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Title: A phenomenological study of connectedness.
Creator: Lee, Gayle Jean., Florida Atlantic University, Beckerman, Anita
Abstract/Description: This research study, utilizing Colaizzi's phenomenological method, explored the lived experience of connectedness as experienced by nurses practicing in an acute care setting. Eight currently-practicing nurses described their experiences of connectedness with a patient. Based on the significant statements which were formulated into meanings and then grouped into themes, five common themes emerged. These themes revealed that connectedness occurs with death or during near-death situations, when...
Show moreThis research study, utilizing Colaizzi's phenomenological method, explored the lived experience of connectedness as experienced by nurses practicing in an acute care setting. Eight currently-practicing nurses described their experiences of connectedness with a patient. Based on the significant statements which were formulated into meanings and then grouped into themes, five common themes emerged. These themes revealed that connectedness occurs with death or during near-death situations, when the nurse identifies with the patient, provides an authentic presence in the nursing situation, utilizes non-verbal communication, creating a pleasant and exhilarating experience. Through providing a better understanding of this phenomenon, nurses may experience a greater fulfillment in nursing.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15009
Subject Headings: Nurse and patient, Communication in nursing, Caring, Nursing--Psychological aspects
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Emergency department patients' perceptions of supportive nursing behaviors.
Creator: Francis-Liburd, Julyn Clair., Florida Atlantic University, Coffman, Sherrilyn
Abstract/Description: Patients and nurses have been found to perceive support differently. This exploratory study was undertaken to: (a) identify those nursing behaviors perceived by emergency department patients as supportive, and (b) to identify the importance emergency room patients give to various nursing behaviors on a checklist. A sample of 30 emergency department patients completed a guided interview and the Supportive Nursing Behavior Checklist. The perceived attitude of the nurse toward the patient and...
Show morePatients and nurses have been found to perceive support differently. This exploratory study was undertaken to: (a) identify those nursing behaviors perceived by emergency department patients as supportive, and (b) to identify the importance emergency room patients give to various nursing behaviors on a checklist. A sample of 30 emergency department patients completed a guided interview and the Supportive Nursing Behavior Checklist. The perceived attitude of the nurse toward the patient and the availability of the nurse to the patient were the most important factors influencing patients' perceptions of support. The nurse being friendly and cheerful were the most important behaviors. The study has implications for nursing practice, nursing administration and nursing education. Suggestions are also given for further research.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15060
Subject Headings: Hospitals--Emergency services, Nurse and patient, Nurses--Attitudes, Nursing assessment, Caring
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Development and testing of an instrument to measure holistic attributes of nurse practitioner care.
Creator: Kinchen, Elizabeth V., Lange, Bernadette, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: With passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report on the future of nursing, nurses are slated to take on an expanded role in primary healthcare delivery in the near future. Nurse practitioners, in particular, will be instrumental in filling the gap in primary care availability engendered by the increasing specialization of physician practice and increased access to healthcare made possible by the provisions of the...
Show moreWith passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report on the future of nursing, nurses are slated to take on an expanded role in primary healthcare delivery in the near future. Nurse practitioners, in particular, will be instrumental in filling the gap in primary care availability engendered by the increasing specialization of physician practice and increased access to healthcare made possible by the provisions of the PPACA. The need for this study was identified through gaps in the literature related to nurse practitioner practice; specifically, the paucity of quantitative research regarding patients’ perspectives of core holistic nursing values in nurse practitioner care, and, since nursing care is by definition and tradition holistic in nature, this inquiry attempted to quantify the degree to which nurse practitioner care upholds and preserves core holistic nursing values.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004297, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004297
Subject Headings: Holistic nursing, Nurse and patient, Nurse practitioners -- Training of, Nursing -- Philosophy, Nursing -- Practice, Primary care (Medicine) -- Practice
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The adolescent's experience of being accepted by a nurse.
Creator: Weissman, Jodi Karen., Florida Atlantic University, Appleton, Cathy
Abstract/Description: This is a phenomenological research study of the adolescent's experience of being accepted by a nurse. Six adolescents were selected who acknowledged and articulated their experience of being accepted by a nurse. The conceptual framework is derived from Paterson and Zderad's (1988) Humanistic Theory of Nursing. van Manen's (1984) approach to phenomenology was used to guide this inquiry. Data were generated using exploratory, in-depth, face-to-face interviews. The adolescent's experience of...
Show moreThis is a phenomenological research study of the adolescent's experience of being accepted by a nurse. Six adolescents were selected who acknowledged and articulated their experience of being accepted by a nurse. The conceptual framework is derived from Paterson and Zderad's (1988) Humanistic Theory of Nursing. van Manen's (1984) approach to phenomenology was used to guide this inquiry. Data were generated using exploratory, in-depth, face-to-face interviews. The adolescent's experience of being accepted by a nurse is expressed by three metathemes: (1) the nurse is a friend; (2) the nurse's caring helps the adolescent feel better; and (3) the adolescent feels comfortable with the nurse. The implications of acceptance for nursing education, practice, and research are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14866
Subject Headings: Caring, Nurse and patient, Teenagers--Medical care, Adolescent psychiatric nursing
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Title: The Experience of Caring for Women with Drug or Alcohol Problems in the General Hospital.
Creator: Payne, Linda Gail, Barry, Charlotte D., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to describe the lived experience of nurses who care for hospitalized women outside of an addiction treatment setting who have a problem with drugs and/or alcohol. The relational experiences of ten registered nurses who had cared for women with drug and alcohol problems were elicited. Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology was the method used to interpret the nurse participant's meaning of their experience. The theoretical framework that was used to explore the...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe the lived experience of nurses who care for hospitalized women outside of an addiction treatment setting who have a problem with drugs and/or alcohol. The relational experiences of ten registered nurses who had cared for women with drug and alcohol problems were elicited. Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology was the method used to interpret the nurse participant's meaning of their experience. The theoretical framework that was used to explore the nurses' experience o caring for women who abuse or are dependent on alcohol and/or drugs was Boykin and Schoenhofer's Nursing as Caring (1993). The relational themes that emerged were: Caring in the dark; Intentionally knowing the woman with AOD as a unique person; and Experiencing sisterhood.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004534
Subject Headings: Communication in nursing, Nurse and patient, Nursing assessment, Nursing models, Outcome assessment (Medical care), Women -- Substance abuse -- Treatment
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An exploratory study of biofeedback in reducing pain after thoracic surgery.
Creator: Angel, Laurie R., Florida Atlantic University, Freeman, Edward
Abstract/Description: 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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Date Issued: 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
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Zafè Neg se Mistè: a grounded theory study of end-of-life decision-making for Haitian American families in south Florida.
Creator: Ladd, Susan Charlotte, Smith, Marlaine, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the process used by Haitians and Haitian Americans who must make healthcare decisions for a terminally ill family member. There is a large population of Haitians and Haitian Americans in South Florida and there has been no research regarding their decision-making process about end-of-life healthcare. The study design was descriptive, applying constructivist grounded theory methodology. Data were collected using semi-structured, face-to-face...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to investigate the process used by Haitians and Haitian Americans who must make healthcare decisions for a terminally ill family member. There is a large population of Haitians and Haitian Americans in South Florida and there has been no research regarding their decision-making process about end-of-life healthcare. The study design was descriptive, applying constructivist grounded theory methodology. Data were collected using semi-structured, face-to-face qualitative interviews. Data analysis and collection occurred simultaneously. Participants (n=12) were purposefully recruited, with 11 from a single, faith-based community. The findings resulted in six concepts: (1) imminent or actual death, (2) disrupted unity, (3) managing disrupted unity, (4) consequences, (5) restoring unity, and (6) creating memories you can live with. These six concepts, elaborated by an additional 17 dimensions, were incorporated into a process model relating to the cultural value of communal unity to the end-of-life decision-making process. The implications of this study include a need to improve the congruence between the nursing care provided at this vulnerable time and the cultural values of this population. Successful access to this population through the structure of the faith-based community points the way to increasing access to appropriate end-of-life healthcare. Practice implications informed by caring science include the importance of nurses’ coming to know the family and listening to the unique care needs.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004387, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004387
Subject Headings: End of life care, Haitian Americans -- Medical care -- Florida, Informed consent (Medical law), Life and death, Power over, Medical care -- Cross cultural studies, Medical ethics, Nurse and patient, Nurses -- Attitudes, Patient advocacy, Patient refusal of care
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Prayer and the well-being of the older adult.
Creator: Ragl, Sandra Lee Clark, Florida Atlantic University, Boykin, Anne
Abstract/Description: Using a purposive sample of older adults, a qualitative descriptive study was conducted to illuminate the influence of prayer on their well-being. Content analysis was the method used to discern this relationship. Through the analysis of eight stories two themes on the "notion" of prayer and a primary theme on the influence of prayer on the well-being of the older adult emerged. The themes of prayer that emerged were: prayer was a conversation with God and an intimate relationship with God...
Show moreUsing a purposive sample of older adults, a qualitative descriptive study was conducted to illuminate the influence of prayer on their well-being. Content analysis was the method used to discern this relationship. Through the analysis of eight stories two themes on the "notion" of prayer and a primary theme on the influence of prayer on the well-being of the older adult emerged. The themes of prayer that emerged were: prayer was a conversation with God and an intimate relationship with God that fostered trust and belief. The primary theme was that a relationship with God through prayer fosters a sense of well-being.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15396
Subject Headings: Healing--Religious aspects, Older people--Religious life, Prayer, Nurse and patient
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Evaluation of speak for myself™ with patients who are voiceless.
Creator: Koszalinski, Rebecca S., Tappen, Ruth M., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Patients who are hospitalized and are without voice would like to participate in their care. This requires clear communication. Speak for Myself™ (SFM) was developed for use at the bedside so that communication may be facilitated between patient and nurse when the patient is voiceless. The objective of this study was to evaluate Speak for Myself™ at the bedside and to measure the outcomes. This was a mixed methods, one group pre-test-post-test, quasi-experimental study. Twenty adult patients...
Show morePatients who are hospitalized and are without voice would like to participate in their care. This requires clear communication. Speak for Myself™ (SFM) was developed for use at the bedside so that communication may be facilitated between patient and nurse when the patient is voiceless. The objective of this study was to evaluate Speak for Myself™ at the bedside and to measure the outcomes. This was a mixed methods, one group pre-test-post-test, quasi-experimental study. Twenty adult patients in three hospitals in South Florida agreed to use Speak for Myself™ during their acute care hospital stay (M = 8.86 hours). This group of participants (n = 20) ranged from 45 to 91 years old (males = 14; females = 6). Of the participants, 15 (75%) self-identified as European American, 2 (10%) self-identified as Hispanic, 2 (10%) self-identified as African American, and 1 (5%) self-identified as Asian. Ten of the participants (50%) were in respiratory failure. Two (10%) were receiving oxygenation measures related to unspecified complications of their illnesses. Of the remaining eight participants (40%), one each was receiving oxygenation measures due to atrial fibrillation, arteriosclerotic heart disease, cardiogenic shock, endocarditis, neck abscess, renal failure, status post seizure activity, and tongue metastasis.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004298
Subject Headings: Communication devices for people with disabilities, Nurse and patient, Nursing -- Practice, Nursing -- Research -- Methodology, Outcome assessment (Medical care), People with disabilities -- Means of communication
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Title: The impact of satisfaction with care and empowerment on glycemic control among older African American adults with diabetes.
Creator: Johnson, Bridgette M., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: atisfaction with diabetes care, perceived feelings of empowerment to participate in self-care management, and glycemic control in a sample of older African American men and women with diabetes. A descriptive correlational quantitative design was used. The participants in this study were 73 men and women of African descent who were at least 50 years, English speaking, and diagnosed with diabetes for at least one year. The participants were asked to complete three survey instruments: the...
Show moreatisfaction with diabetes care, perceived feelings of empowerment to participate in self-care management, and glycemic control in a sample of older African American men and women with diabetes. A descriptive correlational quantitative design was used. The participants in this study were 73 men and women of African descent who were at least 50 years, English speaking, and diagnosed with diabetes for at least one year. The participants were asked to complete three survey instruments: the Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire-18 (PSQ-18), which measured how satisfied the participants were with their medical care; the Diabetes Empowerment Scale-Short Form (DES-SF), which measured attitudes towards diabetes and self-management of diabetes; and a demographic form, which collected data on the demographics of each participant. The most recent hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) of each participant was obtained from the medical records. The correlations between HbA1c, DES, and the PSQ-18 subscales were exam ined. The study data indicated all correlations were statistically significant and negative with one exception. There was no correlation between HbA1c and time spent, a satisfaction subscale. Approximately half the participants were high school graduates, married, and reported being born in the Caribbean. Most had primary care physicians, but less than half reported attending a diabetes education program. The average BMI was 33.0. The findings of this study indicated older African adults who reported higher satisfaction with the care provided by their health care provider reported feeling more empowered to participate in diabetes self-care and reported lower HbA1c levels, suggesting better glycemic control (R2 = .39; P=<.001)., The implications of this study are that feeling empowered to participate in diabetes self-care management may result in improved glycemic control. Positive diabetes outcomes have been linked in the literature with persons feeling empowered to participate in diabetes self-care. The significance of the findings from this study is that given the relationship between empowerment and glycemic control, nurses should support the empowerment model of diabetes teaching. Diabetes education should provide written materials that are culturally sensitive for African American elders.
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Date Issued: 2012
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3342114
Subject Headings: Outcome assessment (Medical care), Nursing, Quality control, Medical economics, Patient satisfaction, Evaluation, African Americans, Health and hygiene, Sociological aspects
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Title: Identifying descriptions of quality nursing care shared by nurse and patient in the acute care hospital environment.
Creator: Grimley, Karen A., Tappen, Ruth M., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Nursing care is considered a primary predictor of patient assessment of the overall hospital experience. Yet, quality nursing care remains difficult to define. Limited research about nurse or patient perspectives on what constitutes quality nursing care in hospital settings prevents the identification of a shared description or insight into their possible interrelationship. Research about nurse and patient descriptions is needed to establish behaviors, attributes, and activities associated...
Show moreNursing care is considered a primary predictor of patient assessment of the overall hospital experience. Yet, quality nursing care remains difficult to define. Limited research about nurse or patient perspectives on what constitutes quality nursing care in hospital settings prevents the identification of a shared description or insight into their possible interrelationship. Research about nurse and patient descriptions is needed to establish behaviors, attributes, and activities associated with quality nursing care to improve the health and well-being of hospitalized patients.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004375
Subject Headings: Nursing--Philosophy, Nurse and patient, Medical care--Quality control, Intensive care nursing--Quality control, Outcome assessment--Medical care, Total quality management, Evidence-based nursing.
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Title: Thai nurses' lived experience of caring for persons who had a peaceful death in intensive care units.
Creator: Kongsuwan, Waraporn., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The objective of this study was to describe the lived experience of caring for persons who had a peaceful death in the intensive care units in Thailand. A qualitative research design informed by hermeneutic phenomenology was used to analyze data. Participants were 10 intensive care nurses working at adult intensive care units in south Thailand. A snowball purposive sampling method was used to select the participants. Participant inclusion criteria were at least six months' critical care...
Show moreThe objective of this study was to describe the lived experience of caring for persons who had a peaceful death in the intensive care units in Thailand. A qualitative research design informed by hermeneutic phenomenology was used to analyze data. Participants were 10 intensive care nurses working at adult intensive care units in south Thailand. A snowball purposive sampling method was used to select the participants. Participant inclusion criteria were at least six months' critical care nursing experience, experience in caring for a person who had peaceful death, able to describe peaceful death, and willing to participate in this study. Participants who met the inclusion criteria were interviewed. Face-to-face individual verbal interviews were conducted in the Thai language. These interviews were audiotape recorded. Descriptions were transcribed and translated for data analysis. Van Manen's (1990) hermeneutic phenomenological approach was used to analyze and interpret the data. The findings of this study were presented in each of 4 categories of the lived world of temporality, of spatiality, of corporeality, and of relationality. The description of the lived experience of caring for persons who had a peaceful death in ICU was, "understanding the other through the valuing of experience and enhancing relations with others by recognizing time is short and is a priority." This study may contribute to nursing knowledge of the end-of-life care to enhance a peaceful death in intensive care units congruently with Thai culture and society. In addition, this study directs the translations of its knowledge into implications that will benefit in helping Thai nursing to move forward. The implications of this study in advance will benefit terminally ill persons and family members regarding receiving good quality end-of-life care.
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Date Issued: 2009
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/186331
Subject Headings: Criticism and interpretation, Intensive care nursing, Nurse and patient, Terminal care, Psychological aspects, Nursing, Practice
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Title: The Effect of a Supportive-Educative Nursing Intervention on Weight Loss and Perceived Self Care in Overweight Women With Metabolic Syndrome.
Creator: Fleck, Laureen, Parker, Marilyn, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: Metabolic syndrome is a constellation of risk factors that are precursors to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. More women than men are diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. Emphasis on diagnosis of pre-diabetes has resulted in further interest in metabolic syndrome and the need for weight reduction. Advanced practice nurses care for women with overweight and obesity in the primary care setting; however there is a lack of evidence to support the effectiveness of nursing interventions to assist...
Show moreMetabolic syndrome is a constellation of risk factors that are precursors to diabetes and cardiovascular disease. More women than men are diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. Emphasis on diagnosis of pre-diabetes has resulted in further interest in metabolic syndrome and the need for weight reduction. Advanced practice nurses care for women with overweight and obesity in the primary care setting; however there is a lack of evidence to support the effectiveness of nursing interventions to assist women with metabolic syndrome lose weight. Based on Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, this study investigated the use of a specific supportive-educative nursing intervention to assist individuals make healthy lifestyle choices to reduce body weight. A pre-test post-test, two group experimental design was used. It was hypothesized that women given individualized support, education, and guidance about lifestyle modification, which included carbohydrate counting, would lose more weight and have greater self-care ability than women given general support and education. The sample included 51 pre-menopausal women between ages 19 and 55 who had been diagnosed with metabolic syndrome. Body weight and perceived self-care, using the Self-as-Carer inventory, were measured at the onset of the study and again three months later. The two groups did not differ significantly as to weight or perceived self-care at baseline or at conclusion of the study. A repeated measures analysis of variance for weight loss and perception of self care was calculated and the results indicated that there was no significant difference in weight loss (p=.13) or perception of self care (p=.85) between the two groups. The use of a supportive-educative individualized nursing intervention enhanced participant awareness of healthy lifestyle choices. Further research is needed to determine the effectiveness of the intervention with a larger, more ethnically diverse sample and with participants diagnosed with other metabolic disorders.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000620
Subject Headings: Metabolic syndrome, Obesity--Treatment, Lipids--Metabolism--Disorders--Treatment, Integrated delivery of health care, Self-care, Health, Nurse and patient
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Title: Care at Work: A Feminist Analysis of the Long-Term Care Industry in the United States.
Creator: Tunick, Rachel, Beoku-Betts, Josephine, Lange, Bernadette, Florida Atlantic University, Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Abstract/Description: This research provides a feminist perspective on the lowest paid sector of the United States long-term care industry, Certified Nursing Assistants. This research adds to current feminist scholarship on the modern professional caregiving industry by focusing on the perspective of the workers. As the population of older adults requiring care is expected to increase over the coming decades, the demand for paid caregivers will increase as well. Historically, care work was an expected duty done...
Show moreThis research provides a feminist perspective on the lowest paid sector of the United States long-term care industry, Certified Nursing Assistants. This research adds to current feminist scholarship on the modern professional caregiving industry by focusing on the perspective of the workers. As the population of older adults requiring care is expected to increase over the coming decades, the demand for paid caregivers will increase as well. Historically, care work was an expected duty done freely by the women of the family, but today much of the vital intimate caring labor is relegated to paid caregivers. I examine how alternative social, political and economic frameworks can transform United States society’s attitude towards the increasingly relevant issue of caring labor. I argue that incorporating a feminist perspective will be helpful in developing a sustainable model for caring labor that acknowledges the dignity of both patients and their caregivers.
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Date Issued: 2016
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004801, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004801
Subject Headings: Nurses' aides., Medical personnel-caregiver relationships., Nursing homes--Employees--Attitudes., Feminist theory., Caring--Moral and ethical aspects., Feminism--Political aspects., Long-term care facilities--Administration., Nursing home patients--Care., Older people--Nursing home care.
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Title: The experience of caring for an elderly parent with Alzheimer's disease.
Creator: Davies, Sally., Florida Atlantic University, Beckerman, Anita
Abstract/Description: 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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Date Issued: 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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