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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
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Empower: A concept analysis for the new paradigm.
Creator: Siccardi, Patricia Mahoney., Florida Atlantic University, Brown, Carolyn L.
Abstract/Description: Concepts create our language and shape our world. Clarifying concepts will empower nurses to facilitate the changes needed in the future. Rodgers' (1989) evolutionary method of concept analysis was used to clarify the meaning of empower. This method was further developed to be congruent with the new processual paradigm foundational for this study. In order to examine the concept, a systematic random sample of 30 articles from the periodic literature of five disciplines was used (nursing,...
Show moreConcepts create our language and shape our world. Clarifying concepts will empower nurses to facilitate the changes needed in the future. Rodgers' (1989) evolutionary method of concept analysis was used to clarify the meaning of empower. This method was further developed to be congruent with the new processual paradigm foundational for this study. In order to examine the concept, a systematic random sample of 30 articles from the periodic literature of five disciplines was used (nursing, sociology, psychology, education, and business). Through a reflective analytic process twenty-nine attributes of the concept were identified and gathered into the five themes representing the concept. Two metathemes were identified, one for the concept and one for the context of the concept. To give, share, and/or have the ability to fully participate in life situations and experience well-being in the process is the definition of empower, as it emerged in the study.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14858
Subject Headings: Caring, Nursing--Philosophy
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Creating a healing portrait of the soul's journey: A description of spiritually emergent nursing.
Creator: Howell, Julia Ann., Florida Atlantic University, Appleton, Cathy
Abstract/Description: This research explored a nurse's experience of creating visual art with patients in clinical settings. The question guiding the study was: What is the experience of creating visual art for a nurse? The aim of this descriptive study was to discover what is the nature of the experience of creating visual art as an aspect of nursing care from a nurse's perspective. Using van Manen's phenomenological approach, a description of the experience of creating visual art with patients occurred. Five...
Show moreThis research explored a nurse's experience of creating visual art with patients in clinical settings. The question guiding the study was: What is the experience of creating visual art for a nurse? The aim of this descriptive study was to discover what is the nature of the experience of creating visual art as an aspect of nursing care from a nurse's perspective. Using van Manen's phenomenological approach, a description of the experience of creating visual art with patients occurred. Five essential themes emerged and express this experience. The unity of meaning for the experience is portrayed as A Healing Portrait of the Soul's Journey in Compassionate, Cocreative Relationships of Openness, Human Connectedness and Transformation. Implications for nursing inquiry, practice, and education are discussed.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15034
Subject Headings: Nursing, Art therapy, Caring
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The meaning of care to patients in ICU: A phenomenological perspective.
Creator: Fleishman, Debra Ann., Florida Atlantic University, Boykin, Anne
Abstract/Description: This research explored the patient in the intensive care units experience of care from a phenomenological perspective. The question guiding the study was: What is the meaning of care for patients in the intensive care unit? Using a phenomenological approach, six participants described their experiences of the phenomenon of care. The eight essential themes that emerged from the analysis of the descriptions of care for the patients in ICU are: (1) Being connected; (2) Feeling watched over; (3)...
Show moreThis research explored the patient in the intensive care units experience of care from a phenomenological perspective. The question guiding the study was: What is the meaning of care for patients in the intensive care unit? Using a phenomenological approach, six participants described their experiences of the phenomenon of care. The eight essential themes that emerged from the analysis of the descriptions of care for the patients in ICU are: (1) Being connected; (2) Feeling watched over; (3) Feeling the presence; (4) Feeling commitment; (5) Receiving Compassion; (6) Feeling valued as a person; (7) Receiving comfort; and (8) Experiencing Competence. Further analysis lead to the thematic phrase: The Essence of Isolation-Union while feeling the Presence and Competency of others. The unity of meaning was then discovered from analysis of the essential themes and thematic phrase. The unity of meaning which captures the experience of care for a person in the ICU setting is: The Illumination of the Human Spirit in the Celebration of Life.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15128
Subject Headings: Intensive care nursing, Nurse and patient, Caring, Nursing--Philosophy
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Title: RESIDENT, FAMILY, AND SNF STAFF PERCEPTIONS ON TRANSITIONING FROM ACUTE CARE TO A SKILLED NURSING FACILITY.
Creator: Kaye, Suzie E., Tappen, Ruth, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Transitions in care have been a national priority for decades to promote the safe and timely passage of patients between levels of healthcare and across care settings. Improving hospital discharge processes is an important quality improvement initiative to reduce adverse outcomes, and thirty-day readmission rates and increase patients’ satisfaction after discharge. This qualitative design study explored the perceptions, experiences, and gaps in understanding the needs of the resident and...
Show moreTransitions in care have been a national priority for decades to promote the safe and timely passage of patients between levels of healthcare and across care settings. Improving hospital discharge processes is an important quality improvement initiative to reduce adverse outcomes, and thirty-day readmission rates and increase patients’ satisfaction after discharge. This qualitative design study explored the perceptions, experiences, and gaps in understanding the needs of the resident and family in the transition from a hospital to a skilled nursing facility (SNF). It is essential to understand the perspective of the residents, families, and healthcare professionals who experience this transitional process to inform future research, and practice initiatives and to effectively prepare the residents and families for this transition. The purposive sample included 15 residents, 13 family members, and 12 SNF staff. The setting was a SNF within a continuing care residential community with an 89-licensed-bed capacity in Palm Beach County, FL. This doctoral research applied a descriptive qualitative methodology to capture the essence of the perceptions of residents, families, and staff participants transitioning from acute care to a skilled nursing facility. Interviews were qualitatively analyzed with an interactive model utilizing open, pattern, and thematic coding, and data (network) display to help organize, inform, and justify conclusions and explanations. Overall, 53% of residents, and 62% of families expressed confusion, frustration, concern, uncertainty, disappointment, and stress.
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Date Issued: 2024
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00014469
Subject Headings: Transitional Care, Nursing, Health care management
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Caring attributes of nursing staff as rated by nurses in middle-management positions.
Creator: Harrell, Alma M., Florida Atlantic University, Parker, Marilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to describe how nurses in middle-management positions rate caring attributes of nursing staff. A convenience sample of 99 nurses from three acute-care hospitals was asked to rate caring attributes of nursing staff using the Nyberg Caring Assessment Scale, a 20 item 5-point Likert scale instrument. Fifty-nine nurses in the sample volunteered to participate in the study. Participants rated the attribute communicating a helping, trusting attitude toward others as...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe how nurses in middle-management positions rate caring attributes of nursing staff. A convenience sample of 99 nurses from three acute-care hospitals was asked to rate caring attributes of nursing staff using the Nyberg Caring Assessment Scale, a 20 item 5-point Likert scale instrument. Fifty-nine nurses in the sample volunteered to participate in the study. Participants rated the attribute communicating a helping, trusting attitude toward others as extremely important, and the attribute consider relationships before rules as somewhat important. The remaining eighteen items were rated very important caring attributes to be exhibited by nursing staff in relations with patients and others in acute-care facilities. The study adds to the literature on caring and contributes to the nursing profession by expanding information about caring-based practice.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14870
Subject Headings: Caring, Nursing services--Administration
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: FINDING A UNIQUE PATH: EMBODYING PARENTING IN THE MIDST OF CONFLICTING COMPLEXITY WITHIN PEDIATRIC PALLIATIVE CARE.
Creator: Olafson, Elizabeth A., Barry, Charlotte D., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the process of complex healthcare decision-making by parents for their children within the milieu of a pediatric palliative care team. As healthcare has advanced, the number of children living with complex chronic conditions has increased. Decision-making by parents for their children referred to palliative care has not, up to this point, been widely explored by nursing. A purposeful sample of 22 participants, parents of children in life...
Show moreThe purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the process of complex healthcare decision-making by parents for their children within the milieu of a pediatric palliative care team. As healthcare has advanced, the number of children living with complex chronic conditions has increased. Decision-making by parents for their children referred to palliative care has not, up to this point, been widely explored by nursing. A purposeful sample of 22 participants, parents of children in life-limiting or life-threatening situations were asked: What matters most during the process of complex healthcare decision-making? A constant comparative method was used to analyze data collected from semistructured interviews and the theory of embodying parenting in the midst of conflicting complexity emerged. J. Watson’s (2020) theory of human caring grounded the researcher in living caritas processes throughout the study. All participants experienced a disruption of their expected parenting and family normal. Through constant comparative data analysis, the core category of embodying parenting was identified. Feeling respected as the parent, thoughtfully making right decisions, and maintaining presence support embodying parenting. The basic social process identified was finding a unique path. The process of finding a unique path included connecting with a supportive community, claiming decisional authority, moderating negative thoughts and feelings, and adjusting expectations. Living in peace was achieved by finding a unique path to embodying parenting in the midst of conflicting complexity. For the participants in this study, accepting circumstances, feeling gratitude, and perceiving life differently led to living in peace.
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Date Issued: 2020
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00013599
Subject Headings: Palliative Care, Nursing, Pediatric nursing, Decision Making
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A conspiracy of caring: The meaning of the client's experience of nursing as the promotion of well-being.
Creator: Wallace, Cathie L., Florida Atlantic University, Appleton, Cathy
Abstract/Description: This research explored the client's experience of nursing as the promotion of well-being. The question guiding the study was: What is the meaning of nursing as the promotion of well-being? Using a phenomenological-hermeneutical approach, eight participants described their experiences of the phenomenon. Three metathemes emerged and expressed nursing as the promotion of well-being: (1) Being There Conveys a Willingness to Relate; (2) Being With Enables the Feeling of Comfort; and (3) Being in...
Show moreThis research explored the client's experience of nursing as the promotion of well-being. The question guiding the study was: What is the meaning of nursing as the promotion of well-being? Using a phenomenological-hermeneutical approach, eight participants described their experiences of the phenomenon. Three metathemes emerged and expressed nursing as the promotion of well-being: (1) Being There Conveys a Willingness to Relate; (2) Being With Enables the Feeling of Comfort; and (3) Being in Tune While Creating the Future. Further analysis led to the apprehension of a unity of meaning: An Emancipating Togetherness--The Creation of a Caring Synchrony that Empowers a New Meaning for Living. The metaphor, A Conspiracy of Caring, conveys a theory of the meaning of nursing as the promotion of well-being.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14874
Subject Headings: Nursing--Philosophy, Caring, Nurse and patient
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: A comparative study of empathy of registered nurses based on academic preparation.
Creator: Eckler, Joanne Miller., Florida Atlantic University, Burrichter, Arthur W.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to compare empathy levels of registered nurses based on three different types of academic preparation: associate degree (two-year program), diploma (three-year program), or baccalaureate degree (four-year program). The relationship of empathy to age, marital status, parental status, clinical experience, and length of time in practice was also investigated. Subjects (n = 122) for the study were registered nurses working at two acute care health settings in the...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to compare empathy levels of registered nurses based on three different types of academic preparation: associate degree (two-year program), diploma (three-year program), or baccalaureate degree (four-year program). The relationship of empathy to age, marital status, parental status, clinical experience, and length of time in practice was also investigated. Subjects (n = 122) for the study were registered nurses working at two acute care health settings in the southeast metropolitan area of Florida. Two instruments were used: (a) Empathy Construct Rating Scale (ECRS), and (b) a demographic information questionnaire. The ECRS was chosen because of its proven construct validity and specificity to nursing (LaMonica, 1981). The demographic questionnaire assisted the investigator to determine any relationship between level of empathy and the aforementioned variables. A regression analysis was performed first to determine any relationship between empathy levels of registered nurses and the demographic variables. No significant relationship was found between professional preparation and the demographic variables. A one-way analysis (ANOVA) was performed to assess the strength and direction of the relationship between academic preparation and empathy. Using 0.05 level of significance as the criterion, statistical analysis revealed there was no relationship between registered nurses' academic preparation and level of empathy.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12395
Subject Headings: Nursing--Study and teaching, Caring, Nursing
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Title: Commitment - the bridge to caring: The meaning of commitment as lived by critical-care nurses.
Creator: Cutler, Sharon Brown., Florida Atlantic University, Schoenhofer, Savina
Abstract/Description: The aim of this study was to understand the meaning of commitment to nursing from the perspective of critical-care nurses. Phenomenology was the research method. Van Manen's approach guided this study with Munhall's adaptation of existential investigation. Seven nurses participated. All were selected on a voluntary basis provided they were working in critical-care, had two years of critical-care experience, and were willing to talk about the topic of commitment. Several themes emerged as...
Show moreThe aim of this study was to understand the meaning of commitment to nursing from the perspective of critical-care nurses. Phenomenology was the research method. Van Manen's approach guided this study with Munhall's adaptation of existential investigation. Seven nurses participated. All were selected on a voluntary basis provided they were working in critical-care, had two years of critical-care experience, and were willing to talk about the topic of commitment. Several themes emerged as essential to humanistic experience of commitment to nursing. Contextual descriptions of commitment also emerged. The nurses' primary commitment was to the patient and the ethical dilemmas that surfaced when they tried to honor that commitment proved the major source of frustration and dissatisfaction. Commitment was found to be the connection or bridge to caring. Without commitment there was no caring. Implications for nursing administration and education were addressed. Additional questions were raised for future research.
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Date Issued: 1993
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14965
Subject Headings: Intensive care nursing, Nurses--Job stress
Format: Document (PDF)

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
Format: Document (PDF)

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
Format: Document (PDF)

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
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Nursing practice in a contemporary health care corporation: Nurses' tensions and torment.
Creator: David, Beverly Ann., Florida Atlantic University, Appleton, Cathy
Abstract/Description: Tensions exist between the ideology of caring as a nursing practice ideal, and the corporately managed health care settings in which nurses work. The objective of this critical feminist ethnography was to understand these tensions by grounding them in nurses' experiences and perceptions. Data was gathered through ethnographic interviewing and participant-observations of a nurse key informant and her co-workers in the pediatric unit of a corporately managed acute care hospital. The data were...
Show moreTensions exist between the ideology of caring as a nursing practice ideal, and the corporately managed health care settings in which nurses work. The objective of this critical feminist ethnography was to understand these tensions by grounding them in nurses' experiences and perceptions. Data was gathered through ethnographic interviewing and participant-observations of a nurse key informant and her co-workers in the pediatric unit of a corporately managed acute care hospital. The data were analyzed according to the coding procedures and comparative method described by Strauss and Corbin (1990). Four characteristics of the corporate health care culture that conflict with nurses' practice ideals were identified: The Corporate Productivity Motive; The Priority of a Medical Regime Over Nursing Care; The Tolerance of Risk to Patient Safety; and The Hospitality Perspective. A critique of the patriarchal value structure that influences the health care system and recommendations for nursing practice, education, and research is provided.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15341
Subject Headings: Nursing--Philosophy, Caring, Feminism, Medical care, Health services administration
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Title: Home care as a gestalt: The lived experience of families receiving nursing care in the home.
Creator: Ruth, Marla Claire., Florida Atlantic University, Coffman, Sherrilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this nursing research study was to gain a deeper understanding of the experience of families receiving nursing care in the home. The question guiding the study was: What is the meaning (for families) of the experience of receiving nursing care in the home? Using van Manen's phenomenological approach, six families described their experience of receiving nursing care in their homes during taped conversational interviews. Following hermeneutical thematic analysis of the...
Show moreThe purpose of this nursing research study was to gain a deeper understanding of the experience of families receiving nursing care in the home. The question guiding the study was: What is the meaning (for families) of the experience of receiving nursing care in the home? Using van Manen's phenomenological approach, six families described their experience of receiving nursing care in their homes during taped conversational interviews. Following hermeneutical thematic analysis of the transcribed texts, one common metatheme emerged: Home Nursing Care Experienced within the Gestalt of Home Health Care. Four associated sub-themes emerged: (1) Being in Relationship with the Nurse; (2) Feeling Decreased Stress/Increased Comfort; (3) Having the Nurse as Family Advocate/Mediator; and (4) Finding the Way Through Chaos to Control.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15108
Subject Headings: Home nursing, Home care services, Family nursing, Nursing
Format: Document (PDF)

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
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: The elephant in the room: why is it difficult for hospice workers to discuss death with their terminally ill patients?.
Creator: Beroldi, Kristi, Earles, Julie
Date Issued: 2013-04-05
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/3361070
Subject Headings: Hospice nurses, Terminally ill, Death, Hospice care
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Title: Nurses' perceptions of their ability to interact with family members in the intensive care unit.
Creator: Pagano, Diane Patricia., Florida Atlantic University, Warner, Marguerite
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this research was to explore and describe nurses' perceptions of their ability to interact with families under a variety of circumstances in the intensive care unit. Bandura's theory of self-efficacy (1986) provided a framework for the study. Twenty-six critical care nurses ranked their experiences and perceived self-efficacy on a list of twenty situations of family-nurse interaction. Information about years of experience in critical care nursing, personal experience of family...
Show moreThe purpose of this research was to explore and describe nurses' perceptions of their ability to interact with families under a variety of circumstances in the intensive care unit. Bandura's theory of self-efficacy (1986) provided a framework for the study. Twenty-six critical care nurses ranked their experiences and perceived self-efficacy on a list of twenty situations of family-nurse interaction. Information about years of experience in critical care nursing, personal experience of family illness, and family nursing courses was also gathered. The results of this study suggest that nurses' sense of self-efficacy varies with the circumstances of family-nurse interaction. Level of self-efficacy was also significantly related to nursing experience with families and to previous family course work. This study has implications for nursing administration, education, and practice. Suggestions for further research are also made.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15246
Subject Headings: Self-efficacy, Intensive care nursing
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Title: Philosophical exploration in search of the ontology of authentic presence.
Creator: Linden, Danielle Moffatt., Florida Atlantic University, Freeman, Edward
Abstract/Description: This study examines authentic presence. Authentic presence, as identified in the study, comes from a theory of nursing developed by Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhofer, Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice. Authentic presence must be viewed in a philosophical context in order to be fully understood in practice. This analysis of Nursing as Caring reveals philosophical underpinnings in the theory's foundation. The primary texts of Soren Kierkegaard and Gaston Bachelard, both...
Show moreThis study examines authentic presence. Authentic presence, as identified in the study, comes from a theory of nursing developed by Anne Boykin and Savina Schoenhofer, Nursing as Caring: A Model for Transforming Practice. Authentic presence must be viewed in a philosophical context in order to be fully understood in practice. This analysis of Nursing as Caring reveals philosophical underpinnings in the theory's foundation. The primary texts of Soren Kierkegaard and Gaston Bachelard, both philosophers, are used to develop a foundation upon which is built a preliminary aesthetic framework to guide the examination of authentic presence. It is proposed that this framework reflects the meaning of the essence of abstract concepts and is demonstrated in an analysis of two poetic expressions.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15343
Subject Headings: Authenticity (Philosophy), Nursing--Philosophy, Caring
Format: Document (PDF)

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