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Title: Patient advocacy: Shared vulnerability and personal integrity.
Creator: Lomas, Lynne E., Florida Atlantic University, Beckerman, Anita
Abstract/Description: Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring and phenomenological methodology are the foundation of this descriptive study of four nurses' experiences of patient advocacy. The "meaning units" or constituents expressed by the participants were synthesized into an integrated whole to embody the experiences of patient advocacy and then objectively described by the researcher. Six components that embody the nurses' experiences are knowledge of self and others, caring commitment, expenditure of self,...
Show moreJean Watson's Theory of Human Caring and phenomenological methodology are the foundation of this descriptive study of four nurses' experiences of patient advocacy. The "meaning units" or constituents expressed by the participants were synthesized into an integrated whole to embody the experiences of patient advocacy and then objectively described by the researcher. Six components that embody the nurses' experiences are knowledge of self and others, caring commitment, expenditure of self, risks, emotional responses and psychological evolution and mutual affirmation. A better understanding of nurse's experiences of patient advocacy may provide more effective and satisfying nurse-client, nurse-as-person and nurse-as-professional relationships.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15323
Subject Headings: Nurse and patient, Patient advocacy
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The influence of feminism on nursing and its relation to nursing education: 1970-1994.
Creator: Shinners-Gillenwater, Jean., Florida Atlantic University, Schuster, Eleanor
Abstract/Description: This is a historical research study of the influence of feminism on nursing and nursing education from 1970 to 1994. Historical research contributes to the knowledge of the underpinnings of nursing education practices and the socialization process of nurses as a profession within the male, patriarchal system of medicine. This inquiry identifies select nurse-woman leaders and their contributions in incorporating a new value system for education and nursing based on feminist principles. The...
Show moreThis is a historical research study of the influence of feminism on nursing and nursing education from 1970 to 1994. Historical research contributes to the knowledge of the underpinnings of nursing education practices and the socialization process of nurses as a profession within the male, patriarchal system of medicine. This inquiry identifies select nurse-woman leaders and their contributions in incorporating a new value system for education and nursing based on feminist principles. The implications of this paradigm shift for nursing education, practice and research are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15086
Subject Headings: Nurses--United States, Nursing--Study and teaching, Nursing--Philosophy, Caring, Feminism, Nursing--History
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Title: The relationships among nursing program attributes, nurse faculties' personal attributes and preferences for learner-centered instruction.
Creator: Papes, Kathleen A., Florida Atlantic University, Guglielmino, Lucy M.
Abstract/Description: The changing health care environment and student population are challenging faculty to create a learning environment supportive of adult students. This study explored relationships among nursing program attributes, nurse faculties' personal attributes and preferences for learner-centered instruction, measured by the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS). Predictor variables included 19 personal and 16 program attributes. Thirty BSN/MSN programs and 30 ADN programs with a minimum...
Show moreThe changing health care environment and student population are challenging faculty to create a learning environment supportive of adult students. This study explored relationships among nursing program attributes, nurse faculties' personal attributes and preferences for learner-centered instruction, measured by the Principles of Adult Learning Scale (PALS). Predictor variables included 19 personal and 16 program attributes. Thirty BSN/MSN programs and 30 ADN programs with a minimum enrollment of 150 students were randomly selected. A faculty member in each school completed a program data sheet and distributed 10 faculty questionnaires. The sample included 298 faculty (50%). Descriptive statistics were reported by attributes and program, and tested for statistical significance. Six multiple regression analyses were completed. Overall, faculty were teacher-centered. Associate degree faculty were more teacher-centered than baccalaureate and higher degree faculty who, in turn, split between teacher-centered and learner-centered instruction. Teaching, research, professional service, community service, and clinical practice were rated as to their importance to faculty and perceived importance to faculties' institutions. Teaching was the most important role to faculty and believed to be the most important role to their institutions. Notably, there was incongruence among other faculty ratings. Three null hypotheses were rejected at the .05 alpha criterion. Of three models using the total sample, the personal and program attributes model accounted for 30% of variance in overall mean PALS scores, with significant contributions from self-study of adult learning principles, type of student taught, and rank. Dividing the total sample by program, the BSN/MSN personal and program attributes model accounted for 30% of variance in overall mean PALS scores. Recommendations include self-administration of PALS and analysis of responses for staff development programs; use of the model as part of program evaluation; and development of mission effectiveness programs to examine congruence of personal and organizational philosophies. Suggestions for further research include testing of the PALS' factors, population invariance, and subscale reliability; development of an associate degree program model; study of classroom and clinical dimensions of teaching style; and study of the effectiveness of adaptation strategies to learner-centered instruction.
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Date Issued: 1998
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12585
Subject Headings: Nursing--Study and teaching
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Title: THE UNITARY CARING LIVED EXPERIENCE OF UNCERTAINTY AMONG FAMILY CAREGIVERS OF PERSONS WITH A STROKE DURING THE HOSPITAL STAY IN SAUDI ARABIA.
Creator: Alselami, Seham Eid, Butcher, Howard K., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Stroke is a major health problem in Saudi Arabia that impacts the health outcomes of adults and elderly persons. No matter its severity, stroke is a stressful life event not only for the survivors but their family caregivers as well. Uncertainty is one of the major problems facing family caregivers caring for persons with a stroke. Uncertainty affects overall health outcomes and the quality of life of family caregivers caring for persons with strokes. Current research has not yet identified...
Show moreStroke is a major health problem in Saudi Arabia that impacts the health outcomes of adults and elderly persons. No matter its severity, stroke is a stressful life event not only for the survivors but their family caregivers as well. Uncertainty is one of the major problems facing family caregivers caring for persons with a stroke. Uncertainty affects overall health outcomes and the quality of life of family caregivers caring for persons with strokes. Current research has not yet identified the meaning of the uncertainty of family caregivers of persons with strokes during hospitalization in Saudi Arabia. The purpose of this study was to gain an in-depth understanding of the meaning of uncertainty experienced by family caregivers of persons in the hospital who have survived strokes. This study used a phenomenological design. Data were collected through in-depth face-to-face and online semi-structured interviews with 15 family caregivers using openended questions. Participants were recruited from inpatient medical units and stroke care units in multi acute care hospitals in Saudi Arabia. The interviews were recorded, transcribed verbatim, translated, and analyzed using the hermeneutic phenomenological unitary caring research method. NVivo software (Version 12) was used to manage the qualitative data.
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Date Issued: 2022
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014047
Subject Headings: Stroke, Caregivers, Nursing, Saudi Arabia
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Title: Decision making models utilized by nurses to activate rapid response teams.
Creator: Parker, Carlo G., Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between the nurses' decision making model, frequency of Rapid Response Team (RRT) activation, and the nurse's skill at the early recognition of clinical deterioration. A descriptive, cross sectional quantitative design was used. The participants in this study were 167 acute care registered nurses who had activated the RRT at least once in the preceding 12 months. The participants first were asked to recall a time when they had made...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to determine the relationships between the nurses' decision making model, frequency of Rapid Response Team (RRT) activation, and the nurse's skill at the early recognition of clinical deterioration. A descriptive, cross sectional quantitative design was used. The participants in this study were 167 acute care registered nurses who had activated the RRT at least once in the preceding 12 months. The participants first were asked to recall a time when they had made the decision to activate the RRT and then were asked to complete the instruments used in this study. Using the Nurse Decision-Making Instrument, the participant's decision making model then was categorized as analytic, intuitive, or mixed. The skill at early recognition of clinical deterioration was measured with the Manifestations of Early Recognition Instrument. Participant scores on the two instruments were significantly correlated with each other as well as to their frequency of RRT activation over the preceding 12 months. The findings of this study indicated that nurses who used analytical decision making activated the RRT with greater frequency than either the intuitive or mixed decision makers. In addition, registered nurses who used analytical decision making to activate the RRT tended to have higher levels of skill in the early recognition of clinical deterioration, as measured by the MER, than either the intuitive or mixed decision makers. Another finding of this study was that RNs with higher levels of skill in the early recognition of clinical deterioration tended to activate the RRT more frequently than RNs with lower levels of this skill. The implications of this study are that the use of analytical decision making may result in more frequent activation of the RRT., Increased frequency of RRT activation has been linked in the literature with decreased patient mortality rates. The significance of the findings from this study is that the use of analytic decision making has the potential to reduce the incidence of the number one patient safety indicator, failure to rescue.
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Date Issued: 2011
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3318676
Subject Headings: Nursing, Decision making, Clinical competence, Outcome assessment (Medical care), Nursing diagnosis, Nurse and patient
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Title: Comfort measures provided by critical care nurses as rated on a Nursing Comfort Measures Scale.
Creator: Pitcher, Diana Lynn, Florida Atlantic University, Bruce, Nancie
Abstract/Description: 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: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15101
Subject Headings: Intensive care nursing, Caring, Nurse and patient, Human comfort, Pain--Nursing
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Title: Caring behaviors of perioperative nurses.
Creator: Coogan, Russell S., Florida Atlantic University, Locsin, Rozzano
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to describe the caring behaviors incorporated into the practice of perioperative nursing. Utilizing a descriptive survey design, this study provided 104 perioperative nurse participants who were members of the AORN with the Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI). Data collected in this study supported the use of the CBI as a reliable instrument for measuring caring behaviors as measured by a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of.9486. The top five caring behaviors that...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe the caring behaviors incorporated into the practice of perioperative nursing. Utilizing a descriptive survey design, this study provided 104 perioperative nurse participants who were members of the AORN with the Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI). Data collected in this study supported the use of the CBI as a reliable instrument for measuring caring behaviors as measured by a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of.9486. The top five caring behaviors that emerged were (1) showing respect; (2) treating patient information confidentially; (3) appreciating the patient as a human being; (4) showing concern; (5) and supporting the patient. The study revealed that perioperative nurses do incorporate caring behaviors into their practice that are both patient-centered and action oriented. These behaviors are similar to those previously described by nurses in other specialties. Implications for nurse education and practice are presented, as are recommendations for further research.
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Date Issued: 1998
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15528
Subject Headings: Nurse and patient, Patient satisfaction, Empathy, Operating room nursing, Nursing audit
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Title: Nursing practice in a patient care setting where the director is not a nurse.
Creator: Cleva, Joyce., Florida Atlantic University, Warner, Marguerite
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to describe the practice of nursing and the factors that influence nursing practice in one patient care setting where the Director is not a nurse. A qualitative design employing the methods of grounded theory was utilized. Reaching for Completeness was the core concept that emerged from the analysis. Reaching for Completeness describes the directionality of nursing practice in this setting. It includes: coming to Know the Client, Responding to the Immediate Needs...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe the practice of nursing and the factors that influence nursing practice in one patient care setting where the Director is not a nurse. A qualitative design employing the methods of grounded theory was utilized. Reaching for Completeness was the core concept that emerged from the analysis. Reaching for Completeness describes the directionality of nursing practice in this setting. It includes: coming to Know the Client, Responding to the Immediate Needs of the Client, and Pulling it All Together. Factors that appeared to influence the practice of nursing in this setting were the management styles of the director and nurse manager, shared expectations of professionalism, and a shared sense of satisfaction in what the patients and staff accomplished together each day. The results of this study suggest that the main factor affecting the development of nursing practice in a patient care setting may not be whether the director is a nurse, but rather, whether nursing retains ownership of the practice of nursing.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15114
Subject Headings: Nursing services--Administration, Nurses--Job satisfaction, Nursing services--Business management
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Title: Values identified by nurses in middle management positions.
Creator: Jester, LaFonda Renee., Florida Atlantic University, Parker, Marilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to describe the values identified by nurses in middle management positions at a Florida for profit hospital. Latent content analysis was the method used to describe values identified by ten nurses in middle management positions. The analysis revealed a total of eight value themes. Two themes emerged as overarching: the value of economics and the value of caring. Six other value themes were interwoven into the overarching themes and consisted of commitment,...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe the values identified by nurses in middle management positions at a Florida for profit hospital. Latent content analysis was the method used to describe values identified by ten nurses in middle management positions. The analysis revealed a total of eight value themes. Two themes emerged as overarching: the value of economics and the value of caring. Six other value themes were interwoven into the overarching themes and consisted of commitment, compassion, competence, patience, respect for the other and technology.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15129
Subject Headings: Nurse administrators, Nursing services--Administration, Values, Nursing--Decision making
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Title: A structure of values synthesized from the lived experience of new registered nurses.
Creator: Amole, Carol., Florida Atlantic University, Parker, Marilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to evolve a description of values of nurses who were recent graduates of associate degree nursing programs. Six new nurses who were employed in hospitals were asked for illustrations of nursing situations that described values important to their practice. Giorgi's method of interpretation for phenomenological studies was utilized for data analysis. Caring was the value that emerged as central to nursing. New graduates expressed this value as caring promoting...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to evolve a description of values of nurses who were recent graduates of associate degree nursing programs. Six new nurses who were employed in hospitals were asked for illustrations of nursing situations that described values important to their practice. Giorgi's method of interpretation for phenomenological studies was utilized for data analysis. Caring was the value that emerged as central to nursing. New graduates expressed this value as caring promoting growth. Subsumed within the value of caring for new nurses are hope, conscience, courage, honesty, humility, empathy and human connectedness.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15125
Subject Headings: Nursing--Philosophy, Nursing ethics, Values, Caring, Nurses--Job satisfaction
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A study of Black nursing faculty: Factors that influenced completion of graduate-level degrees.
Creator: Eastmond-Robinson, June Patricia., Florida Atlantic University, Jurenas, Albert C.
Abstract/Description: Nursing education must attract qualified minorities to faculty positions in order to provide role models for students, to increase diversity, and to fulfill the need for new faculty. African-American faculties continue to be underrepresented in higher education and specifically in nursing education. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that influenced currently employed Black nursing faculty to persist in their education until completion of the Master of Science in Nursing degree...
Show moreNursing education must attract qualified minorities to faculty positions in order to provide role models for students, to increase diversity, and to fulfill the need for new faculty. African-American faculties continue to be underrepresented in higher education and specifically in nursing education. The purpose of this study was to identify factors that influenced currently employed Black nursing faculty to persist in their education until completion of the Master of Science in Nursing degree. Current trends in national demographics demonstrate an increasingly diverse population. likewise, a changing health care delivery system that has mandated decreased hospital length of stay requires nurses to advocate and educate the client in self-care in a shorter time frame. Lack of knowledge of cultural patterns in minority clients has been shown to contribute to problems of non-compliance with medically prescribed treatments (Pacquino, 1995). Whatever becomes of the evolving debate over insurance reimbursement, nursing care of clients will continue to be an important component. Sensitivity to culture and ethnic patterns is crucial in maintaining the client's health and independence. This research describes a sample of African-American nursing faculty whose names were systematically selected from The Directory of Black Nursing Faculty, (Tucker, 1991). A questionnaire was developed by the researcher that contains thirty Likert-style and open-ended questions. The instrument was grouped into 3 categories: demographics, educational influences, and psychosocial influences. One hundred thirty-nine questionnaires were mailed to the sample. After 2 mailings, the response rate was 56%. The findings revealed that program completion for this group was influenced by, (a) financial assistance. Over eighty percent reported this was essential, (b) a supportive school of nursing environment that accounted for the second highest degree of importance, (c) a diverse support system including student networking, faculty mentoring/advising, family, and friends, and (d) the imperative of high self-esteem needed to sustain the African-American student nurse in a perceived hostile educational environment.
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Date Issued: 1999
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12620
Subject Headings: Nursing schools--Faculty, African American nurses, Nursing--Study and teaching (Graduate)
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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
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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
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Title: The lived experience of having a child hospitalized: The Haitian mother's perspective.
Creator: Swasey, Patricia Ann., Florida Atlantic University, Coffman, Sherrilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience for the Haitian mother of having a child hospitalized. A qualitative study from a phenomenological perspective was undertaken. Seven respondents were interviewed. Significant statements from the transcribed interviews were analyzed according to Giorgi's (1988) method of reduction, extraction, analysis, and synthesis. A general description of the meaningful experience was obtained which includes themes relating to the hospital...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to explore the lived experience for the Haitian mother of having a child hospitalized. A qualitative study from a phenomenological perspective was undertaken. Seven respondents were interviewed. Significant statements from the transcribed interviews were analyzed according to Giorgi's (1988) method of reduction, extraction, analysis, and synthesis. A general description of the meaningful experience was obtained which includes themes relating to the hospital experience. The six themes which emerged are: (a) uncertainty, search for meaning, God's help; (b) need to be with child; (c) identification with child's pain and anxiety; (d) being in the hospital environment; (e) dealing with information; and, (f) best care for child. These themes and nursing implications are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14987
Subject Headings: Transcultural nursing, Nursing--Social aspects, Nursing, Haitians--United States
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Title: Enhancing the work environment and connecting with academic partners in nursing education through an innovative dedicated education unit.
Creator: Dyess, Susan MacLeod
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3336148
Subject Headings: Education, Nursing, Interprofessional Relations, Nursing Practice, Nursing Practice, Theory-Based, Nursing Theory, Nursing Units, Professional Practice, Quality Improvement, Work Environment
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Title: Integrating simulation into advanced practice education: weighing costs and benefits.
Creator: Weiss, Josie A.
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3183265
Subject Headings: Advanced Nursing Practice, Advanced Nursing Practice --Education, Education, Nursing, Patient Safety --Education, Patient Simulation, Simulations, Teaching Methods
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Title: Living a Caring-Based Program.
Creator: Boykin, Anne
Abstract/Description: This timely publication offers a description of community building within the College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University. Nursing education programs have a reputation of being demanding, difficult, and exhausting. Since the education process is the way students are socialized into the culture of nursing, it is the obligation of faculty to create an environment in which students come to know each other as colleagues who are free to express their uniqueness. This book describes the...
Show moreThis timely publication offers a description of community building within the College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University. Nursing education programs have a reputation of being demanding, difficult, and exhausting. Since the education process is the way students are socialized into the culture of nursing, it is the obligation of faculty to create an environment in which students come to know each other as colleagues who are free to express their uniqueness. This book describes the evolution and living of a caring-based program grounded in foundational beliefs and values of person and centered in caring.
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PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000438
Subject Headings: Florida Atlantic University -- College of Nursing -- Curricula, Nursing -- Study and teaching -- Philosophy, Education, Nursing, Educational resources, open
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Title: Chief nursing officer sustainment in the continued practice of nursing leadership: a phenomenological inquiry.
Creator: Prestia, Angela S., Sherman, Rose O., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The highly complex role of the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) requires the refinement of a multitude of competencies and leadership skills in this unprecedented time of healthcare reform. As the senior most patient advocate in our medical centers the CNO is responsible for translating research into practice, policy development and implementation creating value based patient-centric strategies to transform health care. The ability to sustain and thrive in this role is essential in repositioning...
Show moreThe highly complex role of the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) requires the refinement of a multitude of competencies and leadership skills in this unprecedented time of healthcare reform. As the senior most patient advocate in our medical centers the CNO is responsible for translating research into practice, policy development and implementation creating value based patient-centric strategies to transform health care. The ability to sustain and thrive in this role is essential in repositioning nursing as a knowledgeable discipline actively contributing to the redesign of healthcare. This exploratory descriptive phenomenological study was designed to explore and describe the elements that contribute to the sustainment of CNOs in their practice of nurse executive leadership. Ray’s (1989) Theory of Bureaucratic Caring, Authentic Leadership Theory (Wong & Cummings, 2009), and Resiliency Theory (Earvolino- Ramirez (2007) provided the theoretical lens through which this study was grounded. Semi-structured telephonic interviews were conducted with twenty CNOs all with two consecutive years experience in their current role. Six themes emerged after thorough content analysis which describes the lived experience of sustainment. Each theme was supported by several subthemes. Themes emerged as: Loving the Profession, Having a Broader Impact Reflecting on One’s Own Work, Learning to Manage Conflict, Maintaining Work/Life Balance Working with Supportive Leaders.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004320
Subject Headings: Health services administration, Leadership, Nurse administrators, Nursing ethics -- Philosophy, Nursing services -- Administration, Outcome assessment (Medical care), Public health personnel
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Title: Factors Affecting Registered Nurses' Job satisfaction and Intent to Leave.
Creator: Longo, Joy, Liehr, Patricia, Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: It is estimated that there will be a 20% shortage of full time equivalent registered nurses (RN) by 2015. Retention of nurses is a priority in health care, so a better understanding of factors that contribute to job satisfaction and intent to leave is needed. One possible factor is the quality of the interpersonal relationships that occur among managers, peers, and nurses. A negative quality would be acts of hostility or horizontal violence, which is nurse-to-nurse aggression. This is...
Show moreIt is estimated that there will be a 20% shortage of full time equivalent registered nurses (RN) by 2015. Retention of nurses is a priority in health care, so a better understanding of factors that contribute to job satisfaction and intent to leave is needed. One possible factor is the quality of the interpersonal relationships that occur among managers, peers, and nurses. A negative quality would be acts of hostility or horizontal violence, which is nurse-to-nurse aggression. This is theorized to be a result of oppressed group behavior. These behaviors may influence job satisfaction and the intent to stay on the job and in the profession. The overall purpose of the study was to explore relationships between horizontal violence, oppressed group behavior, job satisfaction and intent to leave a position or nursing in the next 12 months. This pilot study examined factors that influence registered nurses ' job satisfaction and intent to leave a position or nursing. Convenience sampling was used to obtain the sample of registered nurses from a BSN completion program and a Novice Nurse Initiative Program (n=99). Written stories of conflict between nurses were obtained and analyzed with linguistic analysis and word count (LIWC) software and various standardized instruments were used including the Nurses Workplace Behavior Scale (NWBS), the Organizational Climate for Caring Scale (OCCS), the Peer Group Caring Interaction Scale (PGCIS), The McCloskey/Mueller Satisfaction Scale (MMSS) and two visual analogue scales (VAS). Significant relationships were found between job satisfaction and intent to stay in a position and nursing (p<.01), oppressed group behavior and intent to stay in nursing (p<.01), oppressed group behavior and job satisfaction (p<.01). Manager and peer caring behaviors were related to intent to stay in a position and nursing (p<.01). Using stepwise multiple regression, both manager and peer caring behaviors were found to influence the relationship between job satisfaction and intent to stay in a position or nursing. The findings of this study suggest that the quality of interpersonal relationships between managers, peers and nurses can influence job satisfaction and intent to stay in a position or nursing.
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Date Issued: 2007
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000622
Subject Headings: Nurses--Job satisfaction, Nursing services--Administration, Burn out (Psychology)--Prevention, Nurses--Job stress
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Title: Urinary incontinence, 1850--1906: A historiography.
Creator: Phillips, Barbara B., Florida Atlantic University, Dunphy, Lynne M.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this paper is to enable the reader to gain a truer understanding of the treatment of Urinary Incontinence over the past one hundred and fifty-five years. Specifically this work will compare medical and nursing interventions to those of the alternative medicine and lay or popular medicine practices. Grounded in historicism, the study produces a documentary effect allowing the reader to empathize with the healers of the past. The social context of the specific time frame was...
Show moreThe purpose of this paper is to enable the reader to gain a truer understanding of the treatment of Urinary Incontinence over the past one hundred and fifty-five years. Specifically this work will compare medical and nursing interventions to those of the alternative medicine and lay or popular medicine practices. Grounded in historicism, the study produces a documentary effect allowing the reader to empathize with the healers of the past. The social context of the specific time frame was integrated into the study illuminating the Jacksonian and Progressive eras. In addition, the birth of professional nursing as we know it rose alongside allopathic medicine. This research is relevant to nursing history because it provides context for the work of nursing. Medicine used advancing technology to catapult the profession into a position of power capable of dictating advertising standards and influencing legislation. The significance of this study is its contribution to the paucity of existing knowledge of the history of Urinary Incontinence interventions. The nursing significance will outline the development of the profession as well as outlining nursing interventions and care of the incontinent person. This is the first comparison of the popular treatment with the prescribed treatment of Urinary Incontinence in the illuminated time period.
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Date Issued: 2005
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12155
Subject Headings: Urinary incontinence--Treatment, Nursing--History--19th century, Nursing--History--20th century, Urinary incontinence--Nursing
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