[Amandine]

I need your help for my assignment. The subject is as follow:

How does the focus of clinical nursing differ from the focus of clinical medicine and how do we know whether theories applied to nursing have any practical usefulness?

any help even article references would be appreciated.

[nursinghumor]

What kind of assignment is it that you're asking nurses about medical school topics?

Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.4nursing.com

[Amandine]

Nursing science. Tell me about it I just can't find any journal article about that...

[nursinghumor]

You can start deciding if nursing practices are useful by looking into Nursing Research. You can find resources on that topic here:

My Life as a Nurse-Researcher Suzanne R. Allen, RN:"The beeper goes off, and I race to the ED of the local hospital about two miles away. There, a patient with acute myocardial infarction (MI) awaits, tubes sticking out of him, an ashen look on his frightened face. Three hours earlier, while the patient was working in his yard, his chest had begun to ache. The aching soon developed into a crushing pressure. Summoning family members for help, he had them call 911 and was whisked to the emergency department. His ECG now shows more than 2 mm of elevation in the anterolateral leads. The order is given for a thrombolytic."
http://nsweb.nursingspectrum.com/cff...researcher.cfm
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Foundation of Nursing Studies:"Foundation of Nursing Studies a UK-based charity whose sole purpose is to help nurses, midwives and health visitors improve patient care by encouraging them to use the most up-to-date methods. It is widely agreed that practice should always be based on evidence and research, but some findings never reach the patients who will most benefit. Nurses need to be able to respond to developments in their field and change their practice quickly and easily."
The Foundation of Nursing Studies
32 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 0RE England
Tel: 020 7233 5750 Fax: 020 7233 5759
Charity Number: 1071117 VAT Number: 726 7584 01
kate.sanders@fons.org
http://www.fons.org

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National Institute of Nursing Research:"The National Institute of Nursing Research supports clinical and basic research to establish a scientific basis for the care of individuals across the life span--from management of patients during illness and recovery to the reduction of risks for disease and disability and the promotion of healthy lifestyles. According to its broad mandate, the Institute seeks to understand and ease the symptoms of acute and chronic illness, to prevent or delay the onset of disease or disability or slow its progression, to find effective approaches to achieving and sustaining good health, and to improve the clinical settings in which care is provided."
http://www.nih.gov/ninr/

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Hope that helps.

Andrew Lopez, RN
http://www.nursinga2z.com