Nurses' skills in managing ethically difficult care situations: interpretation of nurses' narratives.

abstract：AIM OF THE STUDY:The aim of this phenomenological study was to find out what menopause was like as an experience for women who were not yet 40 years old. BACKGROUND:Women's bodies have naturally occurring rhythms and expected transitions related to their menstrual cycle. One transition that all women will experience, ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Boughton MA

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study seeks to gain an understanding of the learning experiences of district nurse students in the learning environment of the community, and to examine learning in the practice setting from the perspective of the student. Since the research depends upon the changing and differing interpretations of the individua...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Mackenzie AE

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a research study designed to explore the experiences of nurses caring for ethnic-minority clients and to identify any specific problems nurses encounter when caring for these clients. Data were collected through a process of in-depth interviews with 18 trained nurses. The findings of the study sug...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Murphy K,Clark JM

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper is a report of a study to examine the construction of the stereotype of male nurses as gay, and to describe how this discourse impacts on a group of New Zealand male nurses. BACKGROUND:A discourse stereotyping male nurses as gay is accompanied by one which privileges hegemonic masculinity and marginaliz...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Harding T

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper reports a study to ascertain the views of acute ward-based mental health nursing staff on the delivery, content and personal impact of an innovative 18-day, whole team educational intervention in acute mental health care. BACKGROUND:There are grave concerns internationally about the quality of inpatient...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Bee P,Richards D,Loftus S,Baker J,Bailey L,Lovell K

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of the family system has, in recent years, been de-emphasized in the planning and delivery of mental health services. A sample of the psychiatric nursing literature over the last 4 decades is reviewed to reveal that this is not a new phenomenon with regard to psychiatric nursing practice. The shortcomin...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Tennant D

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To examine and compare the personal concerns of family members providing care for people with Huntington disease in the United Kingdom and the United States. BACKGROUND:Family carers of people with Huntington disease may feel burdened by caregiving responsibilities and concerned about illness risk for relatives. ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Williams JK,Skirton H,Barnette JJ,Paulsen JS

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The literature would suggest that midwives' attitudes towards the use of birth technology are mainly focused around issues of "trust and dependence" yet there has been no published research to refute or substantiate these beliefs. AIM:This paper reports on an empirical study that aimed to identify midwives'...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Sinclair M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to: (a) determine nursing students' perceptions of the learning activities which contribute the most to their knowledge and skills; (b) determine students' perceptions of their learning difficulties; (c) compare the perceptions of English as a second language (ESL) and non-ESL students;...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Jalili-Grenier F,Chase MM

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To understand the relationships among certain key factors such as organizational climate, self-efficacy and outcome expectation on registered nurses, with regard to the development of registered nurses' cross-cultural competence. The focus is specifically on the use of a social cognitive framework for nurses for p...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Lin HC

更新日期：2016-05-01 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 develop and psychometrically test Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale for older people and to reduce the scale to a more practical short form. BACKGROUND:The Readiness for Hospital Discharge Scale is the only available and validated scale measuring patients' perceived readiness just prior to discharge. DESI...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Mabire C,Coffey A,Weiss M

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Power is a central element in all social interactions. In order to act appropriately in different care situations, it is important to understand the meaning of power. AIM:This paper reports a study whose aim was to describe delivery ward staff opinions about the exercise of power over women in communication...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Sinivaara M,Suominen T,Routasalo P,Hupli M

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To critically review the literature related to situation awareness and clinical decision-making by nurses. BACKGROUND:International recognition that situation awareness positively contributes to clinical decision-making has led to a growing body of healthcare literature. To date, research has predominately focused...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Stubbings L,Chaboyer W,McMurray A

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this paper is to describe one study undertaken in the north of England which sought an understanding of family care-giving for people with dementia. Data were collected by interview and diary with 14 family carers, by questionnaire with 60 professional carers, and by interview and diary from nine case...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Clarke CL

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：:Twenty-four family caregivers of bone marrow transplant (BMT) patients were interviewed to describe the burden of care and health outcomes (anxiety, depression, symptom distress and fatigue). A descriptive correlational research design with repeated measures was used. Data were collected in a conference room in the on...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Foxall MJ,Gaston-Johansson F

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To explore the intentions of nurses to respond to requests for legal assisted-dying. BACKGROUND:As more Western nations legalize assisted-dying, requests for access will increase across clinical domains. Understanding the intentions of nurses to respond to such requests is important for the construction of releva...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Wilson MR,Wiechula R,Cusack L,Wilson M

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To synthesize studies that explored simulation as preparation of nursing students for recognition and response to the deteriorating patient. BACKGROUND:New graduate nurses are expected to have the skills to recognize and respond to rapidly deteriorating patient conditions. To this end, education programmes have t...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Fisher D,King L

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper sets out to explore key aspects of women's views of women GPs and practice nurses within primary health care settings. The extent to which women actively seek female health workers for the provision of their primary health care needs, including preventive health care, is examined. The findings presented in ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Brooks F,Phillips D

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to examine the decision-making of nursing students during team based simulations on patient deterioration to determine the sources of information, the types of decisions made and the influences underpinning their decisions. BACKGROUND:Missed, misinterpreted or mismanaged physiological sig...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Bucknall TK,Forbes H,Phillips NM,Hewitt NA,Cooper S,Bogossian F,FIRST2ACT Investigators.

更新日期：2016-10-01 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：:The provision by nurses of appropriate levels of care for people with dementia is considered to be adversely affected by the inadequate provision of post basic education. This paper reports on a study that seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of a brief educational programme for charge nurses caring for people with dem...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Shanley E,McDowell J,Wynne T

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many studies in western countries have shown that persons who have a high level of social support are likely to have better health behaviours, including use of preventive health services, than those who have low support. The present study aims to investigate the impact of level of social support among Thai pregnant wo...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Jirojwong S,Dunt D,Goldsworthy D

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent surveys show that children are still restricted from visiting their critically ill family and friends on many adult intensive care units throughout the country. The purpose of this small-scale exploratory pilot study was to examine and describe the experiences and perceptions of trained nurses towards children ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Clarke CM

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Eastern sociocultural systems differ in many ways from Western ones, and these differences influence many aspects of the postpartum period. AIM:The purpose of this study was to determine postpartum women's health status in the wider social context of the Taiwanese family after women return home from the hos...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Hung CH,Chung HH

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By examining the relationship between the cultural construction of female sexuality and the lack of potential for many young heterosexual women to be truly sexually healthy this paper submits that messages for women within HIV prevention programmes can be confused, confining and at times dangerous to women's health an...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Few C

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite a plethora of information on the prevention of pressure sores, they remain a significant problem in both hospital and community settings. The need to reduce the incidence of pressure sores has been well documented; unfortunately there is little evidence to suggest improvement. The reasons for this la...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Panagiotopoulou K,Kerr SM

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To report a study of patients' views of patient-centred care. The study aimed to explore patients' understanding and conceptualization of patient-centred care and link it to existing literature on the topic. BACKGROUND:Patient-centred care currently lacks a widely accepted definition, with much of the literature ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Marshall A,Kitson A,Zeitz K

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00