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Title: DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF AN ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE TO EVALUATE NURSING PERFORMANCE.
Creator: LEWIS, PATRICIA METTS., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation describes the development and validation of a clinical assessment procedure far nurses. Use of the procedure will provide a way to evaluate the clinical aspect of nursing practice. Furthermore, the teaching methodologies employed in nursing educational programs may also be indirectly evaluated. In order to assess specific behaviors of nurses performing clinical skills, a criterion-referenced measurement was developed. The procedure has content validity in that it lists the...
Show moreThis dissertation describes the development and validation of a clinical assessment procedure far nurses. Use of the procedure will provide a way to evaluate the clinical aspect of nursing practice. Furthermore, the teaching methodologies employed in nursing educational programs may also be indirectly evaluated. In order to assess specific behaviors of nurses performing clinical skills, a criterion-referenced measurement was developed. The procedure has content validity in that it lists the specific criterion measures necessary to perform basic clinical skills successfully and these lists were compiled by nurse experts currently in the field. It is also very economical and easy to administer.
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Date Issued: 1977
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11703
Subject Headings: Nursing audit, Nurses--Rating of
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Title: A phenomenological study of caring in the nurse-patient relationship: The patient's perspective.
Creator: Weaver, Rosella A., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Carolyn L.
Abstract/Description: 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: 1990
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14664
Subject Headings: Nurse and patient, Caring, Nursing--Philosophy
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Title: The patient perspective of caring expressed by nurses through patient explaining (teaching).
Creator: Kearney, Carol Lynne., Florida Atlantic University, Schoenhofer, Savina
Abstract/Description: 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: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14758
Subject Headings: Nurse and patient, Caring, Nursing--Philosophy
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Title: The value of collaboration between a nurse practitioner and physician.
Creator: Azzi, Helena E., Florida Atlantic University, Winland-Brown, Jill
Abstract/Description: Rapid social and economic changes are modifying health care delivery systems and health care financing. These changes require that primary care physicians develop new collaborative approaches to patient care, including a reassessment of relationships with other primary care providers, particularly nurse practitioners. The purpose of this research was to explore and define what constitutes a successful collaborative practice. Open-ended, interactive interviews were conducted with three dyads...
Show moreRapid social and economic changes are modifying health care delivery systems and health care financing. These changes require that primary care physicians develop new collaborative approaches to patient care, including a reassessment of relationships with other primary care providers, particularly nurse practitioners. The purpose of this research was to explore and define what constitutes a successful collaborative practice. Open-ended, interactive interviews were conducted with three dyads of physician - nurse practitioner in the ambulatory care setting. Data analysis using the grounded theory method revealed six key elements associated with effective collaborative practice: Communication, competence, autonomy, coordination, trust and personality. This research contributes to clarification of the barriers that hinder a collaborative practice and suggests many benefits derived from such a practice. The findings of the study may inspire other health care providers to enter a collaborative practice to achieve excellence in patient care. Ethical decisions cannot be achieved by a single care provider, but rather require the expertise and unique abilities of both physician and nurse practitioner.
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Date Issued: 1998
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15569
Subject Headings: Nurse practitioners, Nurse-physician joint practice
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Title: The work-life views of the nurse manager during transition from primary care to patient-focused care.
Creator: Dittman, Patricia Welch, Florida Atlantic University, Ray, Marilyn A.
Abstract/Description: 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: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15218
Subject Headings: Nurse administrators, Caring, Nurse and patient
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Title: Threshold of awakening: Hearing the call for nursing.
Creator: Biondolillo, Monique, Florida Atlantic University, Schoenhofer, Savina
Abstract/Description: The aim of this investigation is twofold: first, to describe the lived experience of hearing the call for nursing, from the perspective of the nurse; and, second, to illuminate nursing knowledge through an interpretation of the phenomenon's meaning in nursing practice. Phenomenological hermeneutical inquiry, as applied by van Manen (1990) and modified by Munhall (1990) guided the investigation. Expressions of the lived experience of seven participants were ultimately captured by the...
Show moreThe aim of this investigation is twofold: first, to describe the lived experience of hearing the call for nursing, from the perspective of the nurse; and, second, to illuminate nursing knowledge through an interpretation of the phenomenon's meaning in nursing practice. Phenomenological hermeneutical inquiry, as applied by van Manen (1990) and modified by Munhall (1990) guided the investigation. Expressions of the lived experience of seven participants were ultimately captured by the researcher in the form of hermeneutic phenomenologic writings. The findings of the research are discussed with their subsequent relevance, implications, and significance for the art and science of nursing practice. Hearing being mutually sharing meaning with human vulnerability revealing feeling nursing.
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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14995
Subject Headings: Nursing--Philosophy, Nurses--Attitudes
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Title: The lived experience of caring and the nurse executive: A phenomenological study.
Creator: Quinn, Colleen Marie, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: 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: 2000
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15769
Subject Headings: Nurse administrators, Caring, Nurse and patient
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Title: Gathering evidence to support the family members when a loved one has suffered a traumatic brain injury.
Creator: Piyakong, Duangporn, Liehr, Patricia, Graduate College
Date Issued: 2013-04-12
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361339
Subject Headings: Brain injuries, Acute, Nursing
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Title: Clinical nurse leader [SM] stories: a phenomenological study about the meaning of leadership at the bedside.
Creator: Sorbello, Barbara C., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: A new role has been developed in nursing named the Clinical Nurse LeaderSM (CNL®). This new role positions the masters prepared nurse at the patient's bedside to oversee care coordination and serve as a resource for the clinical nursing team, and to bridge the gaps in health care delivery to better meet the needs of patients in all health care delivery settings. Since this is a new role, there is a paucity of research that has been conducted surrounding these nurses. A phenomenological...
Show moreA new role has been developed in nursing named the Clinical Nurse LeaderSM (CNL®). This new role positions the masters prepared nurse at the patient's bedside to oversee care coordination and serve as a resource for the clinical nursing team, and to bridge the gaps in health care delivery to better meet the needs of patients in all health care delivery settings. Since this is a new role, there is a paucity of research that has been conducted surrounding these nurses. A phenomenological investigation examined the lived experiences of CNLs® to gain understanding about the meaning of leadership at the point of care and to discover the unique expressions of living caring that CNLs® experience as they embark upon this new role in the acute care hospital setting. Ten CNL® participants were interviewed for this study. Their stories about patient situations and relationships with other disciplines were shared with rich description and emotion. Hermeneutic analysis of the text revealed six essential themes. Six essential themes emerged revealing the essence of leading at the bedside and living caring in the CNL® role: navigating safe passage, pride in making a difference, bringing the bedside point of view, knowing the patient as person, helping nurses to grow, and CNLs® needing to be known, understood and affirmed. Taken as a whole through a synthesis of the themes, the understanding of the meaning of leading to CNLs® includes keeping their patients safe, being proud of their accomplishments and the respect gained from others, as well as being a helper and advocate for other nurses., This is accomplished through their privileged place at the bedside, where they come to know their patients as person and work hand in hand with nursing colleagues. When CNLs® are supported by management, and their roles are planned and understood, they are more fully able to optimally practice and live and grow in caring.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/1930496
Subject Headings: Nurse practitioners, Nursing services, Administration, Study and teaching, Nursing, Study and teaching (Graduate), Nursing ethics
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Title: Impact of an educational intervention on nurses’ knowledge and caring behavior for late preterm infants.
Creator: Onyejuruwa, Francesca I., Dormire, Sharon, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an educational intervention using Swanson’s (1991) caring theory on (a) nurses’ knowledge and caring behavior to late preterm infants (LPIs) and their families, and (b) the incidence of LPIs’ hospital visits and readmission rates for hyperbilirubinemia and dehydration in the first 30 days of life. The study began with the initial testing of the two instruments used and there were no inconsistencies identified in the content being measured...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine the effect of an educational intervention using Swanson’s (1991) caring theory on (a) nurses’ knowledge and caring behavior to late preterm infants (LPIs) and their families, and (b) the incidence of LPIs’ hospital visits and readmission rates for hyperbilirubinemia and dehydration in the first 30 days of life. The study began with the initial testing of the two instruments used and there were no inconsistencies identified in the content being measured. A convenient sample of nursery and postpartum nurses was recruited from two hospitals within a healthcare system. The nurses completed the consents and the surveys online via Survey Monkey®. Instruments used in the survey included a demographic, knowledge, and caring questionnaires. The participants’ inclusion criteria were nurses who have: a) completed at least one year experience working with well newborns, b) attended the educational intervention, and c) completed tests at the three intervals. SPSS for Windows (version 21) was used to analyze data using statistical techniques and ANOVA repeated measures. Study findings support improved knowledge for all participants; however, there was decreased retention of knowledge noted one month later. There was a 37% increase in knowledge from the baseline mean scores to the posttest mean scores (52% to 89%), although there was a 20% knowledge decrease from the posttest to one month later (89%- 69%). There remained a true knowledge gain since knowledge increased between the baseline measurements to the 1-month follow-up assessment (52% to 69%). Infant outcomes related to hyperbilirubinemia and dehydration also demonstrated patterns of improvement in the direction of statistical significance. The study added to the body of nursing science regarding educational intervention as a tool in increasing nurses’ knowledge.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004145, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004145
Subject Headings: Maternity nursing -- Psychological aspects, Neonatal nursing -- Psychological aspects, Nursing -- Study and teaching, Perinatal nursing -- Psychological aspects
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Title: The clinical scholar model: a strategy to bridge the theory-practice gap.
Creator: Arnold, Kathryn., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to evaluate student outcomes following implementation of a clinical scholar model of clinical education in one of four placement sites of a college of nursing grounded in a caring philosophy. The question guiding the study was to determine if the clinical scholar model has an influence on student perceptions and outcomes when used with second-degree accelerated BSN students. Watson's Human Caring theory, based on ten caritas processes, serves as the theoretical...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to evaluate student outcomes following implementation of a clinical scholar model of clinical education in one of four placement sites of a college of nursing grounded in a caring philosophy. The question guiding the study was to determine if the clinical scholar model has an influence on student perceptions and outcomes when used with second-degree accelerated BSN students. Watson's Human Caring theory, based on ten caritas processes, serves as the theoretical framework for this study (Watson, 2007). A sequential mixed-methods approach that combined quantitative and qualitative data collection techniques was implemented using a pre-experimental, post-test only design with non-equivalent groups to determine differences between the Traditional Model (TM) and Clinical Scholar Model (CSM) in clinical nursing education... Limitations of this study include low sample size and are partially due to limitations of the class size and low survey participation. Additionally, only CSM students attended a focus group, which prevented comparisons of qualitative feedback between groups. Even with these limitations, CSM students scored as well or better than TM students, indicating that the CSM could be a viable model for nursing clinical education.
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Date Issued: 2013
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3360742
Subject Headings: Nursing, Study and teaching, Nursing, Philosophy, Evidence-based nursing, Nursing, Psychological aspects
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Title: AIDS as a call for nurse caring: A phenomenological perspective.
Creator: Madayag, Tomas Mina Jr., Florida Atlantic University, Schoenhofer, Savina, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The question that laid the basis for this study is: What is the meaning of nurse caring for patients with AIDS? This experience was unearthed through the phenomenological approaches of Van Manen and Munhall. The existential lived worlds provided the guide in amplifying the situatedness of participants. Through hermeneutical analysis, these themes emerged: being-with for another, knowing as a source of understanding and compassion, AIDS as stigma, AIDS as a call for nurse caring, connecting...
Show moreThe question that laid the basis for this study is: What is the meaning of nurse caring for patients with AIDS? This experience was unearthed through the phenomenological approaches of Van Manen and Munhall. The existential lived worlds provided the guide in amplifying the situatedness of participants. Through hermeneutical analysis, these themes emerged: being-with for another, knowing as a source of understanding and compassion, AIDS as stigma, AIDS as a call for nurse caring, connecting-severing, fear as a cause of dissonance, attachment by proxy, the experience of feeling for, corporeal vulnerability, the nurse as spiritless body, death as solace, and living time as hope. These findings were integrated with Roach's theory of nursing as the deliberate affirmation of caring as the human mode of being.
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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14955
Subject Headings: Health Sciences, Nursing
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Title: "Finding a snowflake": A journey into caring as experienced by nurse managers.
Creator: Bartolon, Marian Carmel., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Carolyn L.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this phenomenological research was to capture the experience of caring in the lived world of the nurse managers. Interviews with six nurse managers were utilized to generate data and then transcribed into text. The researcher's analysis of the data followed the phenomenological method as interpreted by Ray. Essential themes of growth, listening, frustration, intuition, support, and receiving of gifts were described by participants. Variant themes of touch, humor, flexibility,...
Show moreThe purpose of this phenomenological research was to capture the experience of caring in the lived world of the nurse managers. Interviews with six nurse managers were utilized to generate data and then transcribed into text. The researcher's analysis of the data followed the phenomenological method as interpreted by Ray. Essential themes of growth, listening, frustration, intuition, support, and receiving of gifts were described by participants. Variant themes of touch, humor, flexibility, counseling, limitations, and competence also emerged. Interpretive themes of nurses' way of being, reciprocal caring, and caring moment as transcendence unfolded. A metatheme of energy emerged from further analysis. Deeper reflection and intuition afforded the researcher the opportunity to grasp the unity of meaning as a metaphorical snowflake and poetic expression.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14864
Subject Headings: Caring, Nurse administrators
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Title: Holding the frontline: the experience of being a charge nurse in an acute care setting.
Creator: Eggenberger, Terry L., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Within the current context of the healthcare environment, the charge nurse role has become very important for safety and positive outcomes. There is little known about the role from the perspective of the charge nurse. This qualitative descriptive exploratory study examined the experience of being a charge nurse in acute care practice, and describes how charge nurses live caring in their support of nurses and patients. Ray's (1989, 2006) theory of Bureaucratic Caring, Swanson's (2008) caring...
Show moreWithin the current context of the healthcare environment, the charge nurse role has become very important for safety and positive outcomes. There is little known about the role from the perspective of the charge nurse. This qualitative descriptive exploratory study examined the experience of being a charge nurse in acute care practice, and describes how charge nurses live caring in their support of nurses and patients. Ray's (1989, 2006) theory of Bureaucratic Caring, Swanson's (2008) caring attributes and leadership, and Boykin and Schoenhofer's (2001) theory of Nursing as Caring provided the theoretical lenses through which study findings were viewed. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 charge nurses in 4 acute care facilities. Eight themes emerged from an inductive analysis of the data describing the experience of being a charge nurse in acute care practice: Creating a Safety Net, Monitoring for Quality, Showing the Way, Completing the Puzzle, Managing the Flow, Mak ing a Difference, Putting Out Fires, and Keeping Patients Happy. Participants also were asked questions about how they provide support to staff nurses and patients. Themes that reflected how charge nurses live caring in their support of staff and patients were: Jumping in the Trenches, Nurturing Staff Growth, Offering Authentic Presence, and Looking after Nurses. Additionally, the researcher used methods of narrative inquiry to get the participants to share stories of how they lived caring in their support of nurses and patients. Recommendations included the need to elevate the visibility of the charge nurse role and its importance to the organization, and provide support for leadership development. Job descriptions and competencies for charge nurses must reflect the complexity of the environment., Charge nurse participants did not dialogue explicitly about their functions in terms of communication and intraprofessional team building. Since charge nurses have an increasing involvement with mentoring novice nurses and new staff, they would benefit from developing coaching skills. Given the current environment, their responsibilities in these areas may need to be better articulated so that they can focus on increasing these abilities.
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Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3170952
Subject Headings: Nursing services, Administration, Nurse and patient, Nursing, Philosophy, Nursing, Decision making, Clinical competence
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Title: PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS IN COURSES FOR NURSES REQUIRING A DEGREE OF SELF-DIRECTION.
Creator: MOORE, RUTH J., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This study sought to identify characteristics and experiences that were indicators of success in courses that required a degree of self-direction in learning. Data were collected from 121 nurses enrolled in 17 home study courses. The course content and evaluation tools were designed to be of similar difficulty for each of the courses offered. The course grade furnished the criterion variable. Predictor variables included information obtained from the Biographical Data Questionnaire and the...
Show moreThis study sought to identify characteristics and experiences that were indicators of success in courses that required a degree of self-direction in learning. Data were collected from 121 nurses enrolled in 17 home study courses. The course content and evaluation tools were designed to be of similar difficulty for each of the courses offered. The course grade furnished the criterion variable. Predictor variables included information obtained from the Biographical Data Questionnaire and the Self-Directed Learning Readiness Instrument. The predictor variables were grouped into four main categories: (a) personal, educational, and employment characteristics; (b) motivation for enrolling in and completing the course; (c) orientation toward, and experience with self-directed learning; and (d) self-directed learning readiness. The null hypotheses, tested at the 0.05 level, were: (1) that there is no relationship between final grade received in a home study course and the variables relating to personal, educational, and employment characteristics; and (2) that motivation for involvement in, orientation toward, and experience with self-directed learning, and learner readiness was not related to final grade earned. The following statistical treatments were conducted on the data: (a) reliability studies for the 17 home study courses; (b) correlations measured the relationship between the predictor variables and the criterion variable; and, (c) multiple regression computed the relationship between sets of predictor variables and test scores. Reliability studies found lower coefficients than had been reported. Since the relationships were not significant at the 0.05 level of significance, the null hypotheses were not rejected. Sample characteristics were congruent with those described by researchers for self-directed adult learners. Subjects viewed themselves as self-directed learners and highly motivated to complete the course. Results of the study may have been affected by the inclusion of technical and professional nurses in one sample group; a sample highly motivated for completion; low reliability for the posttests; and a sample who answered most items correctly, which could limit possible correlation between the criterion and predictor variables.
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Date Issued: 1987
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11899
Subject Headings: Nurses--Education, Success
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Title: Nurses' attitudes toward the care of the attempted suicide patient.
Creator: Schmidt, Jodie DeMay., Florida Atlantic University, Fishman, Sarah
Abstract/Description: This study explored the attitudes of emergency department nurses toward the care of the attempted suicide patient. The independent variables were the ages of nurses and their length of work experience in the emergency department. One-hundred and one surveys were collected from emergency department nurses employed in three Broward County hospitals. In general, there were no significant differences between the two study groups; however, variances did appear in several areas relating to...
Show moreThis study explored the attitudes of emergency department nurses toward the care of the attempted suicide patient. The independent variables were the ages of nurses and their length of work experience in the emergency department. One-hundred and one surveys were collected from emergency department nurses employed in three Broward County hospitals. In general, there were no significant differences between the two study groups; however, variances did appear in several areas relating to knowledge about attempted suicide. The less experienced group and the younger group rated lower on these items. The nurses responding to this survey expressed generally favorable attitudes toward the care of the attempted suicide patient.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15469
Subject Headings: Suicide, Nurses--Attitudes
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Title: The magnetic appeal of nurse informaticians: Caring attractor for emergence.
Creator: Swinderman, Todd D., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the meaning of transition from the art of handwritten nursing documentation to electronic documentation from the lived experiences of nurse informaticians. Chaos Theory within Complexity Sciences and Ray's Bureaucratic Caring Theory informed the study. The Swinderman Research Model was created to visualize the tension between order and chaos in nursing practice. Twelve nurse informaticians were interviewed about their experiences in...
Show moreThe purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand the meaning of transition from the art of handwritten nursing documentation to electronic documentation from the lived experiences of nurse informaticians. Chaos Theory within Complexity Sciences and Ray's Bureaucratic Caring Theory informed the study. The Swinderman Research Model was created to visualize the tension between order and chaos in nursing practice. Twelve nurse informaticians were interviewed about their experiences in designing, building, implementing and supporting electronic nursing documentation systems using van Marten's human science phenomenological method. Descriptive themes where illuminated and metathemes were interpreted from the research data. The universal whole of nursing informatics was expressed as self-in-relation through the metaphor of magnetic appeal linking the metathemes of inspired leadership and education, caring relationships, complexity, and technology. The metaphor of magnetic appeal illuminates the nurse informatician as the embodiment of caring with gifts as educator, negotiator, translator, and liaison. The Swinderman Research Model was enhanced using the research to create further the Swinderman Conceptual Model for Nursing Informatics. Chaos Theory within Complexity Sciences facilitated the understanding of the subtle dynamic patterns of flux and flow and choice-making in nursing. The Swinderman Conceptual Model for Nursing Informatics emerged as the future of Nursing Informatics in the transformation from handwritten to electronic nursing documentation in complex healthcare organizations.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12130
Subject Headings: Health Sciences, Nursing
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Title: The lived experience of making a difficult decision.
Creator: Hogan, Renee LaCroix., Florida Atlantic University, Schoenhofer, Savina
Abstract/Description: 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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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14972
Subject Headings: Decision making, Nursing
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Title: The meaning of intuition in nursing practice.
Creator: Jennings, Alinda Hunter., Florida Atlantic University, Boykin, Anne
Abstract/Description: 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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Date Issued: 1990
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14677
Subject Headings: Nursing--Psychological aspects
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Title: Knowing the patient: A process of recognition.
Creator: Osso, Maria Brusco., Florida Atlantic University, Locsin, Rozzano, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to explore how professional nurses recognize patterns of patient interaction with the environment. It is postulated that through pattern recognition professional nurses can help interventions toward patient's well-being and health promotion. A qualitative research design employing the method of grounded theory analysis was utilized. The pattern of patient interactions with the environment was Knowing the Patient, a process of recognition that includes Initiating...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to explore how professional nurses recognize patterns of patient interaction with the environment. It is postulated that through pattern recognition professional nurses can help interventions toward patient's well-being and health promotion. A qualitative research design employing the method of grounded theory analysis was utilized. The pattern of patient interactions with the environment was Knowing the Patient, a process of recognition that includes Initiating Contact, Gathering Information, Working with the Information, Acting on the Information, and Pattern Recognition. Two psychosocial conditions that appear to influence this process are time with the patient, and nurse's sense of obligation. The results of the study suggest that recognition of patients' patterns facilitate the planning and implementations of nursing actions which effectively promote patient well-being, and health.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15142
Subject Headings: Health Sciences, Nursing
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