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- The influence of feminism on nursing and its relation to nursing education: 1970-1994.
- Creator
- Shinners-Gillenwater, Jean., Florida Atlantic University, Schuster, Eleanor
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This is a historical research study of the influence of feminism on nursing and nursing education from 1970 to 1994. Historical research contributes to the knowledge of the underpinnings of nursing education practices and the socialization process of nurses as a profession within the male, patriarchal system of medicine. This inquiry identifies select nurse-woman leaders and their contributions in incorporating a new value system for education and nursing based on feminist principles. The...
Show moreThis is a historical research study of the influence of feminism on nursing and nursing education from 1970 to 1994. Historical research contributes to the knowledge of the underpinnings of nursing education practices and the socialization process of nurses as a profession within the male, patriarchal system of medicine. This inquiry identifies select nurse-woman leaders and their contributions in incorporating a new value system for education and nursing based on feminist principles. The implications of this paradigm shift for nursing education, practice and research are discussed.
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- 1994
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15086
- Subject Headings
- Nurses--United States, Nursing--Study and teaching, Nursing--Philosophy, Caring, Feminism, Nursing--History
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The lived experience of choosing a healthier lifestyle.
- Creator
- Jones, Margaret P., Florida Atlantic University, Winland-Brown, Jill
- Abstract/Description
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This study explored the lived experience of choosing a healthier lifestyle. Using van Manen's methodology for researching lived experience, five participants described their experiences of the phenomenon. Four essential thematic structures were identified: (a) Conscious Choice; (b) Self Discovery; (c) Goals, Expectations, and Benefits; and (d) Validation and Motivation. Three incidental thematic structures were identified: (a) Resources, (b) Events, and (c) Addiction. A descriptive paragraph...
Show moreThis study explored the lived experience of choosing a healthier lifestyle. Using van Manen's methodology for researching lived experience, five participants described their experiences of the phenomenon. Four essential thematic structures were identified: (a) Conscious Choice; (b) Self Discovery; (c) Goals, Expectations, and Benefits; and (d) Validation and Motivation. Three incidental thematic structures were identified: (a) Resources, (b) Events, and (c) Addiction. A descriptive paragraph was written from the significant statements and a metatheme emerged for the phenomenon. The metatheme for the experience of choosing a healthier lifestyle was written as the phenomenological statement: The lived experience of choosing a healthier lifestyle is a conscious choosing of how to be in the world, and the actions taken to fulfill and sustain that desire.
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- 1993
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14921
- Subject Headings
- Lifestyles--Health aspects, Health status indicators, Life change events--Health aspects, Motivation (Psychology)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The lived experience of being a teenage mother.
- Creator
- Serey, Alice M., Florida Atlantic University, Beck, Cheryl
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One out of every ten women aged 15-19 in the United States becomes pregnant each year, yet few studies have been conducted to determine what is important to the teenage mother. The purpose of this study is to develop a structural description of the lived experience of being a teenage mother. Six teenage mothers who attended a teen parent program in a local high school were interviewed. Using Giorgi's method of interpretation for phenomenological studies, a general description of the lived...
Show moreOne out of every ten women aged 15-19 in the United States becomes pregnant each year, yet few studies have been conducted to determine what is important to the teenage mother. The purpose of this study is to develop a structural description of the lived experience of being a teenage mother. Six teenage mothers who attended a teen parent program in a local high school were interviewed. Using Giorgi's method of interpretation for phenomenological studies, a general description of the lived experience of being a teenage mother was developed. Actual quotations from the interviews are utilized to illustrate the themes which emerged and possible resolutions and implications for further nursing research discussed.
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- 1992
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14836
- Subject Headings
- Teenage pregnancy, Pregnancy--Psychological aspects, Teenage mothers
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- Document (PDF)
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- The lived experience of making a difficult decision.
- Creator
- Hogan, Renee LaCroix., Florida Atlantic University, Schoenhofer, Savina
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to generate a structure of the lived experience of making a difficult decision, using Parse's human becoming research methodology. This methodology evolved from the human becoming theory of nursing which includes an existential view of person and the nursing simultaneity paradigmatic view of man and health. The entity for study in this research was the lived experience of making a difficult decision. Parse's methodology was used and includes: participant...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to generate a structure of the lived experience of making a difficult decision, using Parse's human becoming research methodology. This methodology evolved from the human becoming theory of nursing which includes an existential view of person and the nursing simultaneity paradigmatic view of man and health. The entity for study in this research was the lived experience of making a difficult decision. Parse's methodology was used and includes: participant selection, dialogical engagement, extraction-synthesis and heuristic interpretation. The structure of the experience of making a difficult decision was discovered through the experiences of four participants. This is expressed as living with feelings of self doubt that give way to assurance while searching within and reaching out to others until affirming the circumstances of the chaos generates possibilities and enables perseverance. This study demonstrates Parse's research methodology and broadens nursing's knowledge base.
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- 1993
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14972
- Subject Headings
- Decision making, Nursing
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The lived experience of patients during family visits in the critical care setting.
- Creator
- Remonte, Sonia D., Florida Atlantic University, Locsin, Rozzano
- Abstract/Description
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This study described the lived experience of patients during family visits in the critical care setting. Using Colaizzi's method of phenomenology interviews were conducted on six critical care patients in their homes two days after discharge from the hospital. From the transcribed interviews, three themes emerged: (a) Family visits enhance patients' well-being; (b) Family visits provide patient support systems; and, (c) Family visits facilitate communication among patients, the health care...
Show moreThis study described the lived experience of patients during family visits in the critical care setting. Using Colaizzi's method of phenomenology interviews were conducted on six critical care patients in their homes two days after discharge from the hospital. From the transcribed interviews, three themes emerged: (a) Family visits enhance patients' well-being; (b) Family visits provide patient support systems; and, (c) Family visits facilitate communication among patients, the health care team, and members of the family. Implications for nursing practice, nursing education, and research are presented.
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- 1997
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15408
- Subject Headings
- Intensive care units--Patients, Hospital patients, Visiting the sick, Intensive care nursing
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The meaning of intuition in nursing practice.
- Creator
- Jennings, Alinda Hunter., Florida Atlantic University, Boykin, Anne
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe and interpret the meaning of intuition in nursing practice. Interviews with six nurses were audiotaped and transcribed into text. Initial and essential themes emerged through thematic analysis. Initial themes were variables dealing with the manifestation, interpretation or application of intuition. Essential themes reflected an awareness, sensation, understanding or feeling of a particular nature to be comprehended, known, or...
Show moreThe purpose of this phenomenological study was to describe and interpret the meaning of intuition in nursing practice. Interviews with six nurses were audiotaped and transcribed into text. Initial and essential themes emerged through thematic analysis. Initial themes were variables dealing with the manifestation, interpretation or application of intuition. Essential themes reflected an awareness, sensation, understanding or feeling of a particular nature to be comprehended, known, or perceived in connection with reflection upon the experience of intuition. The unity of meaning was described using the words of the participants and two metaphors: a figure of a human being, DNA, and galaxies which represented the potential and sense of wonder felt from the participants; and electricity which is used as a tool and is valued though its action is not fully understood. Through intuition nurses experience "being with" patients and see each one as a whole, unique person.
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- 1990
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14677
- Subject Headings
- Nursing--Psychological aspects
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- The effects of meditation on global and factor scores on the BSI: A secondary analysis.
- Creator
- Buti, Rebecca Leigh., Florida Atlantic University, Freeman, Edward
- Abstract/Description
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This study was a secondary analysis or data collected by Freeman, E., Ruppenthal, B., and Flinders, R. entitled "Meditation on a Passage and Repetition of a Mantram to Enhance Self-Care of Persons with HIV Infection" (1992). Selected data were re-analyzed considering the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (Orem, 1995). Self-care consisted of daily repetition of an inspirational passage and mantra, which served as the interventions for the primary study. The primary researchers noted that Brief...
Show moreThis study was a secondary analysis or data collected by Freeman, E., Ruppenthal, B., and Flinders, R. entitled "Meditation on a Passage and Repetition of a Mantram to Enhance Self-Care of Persons with HIV Infection" (1992). Selected data were re-analyzed considering the Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory (Orem, 1995). Self-care consisted of daily repetition of an inspirational passage and mantra, which served as the interventions for the primary study. The primary researchers noted that Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) scores rose significantly after the intervention. Thus, secondary analysis focused on the relationships of the basic conditioning factors (BCF) to the global and factor scores on the BSI before and after the intervention of meditation. Secondary analysis revealed a difference in scores between entry and exit on the Global Severity Index (GSI) of the BSI in reference to the basic conditioning factor of age. By the end of the 10 weeks of meditation, age was no longer a factor in causing GSI scores to increase.
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- 1998
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15541
- Subject Headings
- HIV-positive persons, AIDS (Disease)--Patients, Psychodiagnostics, Self-care, Health
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- Document (PDF)
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- A comparison of the Boston Naming Test and Miami Naming Test in an Afro-Caribbean population over the age of 55.
- Creator
- Keane, Florence., Florida Atlantic University, Tappen, Ruth M.
- Abstract/Description
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The Boston Naming Test (60 items) and the newly developed Miami Naming Test (76 items) are designed to assess naming deficits and word-retrieval capacities. These two tests were compared in a sample of 106 Afro-Caribbean elders. Analysis included inter-rater, test-retest reliability and internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha. The correlation between the scores of both raters on the Boston Naming Test was r=.9974 and r=.9984 on the Miami Naming Test. The test-retest reliability scores...
Show moreThe Boston Naming Test (60 items) and the newly developed Miami Naming Test (76 items) are designed to assess naming deficits and word-retrieval capacities. These two tests were compared in a sample of 106 Afro-Caribbean elders. Analysis included inter-rater, test-retest reliability and internal consistency using Cronbach's alpha. The correlation between the scores of both raters on the Boston Naming Test was r=.9974 and r=.9984 on the Miami Naming Test. The test-retest reliability scores were r=.936 for the Boston Naming Test and r=.931 for the Miami Naming Test. The alpha level for the Miami Naming Test was .95 and the Boston Naming Test was .94. The individual items for both tests were evaluated for their level of difficulty and the scores on the Miami Naming Test were compared to the Boston Naming Test and the Mini Mental State Exam results. Results indicated acceptable levels of reliability for both the Boston Naming Test and the Miami Naming Test. This study shed light on which items should be replaced or deleted and future directions for research on assessment of dementia on older adults of Afro-Caribbean background. This study was supported by Minority Supplement grant #NR07744-01 and was guided by design of the parent grant Culture Bias in Expressive Ability in Dementia funded by the National Institute of Nursing research.
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- 2005
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12178
- Subject Headings
- Language and languages--Examinations--Research, Aging--Psychological aspects, Medical care--Needs assessment, Dementia--Research--Cross-cultural studies, Educational tests and measurements
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- An exploratory study of biofeedback in reducing pain after thoracic surgery.
- Creator
- Angel, Laurie R., Florida Atlantic University, Freeman, Edward
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This study is a pilot concerning the relationship between acute pain management and biofeedback training. The population studied included patients from a local community hospital undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The study applied theories of the mind/body connection and stress frameworks for exploring the correlation between patients' hand temperatures and their reported levels of pain pre-operatively and post-operatively. Study findings indicated that there was significant...
Show moreThis study is a pilot concerning the relationship between acute pain management and biofeedback training. The population studied included patients from a local community hospital undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The study applied theories of the mind/body connection and stress frameworks for exploring the correlation between patients' hand temperatures and their reported levels of pain pre-operatively and post-operatively. Study findings indicated that there was significant within-subjects effect in hand temperature after biofeedback treatment across three points in time. But the study also found no difference between-subjects in hand temperature after biofeedback treatment across three points in time. Therefore, the sample proved to be heterogeneous. Further study was indicated with larger samples to demonstrate the analgesic effects of biofeedback in the management of acute pain.
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- 1997
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15489
- Subject Headings
- Biological control systems, Pain--Treatment, Mind and body, Pain--Psychological aspects, Nurse and patient
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- Document (PDF)
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- The experience of feeling that you belong.
- Creator
- Forrest, James Albert., Florida Atlantic University, Kelley, Lois
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The purpose of this study was to uncover the structure of the common lived experience of health of "the experience of feeling that you belong", using Parse's research methodology. The nursing perspective for this study is that of Parse's nursing theory of human becoming. The researcher used the processes of the methodology, participant selection, dialogical engagement, extraction-synthesis, and heuristic interpretation to evolve the structure of the lived experience of health: The experience...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to uncover the structure of the common lived experience of health of "the experience of feeling that you belong", using Parse's research methodology. The nursing perspective for this study is that of Parse's nursing theory of human becoming. The researcher used the processes of the methodology, participant selection, dialogical engagement, extraction-synthesis, and heuristic interpretation to evolve the structure of the lived experience of health: The experience of feeling that you belong. The structure of the experience of feeling that you belong, discovered in this research with four participants, is prizing equivalent differences while illuminating light within the darkness and discovering fullness of self in community. This study demonstrates Parse's research methodology and expands the knowledge base of nursing.
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- 1992
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14791
- Subject Headings
- Nursing--Philosophy, Nursing, Need (Psychology)
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- Document (PDF)
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- The experience of caring for an elderly parent with Alzheimer's disease.
- Creator
- Davies, Sally., Florida Atlantic University, Beckerman, Anita
- Abstract/Description
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The purpose of this study was to describe the experience of caring for an elderly parent in the last year of her life. Using the historical research design, the author examined a journal kept during the time of the experience. The analysis revealed the recurrent themes of mother/daughter and patient/nurse relationships in the journal. These themes were then analysed to reflect the frequency and the alternating rhythms of interactions throughout the time the journal encompasses. The writing of...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe the experience of caring for an elderly parent in the last year of her life. Using the historical research design, the author examined a journal kept during the time of the experience. The analysis revealed the recurrent themes of mother/daughter and patient/nurse relationships in the journal. These themes were then analysed to reflect the frequency and the alternating rhythms of interactions throughout the time the journal encompasses. The writing of this personal story of caregiving and its analysis documents a personal event that can be used by others to understand the caregiving experience.
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- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15342
- Subject Headings
- Aging parents--Care--Psychological aspects, Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Family relationships, Caregivers--Psychology, Daughters--Psychology, Parent and adult child, Diaries--Therapeutic use, Nurses--Psychology
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- Document (PDF)
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- The experience of being a nurse who finds satisfaction in the nursing profession: A phenomenological study.
- Creator
- Basel, Patricia A., Florida Atlantic University, Bruce, Nancie
- Abstract/Description
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This qualitative research study used the hermeneutic phenomenological method to discover the meaning of the experience of being a satisfied nurse. The study utilized van Manen's approach to phenomenology. The methods of inquiry included turning to the nature of the lived experience, existential investigation, identification of themes, phenomenological reflection, and phenomenological writing and rewriting. The aim of this study was to understand the meaning of being a nurse who finds...
Show moreThis qualitative research study used the hermeneutic phenomenological method to discover the meaning of the experience of being a satisfied nurse. The study utilized van Manen's approach to phenomenology. The methods of inquiry included turning to the nature of the lived experience, existential investigation, identification of themes, phenomenological reflection, and phenomenological writing and rewriting. The aim of this study was to understand the meaning of being a nurse who finds satisfaction in the nursing profession. Six themes emerged as being significant to the experience of being a satisfied nurse: connecting with others, committing oneself, experiencing rewarding feedback, uncovering the unknown, caring for others, and finding meaning to life. The six themes reflect a unity of meaning of the experience of being a satisfied nurse. The unity of meaning is in feelings of enhanced humanness of the nurse and others. Implications for nursing research, nursing practice, and nursing education were discussed.
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- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15340
- Subject Headings
- Nurses--Job satisfaction, Nursing--Psychological aspects, Job satisfaction
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Finding common ground: The Future Search Conference experience.
- Creator
- Stewart, Tamala P., Florida Atlantic University, Schuster, Eleanor
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Marvin Weisbord's (1992) Future Search Conference model is an innovative organizational planning method recently employed by the College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in the preliminary stages of the Global Environmental Project for Healing and Health. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to identify the basic social process (BSP) of a particular social world: the future search conference. A purposive sample of six participants volunteered to describe their perspective on...
Show moreMarvin Weisbord's (1992) Future Search Conference model is an innovative organizational planning method recently employed by the College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in the preliminary stages of the Global Environmental Project for Healing and Health. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to identify the basic social process (BSP) of a particular social world: the future search conference. A purposive sample of six participants volunteered to describe their perspective on "what happened" and "what was going on" at the conference entitled, "Discovering Common Ground: The Future of Health, Healing and Environment," February 23-25, 1995. Glaser and Strauss' (1967) constant comparative method of data analysis was used to identify the BSP, "Finding Common Ground." This enabled conference participants to cope with the unique conditions of a future search conference (sequestration, diverse population, and self-management) while accomplishing the goals of the conference.
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- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15199
- Subject Headings
- Organizational change, Nursing--Philosophy, Grounded theory, Sociology--Research
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- From hopeless to a miracle: The lived experience of rehabilitation.
- Creator
- Towers, Patricia M., Florida Atlantic University, Locsin, Rozzano
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This study used the Colaizzi phenomenological, descriptive method to uncover what it was like for patients to be in a rehabilitation program. Ten rehabilitation patients were interviewed. They were asked, "What is it like for you to be in rehabilitation?" Significant statements were extracted from which meanings were formulated. Clusters of themes were developed from the meanings. Four themes were identified: dependence versus independence, rehabilitation is a miracle, rehabilitation is a...
Show moreThis study used the Colaizzi phenomenological, descriptive method to uncover what it was like for patients to be in a rehabilitation program. Ten rehabilitation patients were interviewed. They were asked, "What is it like for you to be in rehabilitation?" Significant statements were extracted from which meanings were formulated. Clusters of themes were developed from the meanings. Four themes were identified: dependence versus independence, rehabilitation is a miracle, rehabilitation is a struggle, and trust and trusting that working the plan will pay off. These themes are related to other care concepts in nursing and the other literature and film. Understanding what it is like for patients in a physical rehabilitation program will assist nurses to plan care to meet the patients' needs, will provide personal glimpses of patients' view of care for nursing, and will help nurses to further explore the world of the patients.
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- 1994
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15087
- Subject Headings
- Nurse and patient, Rehabilitation nursing, Rehabilitation--Psychological aspects, Patients--Rehabilitation
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Lonely journey: Lived experiences of daughters and daughters-in-law caring for aging parents.
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- Feder, Deidra Tatum., Florida Atlantic University, Turkel, Marian C.
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The purpose of this phenomenological research was to explore the lived experiences of daughters and daughters-in-law who care for aging parents at home. Interviews were conducted with four daughters and two daughters-in-law. The interviews were audiotaped and the researcher conducted observational field notes. The interviews were utilized for data-collection and then transcribed into text. The researcher followed van Manen's method. Essential themes were frustration, anger, guilt, lack of...
Show moreThe purpose of this phenomenological research was to explore the lived experiences of daughters and daughters-in-law who care for aging parents at home. Interviews were conducted with four daughters and two daughters-in-law. The interviews were audiotaped and the researcher conducted observational field notes. The interviews were utilized for data-collection and then transcribed into text. The researcher followed van Manen's method. Essential themes were frustration, anger, guilt, lack of social life, effects on jobs and family support as described by the participants. Variant themes unfolded as themes not shared by all the participants: care for the caregiver, education for the caregiver, being a detective, coming out of his shell, like a robot, reference of aging parent as a patient and judgment by others. The researcher uncovered interpretive themes of unconditional devotion, struggling with childlike mannerism, everlasting vigilance and ambivalence through a paradoxical view. Lonely journey surfaced as the metatheme.
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- 2001
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12791
- Subject Headings
- Aging parents--Care, Mothers and daughters, Caregivers, Loneliness
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Meanings of folk and professional health care experienced by Guatemalan Mayans in southeast Florida.
- Creator
- Herp, Cheryl Ann., Florida Atlantic University, Ray, Marilyn A.
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In the 1980s civil unrest in Guatemala forced many Mayans to flee their native land for Southeast Florida. Their rich cultural heritage has long been a source of wonder to anthropologists and tourists traveling into Mexico and Guatemala, yet little is known about their experiences of daily life and caring practices when they arrive in the United States. This study used Leininger's theory, Culture Care Diversity and Universality, and ethnonursing method to discover Mayan folk care practices...
Show moreIn the 1980s civil unrest in Guatemala forced many Mayans to flee their native land for Southeast Florida. Their rich cultural heritage has long been a source of wonder to anthropologists and tourists traveling into Mexico and Guatemala, yet little is known about their experiences of daily life and caring practices when they arrive in the United States. This study used Leininger's theory, Culture Care Diversity and Universality, and ethnonursing method to discover Mayan folk care practices and their relationship to professional care. Sixteen universal and four diverse themes were discovered. The struggle to preserve cultural identity while finding ways to be part of a new culture was an important theme. The use of healers, herbal medicines, rituals and unregulated injections were accepted practices within the community. Professional health care along with folk care practices were often used simultaneously. The processes of acculturation, enculturation, and marginalization influence caring modalities as well as contribute to the Guatemalan Mayan contribution to the South Florida Cultural Mosaic.
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- 1996
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15311
- Subject Headings
- Mayas--Medicine, Traditional medicine--Florida, Nursing--Cross-cultural studies, Health behavior--Cross-cultural studies
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Empower: A concept analysis for the new paradigm.
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- Siccardi, Patricia Mahoney., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Carolyn L.
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Concepts create our language and shape our world. Clarifying concepts will empower nurses to facilitate the changes needed in the future. Rodgers' (1989) evolutionary method of concept analysis was used to clarify the meaning of empower. This method was further developed to be congruent with the new processual paradigm foundational for this study. In order to examine the concept, a systematic random sample of 30 articles from the periodic literature of five disciplines was used (nursing,...
Show moreConcepts create our language and shape our world. Clarifying concepts will empower nurses to facilitate the changes needed in the future. Rodgers' (1989) evolutionary method of concept analysis was used to clarify the meaning of empower. This method was further developed to be congruent with the new processual paradigm foundational for this study. In order to examine the concept, a systematic random sample of 30 articles from the periodic literature of five disciplines was used (nursing, sociology, psychology, education, and business). Through a reflective analytic process twenty-nine attributes of the concept were identified and gathered into the five themes representing the concept. Two metathemes were identified, one for the concept and one for the context of the concept. To give, share, and/or have the ability to fully participate in life situations and experience well-being in the process is the definition of empower, as it emerged in the study.
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- 1992
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14858
- Subject Headings
- Caring, Nursing--Philosophy
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Ethnography of Adherence to Plans of Care in the HIV Positive Patient.
- Creator
- Saslo, Mark Christopher, Chase, Susan, Florida Atlantic University
- Abstract/Description
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) results in a decline in the body's ability to fight infection as the illness progresses. Events contributing to disease progression include the emergence of viral mutations and loss of T -helper cells. This results in a decline in overall physical well-being. One explanation for this occurrence is lack of adherence with recommended treatment plans that can result in viral mutations and replication. The health care team establishes a plan to prevent or delay...
Show moreHuman Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) results in a decline in the body's ability to fight infection as the illness progresses. Events contributing to disease progression include the emergence of viral mutations and loss of T -helper cells. This results in a decline in overall physical well-being. One explanation for this occurrence is lack of adherence with recommended treatment plans that can result in viral mutations and replication. The health care team establishes a plan to prevent or delay this decline in health. Can clinicians expect absolute commitment to plans of care without their knowing their effects on patients' life? This study was conducted to answer the research question, "What is the culture of living with HIV as it shapes adherence to plans of care for patients in south Florida?" in order to understand HIV positive patients' responses to managing complex medical regimens. In an effort to understand the life-world and experiences of patients who are HIV positive, an ethnographic study was conducted to explore how patients manage the daily demands of living with IDV. In addition, environment of care was observed to determine if it influenced adherence to medications and plans of care. Through the use of ethnography, interviews of IDV positive patients were conducted, several of whom had significant adherence issues and one person who might be considered an ideal patient. Several different settings were included in the research to determine what impact environment had on patients' adherence to medications and plans of care. Fear, trust, self-worth, literacy, financial and disease specific themes emerged and lead to the development of a model for adherence to plans of care for IDV positive patients. This model may enhance clinician/patient collaboration to achieve maximized health and delay progression of mv disease.
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- 2007
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000624
- Subject Headings
- Patient compliance, Chronic diseases--Treatment, AIDS (Disease)--Treatment--Psychological aspects, Outcome assessment (Medical care)
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Ethnicity and immunization compliance.
- Creator
- Spitznagle, Carol Lee., Florida Atlantic University, Hayes, Janice S.
- Abstract/Description
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This study examined the relationship between ethnicity and parents' compliance with immunizations of their children. Recent studies have shown that compliance rates for immunizations of children who were two years of age were below the standards set by the American Academy of Pediatrics due to both health system barriers and family/child barriers. A survey of pediatric patients was conducted utilizing a convenience sample of 66 parents of children between the ages of twenty and twenty-eight...
Show moreThis study examined the relationship between ethnicity and parents' compliance with immunizations of their children. Recent studies have shown that compliance rates for immunizations of children who were two years of age were below the standards set by the American Academy of Pediatrics due to both health system barriers and family/child barriers. A survey of pediatric patients was conducted utilizing a convenience sample of 66 parents of children between the ages of twenty and twenty-eight months. The subjects were interviewed to determine factors affecting immunization compliance, including cultural factors consistent with the theoretical framework of Madeline Leininger. The statistical analysis of the sample responses revealed an ethnically diverse sample of two year old hospitalized children whose immunization compliance was 53%. No statistically significant correlations (≤0.05) were noted among the socioeconomic, system barriers, or educational barriers when compared among the ethnic groups in the study, however trends were demonstrated.
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- 1999
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15642
- Subject Headings
- Immunization of children, Ethnicity, Health attitudes, Patient compliance
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- Document (PDF)
- Title
- Ethical evaluation by nephrology nurse administrators: An exploratory-descriptive study.
- Creator
- DiDominic, Vicki., Florida Atlantic University, Ray, Marilyn A.
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An exploratory-descriptive study of the processes involved in ethical evaluations by nephrology nurse administrators is presented. Five participants provided data from open interviews. Category coding involved Ray's (1989) Theory of Bureaucratic Caring, and Husted & Husted's (1995) definitions of ethical principles. It was discovered that the nurses most frequently utilized the principle of beneficence, and were often affected by the contextual factors of past experiences. It was determined...
Show moreAn exploratory-descriptive study of the processes involved in ethical evaluations by nephrology nurse administrators is presented. Five participants provided data from open interviews. Category coding involved Ray's (1989) Theory of Bureaucratic Caring, and Husted & Husted's (1995) definitions of ethical principles. It was discovered that the nurses most frequently utilized the principle of beneficence, and were often affected by the contextual factors of past experiences. It was determined that the nurses engaged in a common process of ethical evaluation, identified in the Common Ethical Ground Conceptual Model. The common nursing goal was the well-being of patients, and the creation of environments which enhanced patient well-being. Patient education was identified as a method to reach this goal during an era of economic constraint.
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- 1995
- PURL
- http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15217
- Subject Headings
- Nurse administrators, Chronic renal failure, Nursing ethics, Hospitals--Nephrological services
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- Document (PDF)
