JOURNAL SPOTLIGHT
END-OF-LIFE CARE: ARE NURSES EDUCATIONALLY PREPARED?
by Lisa Marie Chiplaskey, MSN, Ed., BSN
This study identifies that nurses are educationally unprepared to offer quality end-of-life care to patients and families. Exploration into end-of-life care issues is examined utilizing a historical context. Focus areas for improvement in today's education of nurses have been identified as spiritual-psychosocial health areas and physical health areas.............CONT'D
CONFLICT RESOLUTION – TOOLS FOR NURSING
Antonie Hiemer MS RN
Abstract
The nursing profession is one that is based on collaborative relationships with both colleagues and patients. It requires individuals to work closely with others with varying backgrounds or cultures. Individuals can hold diverse values, potentially affecting these relationships, which may result in conflict. Good communication or conflict resolution skills can decrease the risk of conflict. ............CONT'D
Alzheimer’s The Stranger in the Mirror
By Brenda Fountain, BSN, RN
As a nurse, I have always found it difficult and frustrating to understand the needs of a person with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia. It is a progressive degenerative brain disease first discovered in 1906 by Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German physician. His autopsy of a patient’s brain indicated abnormal amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles on the brain. ............CONT'D
Caring and the professional practice of nursing
Teresa Vance, RN
Caring and nursing have always been thought of synonymously. Most individuals choose nursing as a profession because of their desire to care for other individuals. Caring as a central concept has led to the development of several caring theories. ............CONT'D
Help Me Get Better
The Birthplace at Telfair
by Pamela J. Rahn, RN
I suppose there are many different reasons why people become nurses. Some do it for the money. Others do it for the prestige that is associated with it. But I think it is pretty safe to say that most people become nurses to ‘help patients get better.’ The irony of the situation is that most patients in turn ‘help nurses get better.’ Let me explain. ............CONT'D
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