Texas, near the southern border of the United
States, and summers in North Dakota and Minnesota, near
the northern border. Read more
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