Paradigms and practices: the organization of the delivery of nursing care.

abstract：AIM:The study reported in this paper investigated factors that led to the initial use and abuse of drugs in 237 addicts receiving treatment at the Psychological Medicine Hospital, Kuwait. METHOD:A self-administered questionnaire was designed to elicit information regarding socio-demographic data and initiation pattern...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Al-Kandari FH,Yacoub K,Omu F

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The author's personal journey through many years of nursing education as both a student and faculty member lead to a theoretical exploration of a caring pedagogy between students and teachers. The author places this exploration in a historical context and examines education, feminist and nursing literature to evolve c...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Cohen JA

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of nursing literature is frequently advocated as a means of maintaining competence. The purpose of this study was to compare the frequency of references to competencies in the literature with those retained for the role of first-line nurse managers by an expert panel involved in the Delphi technique. In this w...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Duffield C

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This small-scale study carried out in a Melbourne metropolitan hospital explored patients' and their carers' perceptions of information, adequacy of information, and their utilization of information concerning post-discharge care received from health professionals during their stay in hospital. The research design con...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Driscoll A

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper reports a study to determine the factors affecting community-dwelling older Chinese people's health-promoting behaviour in the domains of physical activity, healthy dietary practices and stress management, and to identify any barriers to these behaviours. BACKGROUND:Previous studies have identified fact...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Kwong EW,Kwan AY

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred female patients undergoing major reconstructive plastic or gynaecological surgery were randomized to either receive subcutaneous patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) (bolus dose 2.5 mg diamorphine in 1 ml with a 20-minute lockout) or intravenous PCA (bolus dose 0.5 mg diamorphine in 1 ml with a 5-minute lock...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Dawson L,Brockbank K,Carr EC,Barrett RF

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM OF THE STUDY:This paper reports a two-part study relating to the further psychometric development of the Mental Health Problems Perceptions Questionnaire. BACKGROUND:The instrument was developed and used originally in a study to investigate the role of district nurses in caring for people with mental health proble...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Angus NJ,Lauder W,Reynolds W

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Because of trends in the health care environment, hospitals are restructuring to innovative patient care delivery systems. The Case Management Model, with its emphasis on quality patient care and cost containment, is gaining widespread recognition throughout Canada and the United States. In this paper, the Case Manage...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Petryshen PR,Petryshen PM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to ascertain if patients with breast cancer who have positive attachment models of 'self' and 'other' perceive higher levels of support from nurses than do patients with negative attachment models. BACKGROUND:Attachment models of 'self' and 'other' develop in childhood and affect relatio...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Harding R,Beesley H,Holcombe C,Fisher J,Salmon P

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To analyse the impact of six job characteristics on the intention of nurses to leave their organization, specifically focusing on long-term care settings: nursing homes, care homes and home care. BACKGROUND:When nurses leave their organization, this can negatively affect organizational performance. Organizations h...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Tummers LG,Groeneveld SM,Lankhaar M

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative study has aimed to explore children's, parents' and health professionals' experience of childhood chronic illness. Seven families and their professional carers participated in semistrucured interviews. The children's interviews were augmented with a 'drawing' technique. A grounded theory approach faci...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Sartain SA,Clarke CL,Heyman R

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A discipline is 'characterized by a unique perspective, a distinct way of viewing all phenomena, which ultimately defines the limits and nature of its inquiry' (Donaldson & Crowley 1978). Further, Chinn & Jacobs (1987) define discipline as a 'branch of instruction; a body of knowledge and of systematizing that knowled...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Moore S

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To report findings of a national survey of care closer to home services for children and young people and a typology based on these findings. BACKGROUND:Providing care closer to home for children is a policy and practice aspiration internationally. While the main model of such services is children's community nur...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Parker G,Spiers G,Cusworth L,Birks Y,Gridley K,Mukherjee S

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity of studies using translated instruments may be questioned when there is a lack of attention to and/or minimal explanation of the procedures used for determining the equivalence between the primary and secondary language tool. Ensuring equivalence of a translated Chinese version of the Menstrual Distress Q...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Chang AM,Chau JP,Holroyd E

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine the experiences of health transitions for young people with intellectual disabilities and their carers and identify the implications for nursing practice. DESIGN:A systematic review and critical appraisal of qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods studies. DATA SOURCES:A search of the relevant li...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Brown M,Macarthur J,Higgins A,Chouliara Z

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to explore the effects of a self-management intervention for middle-aged adults with knee osteoarthritis. BACKGROUND:Knee osteoarthritis is a common cause of lower limb disability in middle-aged and older adults. Use of self-management interventions that apply the self-regulation theory h...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Kao MH,Tsai YF,Chang TK,Wang JS,Chen CP,Chang YC

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This paper reports a study to elicit background data from recently qualified nurse prescribers and explore aspects of their work. BACKGROUND:Nurse prescribing has been introduced quite recently in the United Kingdom. Although a certain amount of information is available about the characteristics of nurse prescrib...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Bradley E,Campbell P,Nolan P

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the planning, implementation and evaluation of a series of workshops for practising health visitors, as one aspect of continuing professional education. The history demonstrates response to stated need. Planning was intensive and extensive, resulting in one broad educational objective and a flexib...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Strehlow MS

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The introduction of 'open' visiting and family involvement in the care of hospitalized children created a revolution in the care of children in hospitals. This historical study utilized the situation at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto (HSC), as a case study illustrating change. Although psychological research ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Young J

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To raise awareness of critical care nurses' cognitive bias in decision-making, its relationship with leadership styles and its impact on care delivery. BACKGROUND:The relationship between critical care nurses' decision-making and leadership styles in hospitals has been widely studied, but the influence of cogniti...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Lean Keng S,AlQudah HN

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyses the concept of reassurance in health care, arguing that it entails giving information predicting a safe outcome, plus the use of personal support to help patients feel secure. The literature on anxiety management interventions is reviewed and selected findings are presented from a survey of reassur...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Teasdale K

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper is a report of a study to identify the experience of gynaecological nurses involved with termination of pregnancy. BACKGROUND:Staff involved with termination of pregnancy have been found to experience both positive and negative views. Varying processes and experiences for staff have been identified, fro...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Nicholson J,Slade P,Fletcher J

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper is a report of a systematic review to identify and analyse the main factors affecting the utilization of antenatal care in developing countries. BACKGROUND:Antenatal care is a key strategy for reducing maternal mortality, but millions of women in developing countries do not receive it. DATA SOURCES:A r...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Simkhada B,Teijlingen ER,Porter M,Simkhada P

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To examine qualified intensive care nurses' implicit and explicit attitudes towards obese intensive care patients and whether their attitudes are associated with their behavioural intentions towards these patients. BACKGROUND:Obese intensive care patients may experience more stress than do normal-weight patients....

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Robstad N,Westergren T,Siebler F,Söderhamn U,Fegran L

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parental participation now has become an accepted feature of the care of children in hospital. However, the costs to parents of their involvement in the care of their hospitalized children have received little attention. In this paper the financial, social and personal costs to a group of parents of children admitted ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Callery P

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This paper reports a study examining the process and outcomes of a long-term, multicomponent smoking cessation intervention for patients with lung disease initiated while hospitalized and provided over 1-year postdischarge. BACKGROUND:Successful smoking cessation interventions are of primary importance for people...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Jonsdottir H,Jonsdottir R,Geirsdottir T,Sveinsdottir KS,Sigurdardottir T

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Action research is growing in popularity with nurse researchers, where it is often seen as a way of bridging the theory-practice gap. However, there is little agreement on exactly what is meant by the term, and most nurse researchers stop short of exploring the full potential of this methodology. This paper argues tha...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Rolfe G

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nursing profession in the United Kingdom is faced with great opportunities for significant developments. To make best use of these it is necessary to reflect on the past, to meditate on key issues which are current, to plan wisely and well for the future and then to press ahead with determination. Key issues highl...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Hall C

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients experience anxiety during treatment in an intensive care unit, but intensive care patients are often not able to respond to existing validated measures of anxiety such as the Brief Symptom Inventory. We have developed a new single item Faces Anxiety Scale made up of drawings of five faces. AIM...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： McKinley S,Coote K,Stein-Parbury J

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine how a major Clostridium difficile outbreak in the UK was represented in the media. BACKGROUND:Clostridium difficile is a serious health care-associated infection with significant global prevalence. As major outbreaks have continued to occur worldwide over the last few decades, it has also resulted in in...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Burnett E,Johnston B,Corlett J,Kearney N

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00