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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
Format: Document (PDF)

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
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Temporary is avoidance, forever is a lobotomy: Nurses' silence on unpopular patients.
Creator: Little, Daniel James., Florida Atlantic University, Coffman, Sherrilyn
Abstract/Description: This qualitative study of the phenomenon of nurse providing care to a client that the nurse does not like or determines to be unpopular was conducted with five professional nurses, who had experienced the phenomenon. Phenomenological method guided the inquiry through the narrative descriptions, from which essential descriptive themes of secrecy, avoidance, internalized conflict, specialness, and unfinishedness were uncovered and revealed by dwelling with the material. The implications for...
Show moreThis qualitative study of the phenomenon of nurse providing care to a client that the nurse does not like or determines to be unpopular was conducted with five professional nurses, who had experienced the phenomenon. Phenomenological method guided the inquiry through the narrative descriptions, from which essential descriptive themes of secrecy, avoidance, internalized conflict, specialness, and unfinishedness were uncovered and revealed by dwelling with the material. The implications for nursing education, nursing practice and nursing research are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15258
Subject Headings: Nurse and patient, Interpersonal relations, Hospital patients, Nurses--Attitudes
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The values lived in the day-to-day practice of nursing.
Creator: Barry, Charlotte D., Florida Atlantic University, Parker, Marilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to examine nursing's values as they are lived day-to-day in nursing practice. A nurse's story, a reflective remembrance of a nursing situation, was explored for the illumination of nursing's values embedded in the service activities of the nurse. Using qualitative descriptive content analysis, the story was studied for significant statements depicting activities of the nurse and for the values guiding those activities. The analysis revealed three transcendent...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine nursing's values as they are lived day-to-day in nursing practice. A nurse's story, a reflective remembrance of a nursing situation, was explored for the illumination of nursing's values embedded in the service activities of the nurse. Using qualitative descriptive content analysis, the story was studied for significant statements depicting activities of the nurse and for the values guiding those activities. The analysis revealed three transcendent values, reflected in every activity: Caring, respect for the dignity of the other, and inner harmony. The analysis further revealed eight actualizing values, individually embodying the transcendent values: compassion, competence, courage, humility, honesty, commitment, trust and hope. The wholeness of the inquiry is presented using metaphor to illuminate the meaning of nursing's values in nursing practice.
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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14953
Subject Headings: Nurses--Attitudes, Nursing--Philosophy, Nursing--Practice
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: ATTITUDES TOWARDS DEATH: A COMPARISON OF ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING STUDENTS AND GRADUATE NURSES.
Creator: CAMPBELL, JUDY BANKS, Florida Atlantic University, Kite, Robert H.
Abstract/Description: This study analyzes the impact of a selected associate degree nursing program upon the attitudes of students toward death. An instrument, "Attitudes Towards Death," was developed for use in the study and was administered to a randomly selected sample of 122 freshmen, 84 sophomore and 46 graduate nurses. Analysis of each group's responses and comparisons among the group were made using several statistical procedures. The results were as follows: 1. There were no significant differences in...
Show moreThis study analyzes the impact of a selected associate degree nursing program upon the attitudes of students toward death. An instrument, "Attitudes Towards Death," was developed for use in the study and was administered to a randomly selected sample of 122 freshmen, 84 sophomore and 46 graduate nurses. Analysis of each group's responses and comparisons among the group were made using several statistical procedures. The results were as follows: 1. There were no significant differences in attitudes towards death of beginning freshman associate degree nursing students, graduating sophomore associate degree nursing students, and graduate associate degree nurses working in nursing. 2. There were no significant differences between freshman and sophomore nursing students in the following subscales: fear of death of self, fear of death of others, fear of dying of others, general attitude, and inconsistency of attitude. There was a significant difference on the fear of dying of self. 3. There were no significant differences between freshman nursing students and graduate nurses on any of the six death attitude subscales. 4. There were no significant differences between sophomore nursing students and graduate nurses on any of the six death attitude subscales. 5. Among the demographic variables the following chi-square subscale correlations were significant: personal meaning that the subject attached to the concept of death, and the fear of death of self, fear of dying of self, general attitude, and inconsistency of attitude; degree of religiosity and fear of death of self, fear of dying of others, general attitude, and inconsistency of attitude; desire to be told of a terminal illness and fear of death of self, fear of dying of self, and fear of dying of others; amount of nursing experience and inconsistency of attitude; marital status and fear of death of others, and area of clinical specialization and fear of death of others. The variables of age , income, and first personal involvement with death had no significant chi-square subscale correlations.
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Date Issued: 1976
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11663
Subject Headings: Nurses--Attitudes, Nursing students--Attitudes, Death--Psychological aspects
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Title: Views of registered nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel on the differentiating aspects of their roles in a partnership model of care delivery.
Creator: Sorbello, Barbara C., Florida Atlantic University, Ray, Marilyn A.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to explore, through a descriptive method, views of registered nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel about their roles. Data sources included interviews with three registered nurses and three unlicensed assistive workers practicing in partnership on an acute patient care unit. Study findings supported role theory assertions that role strain and stress, manifested as role ambiguity, role confusion, role overlapping, and role overload occur when the role...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to explore, through a descriptive method, views of registered nurses and unlicensed assistive personnel about their roles. Data sources included interviews with three registered nurses and three unlicensed assistive workers practicing in partnership on an acute patient care unit. Study findings supported role theory assertions that role strain and stress, manifested as role ambiguity, role confusion, role overlapping, and role overload occur when the role transition process and role expectations are not clarified or nurtured among role partners. Implications for nursing practice include the following: (1) Nurses in clinical and administrative practice need to be sensitized to the importance of nurses and ancillary personnel being active participants in the work redesign process, and must support the value of caring that transpires in the nurse-patient relationship. (2) Role theory can be utilized to understand dynamics that occur in work settings of nurses and assistive partners.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15305
Subject Headings: Differentiated nursing practice, Nursing services--Personnel management, Nurses--Attitudes, Nurses' aides, Nursing--Standards
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: 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)

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