Introduction
According to Marriner-Tomey (1994), theory is defined as the purpose of providing knowledge to improve practice by describing, explaining, predicting and controlling phenomena. As cited by Perry (2001), a nursing theory is a conceptualization of some aspect of nursing communicated for the purpose of describing, explaining, predicting nursing care. All nursing practice is based on […]

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Pain Management.
I saw this advertsiement about a basketball player who was selling some sort of heat releasing plasters for relieving pain. I found that the phase “When the heat is on the pain in gone!”, is very meaning and has a very insightful concept of the way how Traditional Chinese Medicine treats pain. This concept […]

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I was at the Diabetic Centre one late afternoon trying to solve some thin client issues when I heard an angry old man telling a diabetes nurse off.
“This is my problem, you don’t have to tell me what to do. I am fit and I have not other medical problems!”.
“Sir”, explained the nurse, “It is […]

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This essay attempts to provide critical analysis in response to the article “What’s in a name?” which was written by Chiarella (2001). It will define what nursing is, and the role of a professional nurse. The difference between the nurse and carer will be discussed and with an overview of nursing as a profession.
What […]

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