Preparing for change: an investigation into the attitudes of assessors to ward-based assessments as a preliminary to continuing clinical assessments.

abstract：:The interest of nurses in methods of economic evaluation appears limited to cost-effectiveness analysis, with an apparent unawareness of other methods of economic appraisal and the types of efficiency they consider. The main methods of economic appraisal are discussed, and linked to different kinds of efficiency. Meth...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Newbold D

更新日期：1995-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spiritual distress may be described as the failure to invest life with meaning. It is a condition that may be met by nurses in a variety of settings. This paper examines some of the issues and some of the practical skills involved in counselling those who experience such distress. Considerable reference is made to the...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Burnard P

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A user-centred study employing focus group methodology was conducted in the United Kingdom in order to establish the key information concerns of spouses of women with breast cancer from both patients' and spouses' perspectives. Four unstructured focus group discussions were convened, three with women with breast cance...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Rees CE,Bath PA,Lloyd-Williams M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the course of their work British health visitors encounter many individuals and families with problems. Support is usually offered, but if that support is for psychological health needs, it is less likely to be accepted as legitimate health visiting practice. Where a referral is either not accepted, or placed on a ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Cody A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:the current definitions of caring in nursing education denote a mutual relationship between teachers and students in which they interact to provide an environment which supports the students' personal and professional development. The learning of caring in an interactional context is typical of the female experience. ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Paterson BL,Crawford M,Saydak M,Venkatesh P,Tschikota S,Aronowitz T

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whilst ethics is now commonplace on nursing curricula in the United Kingdom there remains doubt as to how and what to teach. This doubt has its origins in interlinked uncertainties within nursing, ethics and education. In nursing there are uncertainties about whether we are teaching ethics to professionalize or becaus...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Allmark P

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the relationships among various nursing homes characteristics including work environment, careworker outcomes and resident outcomes in Swiss nursing homes. BACKGROUND:In Switzerland, a growing number of older people live in nursing homes. Although research has addressed the issue of quality of nursing c...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Schwendimann R,Zúñiga F,Ausserhofer D,Schubert M,Engberg S,de Geest S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper is a report of a study conducted to determine the perceptions and experiences of coitus interruptus as a contraceptive method used by married women in Turkey. BACKGROUND:Various factors affect women's choice of contraceptive methods. One of these factors is socioeconomic status, which may have an effect...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Ciftçioğlu S,Erci B

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undergoing diagnostic investigations for symptoms of breast disease constitutes an intensely stressful experience for any woman. The widespread use of contemporary fine-needle techniques throughout specialist breast clinics, whilst removing the necessity of hospitalization and general anaesthesia for many women, has i...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Poole K

更新日期：1997-02-01 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 purpose of this paper is to alert researchers and agency staff to potential conflicts that may arise during research projects conducted in busy community-based agencies. Within a framework of human territoriality, key factors in avoiding such conflicts are explored. Territoriality is the defence against intruders ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Ervin NE,Dawkins CE

更新日期：1996-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination of predictions concerning the future of American society provides a basis for building a scenario for nursing education in the USA. Trends influencing the future of society and professional nursing education include the tendency towards a planet-wide society, changing orientations towards individual tow...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Ackerman WB

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staff nurse involvement in clinical nursing research is dependent on the attitudes nurses hold toward research. An exploration of these attitudes was undertaken in a 464-bed midwestern teaching hospital as it developed its nursing research procedures. A questionnaire was developed which incorporated the Boothe Attitud...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Bostrom AC,Malnight M,MacDougall J,Hargis D

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper reports a study to test the hypothesis that day surgery patients who listen to music during their preoperative wait will have statistically significantly lower levels of anxiety than patients who receive routine care. BACKGROUND:Although previous day surgery research suggests that music effectively redu...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Cooke M,Chaboyer W,Schluter P,Hiratos M

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Approximately 60%-80% of all multiple sclerosis (MS) patients are heat sensitive. The aim of this study was to gain information on the effects of an assistive device, the cooling-suit, on MS-patients' self-care ability and also practical implications. A single-case approach was adopted in a quasi- experimental before-...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Flensner G,Lindencrona C

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To determine key factors that stimulate and drive the ongoing interests of leaders in the field of pain to continue to work for change and to explore how they use their own experiences in their teaching. BACKGROUND:The assessment and management of acute and chronic pain remains a challenge and the pain education ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Carr EC,Watt-Watson J,McGillion M,Huizinga A

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports the findings of a study which examines changes in a group of Bachelor of Science (BSc) nursing students' perceptions, knowledge of and attitudes towards human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS), accruing from attempts at a systematized education for the cohort. Base...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Uwakwe CB

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports upon a comparative study in an English health authority of stress experiences between 146 current Diploma in Nursing (Project 2000) Adult Branch students and a prior study of a sample of 146 students who undertook a certificate course leading to Registered General Nurse (RGN) in 1988. Both groups we...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Lindop E

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To investigate the moderating effects of work overload and supervisor support on the emotional exhaustion-depressive state relationship. BACKGROUND:Burnout and depression are prevalent in human service professionals and have a detrimental impact on clients. Work overload and supervisor support are two key job dem...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Weigl M,Stab N,Herms I,Angerer P,Hacker W,Glaser J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this paper is to discuss six issues influencing the introduction of advanced practice nursing (APN) roles: confusion about APN terminology, failure to define clearly the roles and goals, role emphasis on physician replacement/support, underutilization of all APN role domains, failure to address environme...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Bryant-Lukosius D,Dicenso A,Browne G,Pinelli J

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To present a discussion of precepting through the use of symbolic interactionism as exemplified by findings from an ethnographic study. BACKGROUND:It is a well-known fact that clinical practice, where students are supervised by precepting nurses, is an important part of nursing education. Several previous studies ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Carlson E

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The contexts of adherence for African Americans with high blood pressure African American men between the ages of 18 and 49 years have the lowest rates of awareness, treatment and control of high blood pressure (HBP) of all age/race/gender groups in the United States. A qualitative study was done to gain an understand...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Rose LE,Kim MT,Dennison CR,Hill MN

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper reports a literature review to examine the effectiveness of inducing hypothermia to decrease neurological deficit after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. BACKGROUND:After cardiac arrest, severe neurological impairment is a major problem. Outcome after anoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest varies fr...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Zeitzer MB

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women's attendance for regular cervical screening has been identified as a significant factor in the prevention of cervical cancer. Evidence suggests, however, that both extrinsic and intrinsic factors influence women's attendance patterns for screening. Extrinsic factors, in particular the practitioner undertaking th...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Twinn S,Cheng F

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A portfolio captures learning from experience, enables an assessor to measure student learning, acts as a tool for reflective thinking, illustrates critical analytical skills and evidence of self-directed learning and provides a collection of detailed evidence of a person's competence. AIMS:This paper repor...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Scholes J,Webb C,Gray M,Endacott R,Miller C,Jasper M,McMullan M

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper is based on the authors' experience of teaching and supervising the first intake of the management unit of the diploma for charge nurses offered by the Department of Professional Development and Training, Glasgow College of Nursing and Midwifery, Glasgow, Scotland. The students on this course undertake a pr...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Allan D,Cornes D

更新日期：1998-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine female youth's intentions for safe sex with the relationship partners based on the extended theory of planned behaviour (TPB) model and explore the direct and indirect impact of parent-child communication about sex, peer interaction related to sexual issues, and exposure to sexually explicit materials on...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Tseng YH,Cheng CP,Kuo SH,Hou WL,Chan TF,Chou FH

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To report a concept analysis of futility in health care. BACKGROUND:Each member of the healthcare team: the physician, the nurse, the patient, the family and all others involved perceive futility differently. The current evidence and knowledge in regard to futility in health care manifest a plethora of definitions...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Morata L

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The economic recession and stringent economic adjustment programme that Jordan has gone through since the early 1980s have resulted in lower living standards and higher rates of poverty and unemployment. Poverty debilitates women and impairs their access to health care, proper nutrition and well-being in gen...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Mahasneh SM

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this longitudinal study was to test a model of the relationships among social economic status, gender, severity of impairment, stress emotions, coping strategies and psychological well-being. A sample of 78 elderly women and men, 60 years old or over, and diagnosed as having rheumatoid arthritis since m...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Downe-Wamboldt BL,Melanson PM

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00