The phenomenology of comfort.

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：:This descriptive research project was designed to replicate the study of Brodt & Stronge (1986) and to extend and investigate the attitudes of nurses towards computers in clinical practice. Lack of an adequate study into nurses' attitudes to computers was the motive behind this study. The research project was carried ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Sultana N

更新日期：1990-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To identify service models that provided care co-ordination for people with long-term neurological conditions in the U.K. BACKGROUND:The successful management of long-term neurological conditions needs sophisticated management across several health, social care and other service boundaries, as well as involvement...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Aspinal F,Gridley K,Bernard S,Parker G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:We explore home care nurse decision-making about the need for and amount of service by clients and families at the end of life. We identify factors nurses refer to when describing these decisions, situated within contextual features of nursing practice. BACKGROUND:Home care nurses are often responsible for decisi...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Stajduhar KI,Funk L,Roberts D,McLeod B,Cloutier-Fisher D,Wilkinson C,Purkis ME

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To analyse the changes in senior students' opinions about the nursing profession over a 10-year period. DESIGN:A descriptive and comparative study. METHOD:Data were collected using a questionnaire form, which was completed by 400 senior high school students in Çankiri city center during 2007-2008 (Group 1) and 2...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Mert S,Altuntaş Yildiz T,Gönen Şentürk S,Durualp E

更新日期：2020-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to test the effect of an audiotape giving concrete objective information and strategies to reduce symptoms, psychological distress and enhance physical functioning in patients having coronary artery bypass grafts. BACKGROUND:The period following hospital discharge is stressful for patients...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Utriyaprasit K,Moore SM,Chaiseri P

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By reviewing the literature, this paper explores the nature and function of sleep. Most of the evidence for the functional theories of sleep has been obtained as a result of examining the effects of sleep deprivation, the physiological, emotional and behavioural effects of which are discussed. There is a discussion on...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Hodgson LA

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND RATIONALE:With an increasing demand for intensive care beds more nurses in acute and high dependency wards will be expected to care competently for patients with tracheostomy tubes. Tracheal suctioning is an essential aspect of effective airway management. However, this has many associated risks and comp...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Day T,Farnell S,Haynes S,Wainwright S,Wilson-Barnett J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND AIM:User participation has been a widely researched and debated phenomenon in the formulation and implementation of health and social care policy and indeed wider public sector policy in the United Kingdom (UK), yet there remains a vast array of definitions of the term and great variety in the findings o...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Roberts K

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Critical thinking is frequently cited as a desirable professional attribute and a highly valued educational outcome. Despite the abundance of literature on the subject, validation of the critical thinking construct in different cultural populations is under-researched. AIM:The purpose of this study was to c...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Tiwari A,Avery A,Lai P

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：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：: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：:This paper reports the findings of the first phase of a study designed to assess the needs of people with HIV and AIDS and the extent to which these needs are being met by services in Camberwell Health Authority in inner London. The study involves collecting information and opinions from key service providers, clients...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Beedham HM,Wilson-Barnett J

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper is a report of a grounded theory study of woman's infant feeding experiences and decisions in the first 6 weeks after birth. BACKGROUND:Breastfeeding is considered the optimum method of infant feeding. Studies have identified numerous factors associated with infant feeding decisions. What remains unexpl...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Sheehan A,Schmied V,Barclay L

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is increasing interest in women's health, there remains little empirical evidence concerning concepts related to health and women's life trajectory. Our purpose in conducting this research was to examine women's developmental stressors and coping during young adulthood. Lazarus and Folkman's coping mode...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Gramling LF,Lambert VA,Pursley-Crotteau S

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many patients with heart failure have generalized wasting, referred to as cardiac cachexia. This leads to skeletal muscle wasting, impaired mobility, reduced functional capacity and poor prognosis. Patients with heart failure have symptoms that can affect their food intake, for example breathing difficulties...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Jacobsson A,Pihl E,Mårtensson J,Fridlund B

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to explore breast cancer patients' experiences during survivorship. Particular attention is given to the role of specialist breast care nurses in supporting women throughout this phase. BACKGROUND:There is a relative lack of research involving long-term breast cancer survivors. Yet, many...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Matthews H,Semper H

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

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：:An in-depth series of interviews was undertaken amongst a small group of older, caucasian women, in Auckland, New Zealand. The study was part of the region's cervical screening programme. The aim of the study was to determine how the older woman's perceptions of cervical cancer and cervical screening services might be...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： White GE

更新日期：1995-04-01 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：AIM:To review systematically and integrate the findings of qualitative research to increase our understanding of patients' experiences of chronic pelvic pain. BACKGROUND:Chronic pelvic pain is a prevalent pain condition with a high disease burden for men and women. Its multifactorial nature makes it challenging for cl...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Toye F,Seers K,Barker K

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper reports a study to examine the effectiveness of a 12-session mutual support group for Chinese families caring for a relative with schizophrenia compared with a psycho-educational group and routine family support services in Hong Kong. BACKGROUND:Schizophrenia is a disruptive and distressing illness for ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Chien WT,Chan S,Morrissey J,Thompson D

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the two principle types of reality orientation with the confused elderly has been the subject of research by nurses, psychiatrists and psychologists. Reviews of this research suggest that the effects of these therapies on patient outcomes are extremely limited. However, a number of writers advocate their us...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： McMahon R

更新日期：1988-11-01 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：UNLABELLED:AIMS OF THE STUDY WERE TO: Assess coping strategies of mothers who have a child with vesicoureteric reflex (VUR), determine mothers' understanding of VUR before and after diagnosis, assess mothers' perceived needs for support when coping with their child's VUR and compare the above aims between two groups of...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Swallow VM,Jacoby A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Relationships between infant temperament, demographic variables, and family dynamics of child-rearing families were investigated in this study. The revised Infant Temperament Questionnaire (RITQ), the Family Dynamics Questionnaire (FDQ) and the Family Dynamics Measure (FDM) were sent to 118 families who had participat...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Hakulinen T,Laippala P,Paunonen M

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aim of this study was to describe the nurse-patient relationships and to study how caring behaviours were described. The review question was: What factors influence the caring relationship between a nurse and patient? BACKGROUND:There is a growing perception that nurses fail to provide compassionate and compe...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Wiechula R,Conroy T,Kitson AL,Marshall RJ,Whitaker N,Rasmussen P

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper is a report of a review conducted to identify, critically analyse and synthesize the humour literature across a number of fields related to health, health care and nursing. BACKGROUND:The humour-health hypothesis suggests that there is a positive link between humour and health. Humour has been a focus o...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： McCreaddie M,Wiggins S

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:The aims of this paper are to explore the role of cross-disciplinary knowledge exchange and integration in advancing the science of unfinished nursing care and to offer preliminary guidance for theory development activities for this growing international community of scholars. BACKGROUND:Unfinished nursing care, ...

journal_title：Journal of advanced nursing

authors： Jones T,Willis E,Amorim-Lopes M,Drach-Zahavy A,RANCARE Consortium COST - CA 15208.

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00