  We extend Krasnoselskii's fixed point result to non-self-real functions. We
find a new and simple proof for Hillam's result. In our approach, we don't
assume the image of the related mapping to be compact or bounded. In this way,
we extend Hillam's result to self-mappings on $\mathbb R$. Finally, we present
a new proof for the global convergence of the Newton-Raphson method.
