... , 2010, p. 318). At the end of the day, nurses are at the front lines of quality patient care, and the ones supporting a philosophy of caring in health care. The healthcare profession is one of the most respected and prevalent vocations, it is essential that nurses maintain a leadership status by creating new research frameworks that emphasize the value of what we do ... , and give credibility and respect to our profession in the 21st century. According to Meleis (2010), "To advance nursing knowledge, we must continue to build a robust scientific base and develop coherent frameworks that ...

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... itself is evolving to meet the constant changes of the Health care system. II. Conceptualization of the role For nurses to make their contribution, it is essential that they practice nursing in an organized manner (Alligood & Tomey, 2002, p.g. 208) therefore I have chosen Kings Conceptual System and Theory of Goal Attainment as the primary framework for the role of the ... Family Nurse Practitioner. King (1968) stated, "Concepts offer a way of thinking about nursing: a way of observing behavior and a way of collecting specific information essential for decision making based on knowledge...

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