Theories in the field of nursing profession can be defined as sets of concepts or models, and they are attained through deducting and inductive reasoning processes (Alligood, 2013; Fawcett & Desanto-Madeya, 2012). In the context of the nursing process, nursing theories are essential since they act as the platforms or...

Article: Ramesh, N., & John, D. (2015). Does investing in professional development coaching for nurses help contribute to their better functioning in the hospital?. National Journal of Community Medicine, 6(3), 379-384. Summary In India, there are insignificant numbers of published studies that evaluate the types of nurses’ professional development within...

In Phaedo, Socrates stated that he “[has] a firm hope that there is something in store for those who have died, and, as we have been told for many years, something much better for the good than for the wicked" (“Socrates & the Human Soul”). This quote is a succinct...

The Humanistic approach is in itself a feel-good approach that seeks to encourage people to go within in order to help themselves live better lives. Humanistic psychologists who use this approach assume that a person has tendencies and beliefs that make them different from others. Thus, they take on a...

The nursing intellectual theory was brought forth to help in the area of inquiry in the health industry. The theory abstracts the knowledge of the nurses available within an organization (Covell & Sidani, 2013). It allocates the relationship of this knowledge to patients and organization outcomes. Nurse intellectual capital is...