Current Search: Caring (x)
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Teenagers' perspectives of caring during labor and delivery.
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Sanderson, Sylvia., Florida Atlantic University, Schuster, Eleanor
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The problem of the study was to understand the experience of being cared for by a nurse during labor and delivery. The review of literature for the study examined research focusing on adolescents in labor and delivery, caring and adolescent pregnancy and caring from current nursing literature perspective. Recalled labor and delivery experiences were analyzed phenomenologically in order to extract the meaning of the experience. Five recently delivered primiparous mothers were interviewed....
Show moreThe problem of the study was to understand the experience of being cared for by a nurse during labor and delivery. The review of literature for the study examined research focusing on adolescents in labor and delivery, caring and adolescent pregnancy and caring from current nursing literature perspective. Recalled labor and delivery experiences were analyzed phenomenologically in order to extract the meaning of the experience. Five recently delivered primiparous mothers were interviewed. Interviews followed guidelines designed to elicit descriptions of nurse caring. Interviews were tape recorded and transcribed. Data were reduced through a search for themes, and analyzed using guidelines of Colaizzi (1978). The findings were discussed with four of the participants and they all agreed that their perceptions of the experience had been described. Results of the study produced an exhaustive description and fundamental structure of nurse caring.
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Date Issued
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1992
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14873
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Caring, Nurse and patient, Teenage pregnancy
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Document (PDF)
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The bureaucratic system: A positive or negative effect on nursing home quality of care?.
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Lipsman, Lisa A., Florida Atlantic University, Evans, Arthur S.
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Over the last fifty years quality of care has been a consistent problem in nursing home facilities. The federal government implemented a bureaucratic system as an attempt to improve this standard. This thesis traces the emergence of this system in nursing homes and illustrates its failure to solve the problem. George Ritzer's four-point McDonaldization model of bureaucracy is applied to argue that the bureaucratic system for governing nursing homes has a negative effect on the quality of care...
Show moreOver the last fifty years quality of care has been a consistent problem in nursing home facilities. The federal government implemented a bureaucratic system as an attempt to improve this standard. This thesis traces the emergence of this system in nursing homes and illustrates its failure to solve the problem. George Ritzer's four-point McDonaldization model of bureaucracy is applied to argue that the bureaucratic system for governing nursing homes has a negative effect on the quality of care. Although this hypothesis has proven to be accurate, additional factors were consistently cited as having detrimental effects on resident care. These include issues such as insufficient pay and lack of training/education for CNAs. Moreover, human greed and societal views of the elderly appear to be the true root of the problem.
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Date Issued
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2004
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/13148
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Long-term care of the sick--Quality control, Nursing home care--Quality control, Outcome assessment (Medical care), Long-term care facilities--Standards
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Document (PDF)
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An investigation of the attitudes of selected persons toward public schools' responsibility for school-age child care.
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Klein, Gail Irwin., Florida Atlantic University, Weppner, Daniel B.
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The purpose of this investigation was to compare the attitudes of district superintendents, school board chairpersons and elementary principals toward Florida public schools' responsibility for school-age child care. A survey was sent to 534 subjects and a total of 455 surveys were returned. Each participant indicated certain demographic information and, in addition, responded to the six attitude items. The demographic data were analyzed by each opinion item on the survey. Utilizing cross...
Show moreThe purpose of this investigation was to compare the attitudes of district superintendents, school board chairpersons and elementary principals toward Florida public schools' responsibility for school-age child care. A survey was sent to 534 subjects and a total of 455 surveys were returned. Each participant indicated certain demographic information and, in addition, responded to the six attitude items. The demographic data were analyzed by each opinion item on the survey. Utilizing cross-tabulation procedures, chi-square statistics were reported. Cooper's test for item polarity was also utilized. In order to determine the strength of the association between the independent demographic variables and the dependent opinion variables, an analysis of variance was done. In addition, the Scheffe procedure was used. The findings of the study indicated that a majority of the respondents (65.1%) do not agree that school-age child care should be a responsibility of the public schools. However, if school-age child care is located in the public schools, a majority of the respondents (58.5%) agree with it being administered by public school personnel and a similar percentage disagree with the program being administered by community agencies. A large percentage (84.6%) agree that school-age child care should be primarily financed through fees paid by parents and 93.3% disagree with funding from school board budget. There is no significant difference in attitudes toward the issue among the three responding groups. In addition, there is no significant relationship between the number of K-12 students in the school district and the attitudes of corresponding respondents nor between the socio-economic level of the school's population and the attitudes. There is a significant relationship between the attitudes of the respondents and the following variables: geographic location of the school district; present status of the district involvement with school-age child care; and the principals' experience with school-age child care.
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Date Issued
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1988
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11914
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Public schools, School-age child care
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A comparative study of empathy of registered nurses based on academic preparation.
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Eckler, Joanne Miller., Florida Atlantic University, Burrichter, Arthur W.
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The purpose of this study was to compare empathy levels of registered nurses based on three different types of academic preparation: associate degree (two-year program), diploma (three-year program), or baccalaureate degree (four-year program). The relationship of empathy to age, marital status, parental status, clinical experience, and length of time in practice was also investigated. Subjects (n = 122) for the study were registered nurses working at two acute care health settings in the...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to compare empathy levels of registered nurses based on three different types of academic preparation: associate degree (two-year program), diploma (three-year program), or baccalaureate degree (four-year program). The relationship of empathy to age, marital status, parental status, clinical experience, and length of time in practice was also investigated. Subjects (n = 122) for the study were registered nurses working at two acute care health settings in the southeast metropolitan area of Florida. Two instruments were used: (a) Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS), and (b) a demographic information questionnaire. The ECRS was chosen because of its proven construct validity and specificity to nursing (LaMonica, 1981). The demographic questionnaire assisted the investigator to determine any relationship between level of empathy and the aforementioned variables. A regression analysis was performed first to determine any relationship between empathy levels of registered nurses and the demographic variables. No significant relationship was found between professional preparation and the demographic variables. A one-way analysis (ANOVA) was performed to assess the strength and direction of the relationship between academic preparation and empathy. Using 0.05 level of significance as the criterion, statistical analysis revealed there was no relationship between registered nurses' academic preparation and level of empathy.
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Date Issued
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1994
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12395
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Nursing--Study and teaching, Caring, Nursing
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Document (PDF)
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Commitment - the bridge to caring: The meaning of commitment as lived by critical-care nurses.
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Cutler, Sharon Brown., Florida Atlantic University, Schoenhofer, Savina
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The aim of this study was to understand the meaning of commitment to nursing from the perspective of critical-care nurses. Phenomenology was the research method. Van Manen's approach guided this study with Munhall's adaptation of existential investigation. Seven nurses participated. All were selected on a voluntary basis provided they were working in critical-care, had two years of critical-care experience, and were willing to talk about the topic of commitment. Several themes emerged as...
Show moreThe aim of this study was to understand the meaning of commitment to nursing from the perspective of critical-care nurses. Phenomenology was the research method. Van Manen's approach guided this study with Munhall's adaptation of existential investigation. Seven nurses participated. All were selected on a voluntary basis provided they were working in critical-care, had two years of critical-care experience, and were willing to talk about the topic of commitment. Several themes emerged as essential to humanistic experience of commitment to nursing. Contextual descriptions of commitment also emerged. The nurses' primary commitment was to the patient and the ethical dilemmas that surfaced when they tried to honor that commitment proved the major source of frustration and dissatisfaction. Commitment was found to be the connection or bridge to caring. Without commitment there was no caring. Implications for nursing administration and education were addressed. Additional questions were raised for future research.
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Date Issued
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1993
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14965
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Subject Headings
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Intensive care nursing, Nurses--Job stress
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Document (PDF)
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF STAFF NURSES IN REFERENCE TO DEATH AND THE DYING PATIENT.
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DURKIS, JOAN MICHELE., Florida Atlantic University, MacKenzie, Donald G.
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The purpose of this study was to develop a set of considerations that administrators could use in placing nurses who dealt with dying patients. An attempt was made to determine whether nurses who reflected certain personal backgrounds would have an attitude about death and the dying patient that would subsequently predispose them to giving inadequate nursing care to these patients. To determine which items needed to be considered by nursing administrators in the placement of staff nurses, a...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to develop a set of considerations that administrators could use in placing nurses who dealt with dying patients. An attempt was made to determine whether nurses who reflected certain personal backgrounds would have an attitude about death and the dying patient that would subsequently predispose them to giving inadequate nursing care to these patients. To determine which items needed to be considered by nursing administrators in the placement of staff nurses, a questionnaire was completed by 248 senior medical-surgical nursing students at five college campuses in three counties in the State of Florida. It was shown that there was a significant relationship between the student nurses' attitudes toward death and dying (increased fear), their anticipated response patterns to death-related situations in the hospital work setting (inadequate care) and the thirteen background variables. More specifically, those student nurses with an increased fear of death and dying were more inclined to give inadequate care to the dying patient. Those student nurses with specific background characteristics were also more apt to give inadequate nursing care to their patients in such situations that dealt with suicide, abortion, euthansia or death in general.
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Date Issued
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1982
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11800
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Subject Headings
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Terminal care, Nursing students--Attitudes
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Document (PDF)
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A phenomenological study of caring in the nurse-patient relationship: The patient's perspective.
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Weaver, Rosella A., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Carolyn L.
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This research is a qualitative study using the phenomenological method to gain insight into the meaning of caring for the patient. Many nurse leaders have described caring as the essence of nursing (Benner & Wrubel, 1989,; Leininger, 1981, 1984a, 1988; Watson, 1985a, 1988b). The purpose of the study was to address the meaning of caring from the patient's perspective. The specific phenomenological method used was based on the work of Max van Manen (1984). A purposive sample of 8 adults, 6...
Show moreThis research is a qualitative study using the phenomenological method to gain insight into the meaning of caring for the patient. Many nurse leaders have described caring as the essence of nursing (Benner & Wrubel, 1989,; Leininger, 1981, 1984a, 1988; Watson, 1985a, 1988b). The purpose of the study was to address the meaning of caring from the patient's perspective. The specific phenomenological method used was based on the work of Max van Manen (1984). A purposive sample of 8 adults, 6 women and 2 men, in an acute care setting was selected. An unstructured interview technique was used. Through structured reflection the process of caring emerged as themes. These included: nurse's knowledge, nurse's presence, involvement and commitment. Expressions of caring emerged as subthemes. The subthemes included: decision making, competent clinical skills, nurse's true presence, nurse's availability, accepting, understanding, helping and informing. A model of caring from the patient's perspective was developed.
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Date Issued
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1990
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14664
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Subject Headings
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Nurse and patient, Caring, Nursing--Philosophy
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Document (PDF)
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The patient perspective of caring expressed by nurses through patient explaining (teaching).
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Kearney, Carol Lynne., Florida Atlantic University, Schoenhofer, Savina
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Nursing researchers studying the concept of caring in nursing have identified patient teaching as a valued nurse caring behavior. However, no research has been conducted that examines patient teaching as an expression of caring. The purpose of this study was to examine and describe the patient perspective of caring expressed by nurses through patient teaching. Twelve patients in a hospital setting shared their thoughts and feelings about caring expressed by nurses through 'explaining', as the...
Show moreNursing researchers studying the concept of caring in nursing have identified patient teaching as a valued nurse caring behavior. However, no research has been conducted that examines patient teaching as an expression of caring. The purpose of this study was to examine and describe the patient perspective of caring expressed by nurses through patient teaching. Twelve patients in a hospital setting shared their thoughts and feelings about caring expressed by nurses through 'explaining', as the participants preferred to call 'teaching,' during open-ended tape-recorded interviews or in writing. A qualitative descriptive content analysis method was used to analyze the descriptions. Twenty-six subcategories that emerged from the coded data were grouped into four broad categories defined as: Nurse's Way of Being; Nurse's Doing For Patient; Nurse's Being With Patient; and Nurse's Caring Affects Patient.
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Date Issued
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1991
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14758
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Subject Headings
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Nurse and patient, Caring, Nursing--Philosophy
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Document (PDF)
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The work-life views of the nurse manager during transition from primary care to patient-focused care.
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Dittman, Patricia Welch, Florida Atlantic University, Ray, Marilyn A.
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The purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate the work life of the nurse manager during the transition from primary care to patient-focused care. The sample population includes nurse managers who were in administrative roles at the time of transition from primary care to patient-focused care delivery model. Exploratory descriptive data were collected by an open-interview, semi-structured format utilizing focused questions with three nurse managers who participated in the study. The...
Show moreThe purpose of this descriptive study was to investigate the work life of the nurse manager during the transition from primary care to patient-focused care. The sample population includes nurse managers who were in administrative roles at the time of transition from primary care to patient-focused care delivery model. Exploratory descriptive data were collected by an open-interview, semi-structured format utilizing focused questions with three nurse managers who participated in the study. The study adds significantly to the current debate on caring, nursing, nursing administration, patient-focused care, and nursing care delivery systems.
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Date Issued
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1995
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15218
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Subject Headings
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Nurse administrators, Caring, Nurse and patient
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Document (PDF)
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THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDE-FIELD BIO-IMAGING FOR POINT OF CARE DIAGNOSTIC ASSAYS IN RESOURCE CONSTRAINED SETTINGS.
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Fennell, Robert, Asghar, Waseem, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
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The World Health Organization has identified the need for affordable, specific, rapid and deliverable point of care assays for infectious diseases in areas that are resource poor and lacking readily available complex testing methods. The objective of this research is to discover improved methods of capturing and counting CD4+T, in a portable assay to aid in the detection of HIV or other diseases that are informed by cell identification and count. The research divides into 4 major objectives:...
Show moreThe World Health Organization has identified the need for affordable, specific, rapid and deliverable point of care assays for infectious diseases in areas that are resource poor and lacking readily available complex testing methods. The objective of this research is to discover improved methods of capturing and counting CD4+T, in a portable assay to aid in the detection of HIV or other diseases that are informed by cell identification and count. The research divides into 4 major objectives: Design an improved portable, microchip. to isolate cells in a timely manner. Explore, design and prove the optical technology that provides large field-of-view and enables imaging large surface area simultaneously so that a sufficient sample can be collected. Test and analyze the microchip and optics to verify the specificity and efficiency of the biological process. Identify and count the cells in an automated manner.
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Date Issued
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2021
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013817
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Subject Headings
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Point-of-care testing, HIV
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Document (PDF)
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Homeless mothers' perceptions of their experience of receiving nursing care.
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Moore, Vivian Soeder., Florida Atlantic University, Appleton, Cathy
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This research study is a description of the experience of receiving nursing care for homeless mothers. Nine homeless mothers, who described their experience of receiving nursing care, were selected as participants. Using a phenomenological approach to guide the inquiry, narrative descriptions were generated from interviews with each participant. The homeless mothers' experience of receiving nursing care is described in two essential descriptive themes: (1) being homeless, and (2) receiving...
Show moreThis research study is a description of the experience of receiving nursing care for homeless mothers. Nine homeless mothers, who described their experience of receiving nursing care, were selected as participants. Using a phenomenological approach to guide the inquiry, narrative descriptions were generated from interviews with each participant. The homeless mothers' experience of receiving nursing care is described in two essential descriptive themes: (1) being homeless, and (2) receiving nursing care. The implications of these mothers' experience for nursing education, practice, and research are discussed.
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Date Issued
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1993
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14967
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Subject Headings
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Nursing assessment, Homeless women--Medical care
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Document (PDF)
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The essence of caring between a nurse and client during cardiac catheterization.
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Masella, Joanne Mary, Florida Atlantic University, Winland-Brown, Jill
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This research study, utilizing Colaizzi's phenomenological method, examined the clients' perspective of a caring interaction between a nurse and client during cardiac catheterization. Eight participants described their experience of a caring interaction with a nurse during cardiac catheterization. Formulated meanings were derived from their significant statements and then grouped into themes. Three common themes emerged to form the essence of caring. The ingredients for a caring interaction...
Show moreThis research study, utilizing Colaizzi's phenomenological method, examined the clients' perspective of a caring interaction between a nurse and client during cardiac catheterization. Eight participants described their experience of a caring interaction with a nurse during cardiac catheterization. Formulated meanings were derived from their significant statements and then grouped into themes. Three common themes emerged to form the essence of caring. The ingredients for a caring interaction included connecting through genuine presence, being there through technical competence, and caring as a way of seeing through verbal communication. By providing an understanding of the clients' perspective, this study will benefit the nursing profession and contribute to the foundation of a theory based practice for the care of the client who has experienced cardiac catheterization. This practice will be grounded in the caring philosophy.
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Date Issued
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1994
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15056
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Subject Headings
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Cardiac catheterization, Caring, Nurse and patient
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Document (PDF)
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The lived experience of caring and the nurse executive: A phenomenological study.
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Quinn, Colleen Marie, Florida Atlantic University
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The purpose of this phenomenological-hermeneutic study was to increase understanding of the caring experiences of the contemporary nurse executive practicing in four different types of health care systems. Nurse executives were asked to address the meaning of caring to them as a nurse executive. Five descriptive themes emerged from the participants: seeing things from a global perspective, advocating for the patient, providing an environment supportive of professional patient care,...
Show moreThe purpose of this phenomenological-hermeneutic study was to increase understanding of the caring experiences of the contemporary nurse executive practicing in four different types of health care systems. Nurse executives were asked to address the meaning of caring to them as a nurse executive. Five descriptive themes emerged from the participants: seeing things from a global perspective, advocating for the patient, providing an environment supportive of professional patient care, participating in the integration of services, and promoting a shared governance with the staff nurse or front line provider. An overall Interrelational Model of Health Care Delivery, derived from complexity science and chaos theory emerged from these descriptive themes.
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Date Issued
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2000
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15769
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Subject Headings
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Nurse administrators, Caring, Nurse and patient
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Document (PDF)
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AN ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK TO ASSESS LIPOSUCTION OUTCOMES.
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Patel, Kaivan, Pandya, Abhijit, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, College of Engineering and Computer Science
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Liposuction is a common invasive procedure. Liposuction is performed for cosmetic and non-cosmetic reasons. Its use in regenerative medicine has been increasing. Its invasive nature renders it to have complications which can cause limitations in patients' recovery and patient lives. This thesis’s aim is to create an analytical framework to assess the liposuction procedure and its outcomes. The fundamental requirement to create this framework is to have a complete understanding of the...
Show moreLiposuction is a common invasive procedure. Liposuction is performed for cosmetic and non-cosmetic reasons. Its use in regenerative medicine has been increasing. Its invasive nature renders it to have complications which can cause limitations in patients' recovery and patient lives. This thesis’s aim is to create an analytical framework to assess the liposuction procedure and its outcomes. The fundamental requirement to create this framework is to have a complete understanding of the procedure which includes preparation and planning of the procedure, correctly performing the procedure and ensuring patient safety on day 0, week 2, week 4, and week 12 of the procedure. 54 patient’s liposuction outcomes were followed till week 12. Data collection is the first part of the framework, which involves understanding the complex surgical outcomes. Algorithms that have been previously studied to assess morbidities and mortalities have been used in this framework to assess if they can assess liposuction outcomes. In this framework algorithms like decision tree, XG boost, random forest, support vector classifier, k nearest neighbor, k means, k fold validation have been used. XG boost performed best to assess liposuction outcomes without validation. However, after cross validation other algorithms which are random forest, support vector machine and KNN classifier outperformed XG boost. This framework allows to assess liposuction outcomes based on the performance of the algorithms. In future, researchers can use this framework to assess liposuction as well as other surgical outcome.
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Date Issued
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2024
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014429
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Subject Headings
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Liposuction, Outcome assessment (Medical care), Surgery, Algorithms
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Document (PDF)
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Predicting hospital readmissions in patients with diabetes: the importance of diabetes education and other factors.
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Asper, Darwin E., College of Education, Department of Educational Leadership and Research Methodology
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The objective of this study was to determine whether 11 independent variables or combinations of variables help to predict a diabetes-related hospital readmission for patients with diabetes within 60 days from discharge. The variables were categorized into four main groups: (a) patient characteristics, (b) lifestyle, (c) biomarkers, and (d) disease management aspects. A convenience sample of 389 historical medical records of patients who were admitted to a rural hospital in northeastern North...
Show moreThe objective of this study was to determine whether 11 independent variables or combinations of variables help to predict a diabetes-related hospital readmission for patients with diabetes within 60 days from discharge. The variables were categorized into four main groups: (a) patient characteristics, (b) lifestyle, (c) biomarkers, and (d) disease management aspects. A convenience sample of 389 historical medical records of patients who were admitted to a rural hospital in northeastern North Carolina with a diagnosis of, or relating to, diabetes was studied. After comparing predictive discriminant analysis (PDA) and logistic regression (LR), PDA performed better and was chosen to analyze a convenience sample of patients admitted to the hospital for a diabetes-related diagnosis from January, 2004 to December, 2006. The best overall subset accurately classified 27 cases with six predictors that included (a) systolic blood pressure, (b) smoking status, (c) blood glucose range, (d) ethnicity, (e) diabetes education, and (f) diastolic blood pressure. In an effort to simplify the prediction process, the subsets of two predictors were examined. The results of the analysis returned four subsets of 2-predictor variable combinations that correctly classified cases for readmission. Each of the four subsets has two predictors that are statistically and practically significant for predicting readmissions for a diabetes-related problem within fewer than 60 days. These combinations are the predictor subsets of (a) smoking status and being treated by a specialist or non-specialist physician, (b) a religious affiliation or a lack thereof and smoking status, (c) gender and smoking status, and (d) smoking status and ethnicity.
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Date Issued
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2009
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/221947
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Subject Headings
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Outcome assessment (Medical care), Methodology, Medical care, Evaluation, Health services accessibility, Management, Patient education
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Document (PDF)
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Thriving in Healthcare Providers: Relationship to Emotional Exhaustion & Impact on Primary Care Population Health Outcomes.
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Constantinides, Shannon M., Hain, Debra, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
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In 2014 Bodenheimer and Sinsky published the Quadruple Aim model, which argued that healthcare provider wellbeing was the missing link to improving patient and population health outcomes, as well as cost containment. Rather than treating burnout, however, experts in fields outside healthcare are finding validity in promoting thriving at work as a means to prevent burnout and improve employee satisfaction, engagement, and productivity. The purposes of this study were to investigate the...
Show moreIn 2014 Bodenheimer and Sinsky published the Quadruple Aim model, which argued that healthcare provider wellbeing was the missing link to improving patient and population health outcomes, as well as cost containment. Rather than treating burnout, however, experts in fields outside healthcare are finding validity in promoting thriving at work as a means to prevent burnout and improve employee satisfaction, engagement, and productivity. The purposes of this study were to investigate the relationship between thriving and emotional exhaustion (which is widely considered a core element of burnout) in healthcare providers, and the impact thriving had on primary care population health outcomes as measured by quantifiable value-based quality performance metrics. Using Georges' (2013) Emancipatory Theory of Compassion and Bodenheimer and Sinsky's Quadruple Aim as conceptual frameworks, this descriptive, non-experimental study used advanced applied biostatistical techniques to analyze archival data from the December 2018 UCHealth Physician and Advanced Practice Provider Voice Survey as well as provider performance scores from the same time period. Results of the study were mixed, showing that while there is an inverse relationship between thriving and emotional exhaustion in healthcare providers, thriving did not predict population health outcomes. By evaluating thriving in healthcare providers in relation to emotional exhaustion and in context of value-based health care delivery systems, this study was the first of its kind.
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Date Issued
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2020
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013524
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Subject Headings
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Primary care (Medicine), Outcome Assessment, Health Care, Medical personnel, Well-being, Exhaustion
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Document (PDF)
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Prognostic COPD healthcare management system.
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Jain, Piyush, Agarwal, Ankur, Florida Atlantic University, College of Engineering and Computer Science, Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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Hospital readmission rates are considered to be an important indicator of quality of care because they may be a consequence of actions of commission or omission made during the initial hospitalization of the patient, or as a consequence of poorly managed transition of the patient back into the community. The negative impact on patient quality of life and huge burden on healthcare system have made reducing hospital readmissions a central goal of healthcare delivery and payment reform efforts....
Show moreHospital readmission rates are considered to be an important indicator of quality of care because they may be a consequence of actions of commission or omission made during the initial hospitalization of the patient, or as a consequence of poorly managed transition of the patient back into the community. The negative impact on patient quality of life and huge burden on healthcare system have made reducing hospital readmissions a central goal of healthcare delivery and payment reform efforts. In this project, we will focus on COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) which is one of the leading causes of disability and mortality worldwide. This project will design and develop a prognostic COPD healthcare management system which is a sustainable clinical decision-support system to reduce the number of readmissions by identifying those patients who need preventive interventions to reduce the probability of being readmitted. Based on patient’s clinical records and discharge summary, our system would be able to determine the readmission risk profile of patients treated for COPD. Suitable interventions could then be initiated with the objective of providing quality and timely care that helps prevent avoidable readmission.
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Date Issued
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2014
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004125, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004125
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Subject Headings
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Integrated delivery of health care, Lungs -- Diseases, Obstructive -- Treatment, Medical care -- Quality control
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Document (PDF)
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Comfort measures provided by critical care nurses as rated on a Nursing Comfort Measures Scale.
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Pitcher, Diana Lynn, Florida Atlantic University, Bruce, Nancie
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This study presents the development and testing of a tool, the Nursing Comfort Measures Scale, to measure comfort delivered by nurses to patients. The tool was shown to have excellent reliability in the form of internal consistency and test-retest reliability and was also found by a panel of experts to have content validity. The Nursing Comfort Measures Scale was then tested among a group of 50 critical care nurses. Overall, they were found to be delivering comfort often to their patients....
Show moreThis study presents the development and testing of a tool, the Nursing Comfort Measures Scale, to measure comfort delivered by nurses to patients. The tool was shown to have excellent reliability in the form of internal consistency and test-retest reliability and was also found by a panel of experts to have content validity. The Nursing Comfort Measures Scale was then tested among a group of 50 critical care nurses. Overall, they were found to be delivering comfort often to their patients. Nurses were also found to be delivering fewer comfort measures within the spiritual, environmental, and physical domains.
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Date Issued
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1994
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15101
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Subject Headings
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Intensive care nursing, Caring, Nurse and patient, Human comfort, Pain--Nursing
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The lived experience of patients during family visits in the critical care setting.
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Remonte, Sonia D., Florida Atlantic University, Locsin, Rozzano
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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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Date Issued
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1997
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15408
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Subject Headings
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Intensive care units--Patients, Hospital patients, Visiting the sick, Intensive care nursing
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Future role of nurses in long-term care of late life adults.
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Zebrowski, Bonita Gene, Florida Atlantic University, Appleton, Cathy, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
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By the year 2020 with an estimated 55 million persons age sixty-five or greater, the aging of the population will replace population growth in national importance. In a population top heavy with aged individuals, patterns of disease and disability will be radically different from that of a population with a broad base of neonates. Presently, 86% of individuals age sixty-five and greater are living with one or more chronic diseases that require long-term care. The goal of this research was to...
Show moreBy the year 2020 with an estimated 55 million persons age sixty-five or greater, the aging of the population will replace population growth in national importance. In a population top heavy with aged individuals, patterns of disease and disability will be radically different from that of a population with a broad base of neonates. Presently, 86% of individuals age sixty-five and greater are living with one or more chronic diseases that require long-term care. The goal of this research was to define the future role of nurses in long-term care of late life adults. The futures methods used in this descriptive study include trend extrapolation and scenario building. The major finding of this research was the overburdening of the existing care systems by demographic pressures. The results of this research provide nurses with a basis for long-term strategic planning related to the future role of nurses in caring for late life adults.
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Date Issued
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1994
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PURL
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http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15069
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Older people--Medical care, Older people--Long-term care, Geriatric nursing
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