1. Cultural baggage refers to the values and concepts that we have because of our own culture, but we do not realize that they are culturally based.Ethnocentrism is the belief that there is a standard or norm, usually represented by our own values and culture, against which other cultures and...

AbstractAdvanced practice registered nurses (APRN) are practitioners that carry out a wide variety of duties in a number of different settings. The FNP is a clinical role which provides direct care to family members across the lifespan, including prevention of illness and disease as well as the treatment and management...

I have heard many of my peers indicate that one of their motivations for becoming a nurse is that they perceived nursing as a caring profession, and they wanted to be a part of a profession in which they can care for and help others. These peers – like many...

The reliance on formal education towards acquisition of requisite knowledge and skills for varied sectors including healthcare informs recommendations made towards enhancing healthcare provision. For instance, the 2011 report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) on the future of nursing indicates a recommendation for 80 percent of nurses to have...

Underlying my personal philosophy for the practice of professional nursing is a strong belief that the four metaparadigms of patient, nurse, health and environment describe significantly interconnected phenomena from different perspectives. It is therefore necessary to understand and use all four conceptual bases of patient, nurse, health and environment in...