Nursing is a discipline that traditionally considers the whole person and,
following this mandate, nursing research is also considered to have a holistic
perspective. Yet research methods demanded that the researcher focus
on some part of the person—to quantitatively measure some biological,
psychologi...
La práctica de enfermería hoy en día es compleja y cambiante. Como Frenk et al. (1) notan, la educación en ciencias de salud ha experimentado cambios fundamentales durante el siglo pasado; de un enfoque basado en ciencia, a currículos basados en problemas, hasta currículos basados en sistemas y com...
Being admitted to a hospital, preparing for discharge, receiving a chronic illness diagnosis, transferring from intensive care to regular care, moving to a nursing home, receiving a grave diagnosis, losing a family member, facing an environmental disaster, graduating and starting a new professional posit...
Symptoms are at the heart of nursing care. Much of what nurses do for and with patients is focused
on symptoms: measuring them, assessing factors that may inuence changes, developing prevention and
management strategies, and helping patients with ongoing monitoring and self-management. e eory of...
Dear Colleagues,
It is no secret that the frenetic pace at which globalization has advanced in the past few decades has brought
with it a set of highly critical questions for governments and many challenges for us in our role as nurses and
advocates of good quality patient care. We are not averse to chal...