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Title: Nursing values as the basis for practice of graduate students in nursing.
Creator: McMillan, Susan Stevens., Florida Atlantic University, Parker, Marilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to examine nursing values as expressed in the practice of nurses pursuing the Master of Science Degree in Nursing. Two stories representing nursing situations reflective of nurses' values guiding practice were chosen for analysis. Content analysis was the method used to study the stories to identify values guiding the practice of nursing. The analysis revealed the following nursing values guiding practice: compassion, respect for the other, competence, commitment...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to examine nursing values as expressed in the practice of nurses pursuing the Master of Science Degree in Nursing. Two stories representing nursing situations reflective of nurses' values guiding practice were chosen for analysis. Content analysis was the method used to study the stories to identify values guiding the practice of nursing. The analysis revealed the following nursing values guiding practice: compassion, respect for the other, competence, commitment, inner harmony, patience, hope, courage, humility, and trust. Caring was identified as the central value of nursing.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15018
Subject Headings: Nursing ethics, Values, Caring, Nursing students--Philosophy
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: THE DEVELOPMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE PLACEMENT OF STAFF NURSES IN REFERENCE TO DEATH AND THE DYING PATIENT.
Creator: DURKIS, JOAN MICHELE., Florida Atlantic University, MacKenzie, Donald G.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to develop a set of considerations that administrators could use in placing nurses who dealt with dying patients. An attempt was made to determine whether nurses who reflected certain personal backgrounds would have an attitude about death and the dying patient that would subsequently predispose them to giving inadequate nursing care to these patients. To determine which items needed to be considered by nursing administrators in the placement of staff nurses, a...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to develop a set of considerations that administrators could use in placing nurses who dealt with dying patients. An attempt was made to determine whether nurses who reflected certain personal backgrounds would have an attitude about death and the dying patient that would subsequently predispose them to giving inadequate nursing care to these patients. To determine which items needed to be considered by nursing administrators in the placement of staff nurses, a questionnaire was completed by 248 senior medical-surgical nursing students at five college campuses in three counties in the State of Florida. It was shown that there was a significant relationship between the student nurses' attitudes toward death and dying (increased fear), their anticipated response patterns to death-related situations in the hospital work setting (inadequate care) and the thirteen background variables. More specifically, those student nurses with an increased fear of death and dying were more inclined to give inadequate care to the dying patient. Those student nurses with specific background characteristics were also more apt to give inadequate nursing care to their patients in such situations that dealt with suicide, abortion, euthansia or death in general.
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Date Issued: 1982
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11800
Subject Headings: Terminal care, Nursing students--Attitudes
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
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Jumping through hoops, walking on egg shells: The experiences of nursing students with disabilities.
Creator: Maheady, Donna Carol., Florida Atlantic University, Maslin-Ostrowski, Patricia, Winland-Brown, Jill
Abstract/Description: This study describes the experiences of nursing students with disabilities through interviews, observations, and document analysis. The sample included five current students and five graduate nurses with physical or auditory impairments and 61 nursing faculty members, staff members, patients, and fellow students. The Colaizzi (1978) method of data analysis was modified to include additional information from interviews, observations, and documents. The findings revealed important concerns...
Show moreThis study describes the experiences of nursing students with disabilities through interviews, observations, and document analysis. The sample included five current students and five graduate nurses with physical or auditory impairments and 61 nursing faculty members, staff members, patients, and fellow students. The Colaizzi (1978) method of data analysis was modified to include additional information from interviews, observations, and documents. The findings revealed important concerns related to potentially unsafe nursing practice. The findings should assist nursing faculty with admission and retention decisions and development of reasonable accommodations. Recommendations for nursing programs to develop enforceable guidelines for admission and state regulatory boards of nursing to consider licensure with practice limitations are included.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12489
Subject Headings: Nursing students, People with disabilities--Education (Higher), College students with disabilities
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Just grin and bear it?: proactive coping and PTSD in nursing students.
Creator: Borges-Garcia, Raquel., Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
Abstract/Description: Past research has found that among traumatized undergraduate women, proactive coping style was independently negatively associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity. It also shows that nurses experience many work-related traumas. The present study tests the PTSD symptom level in nursing students and measured whether proactive coping and other personality variables could successfully buffer the effects of trauma. This study found a surprisingly low PTSD symptom level among...
Show morePast research has found that among traumatized undergraduate women, proactive coping style was independently negatively associated with posttraumatic stress disorder symptom severity. It also shows that nurses experience many work-related traumas. The present study tests the PTSD symptom level in nursing students and measured whether proactive coping and other personality variables could successfully buffer the effects of trauma. This study found a surprisingly low PTSD symptom level among the nursing students though they reported several distressing traumas. Also surprising, participants reported more distress from traumas relating to verbal abuse than to traumas relating to death and/or severe injury. Proactive coping, optimism, and self-esteem were negatively related to PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Further research will be needed to support these findings.
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Date Issued: 2010
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/3334254
Subject Headings: Post-traumatic stress disorder, Nursing students, Mental health, Nurses, Job stress, Nurses, Conduct of life, Resilience (Personality trait), Stress management, Burn out (Psychology), Prevention
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing library tutorial.
Creator: Borglund, Susan T., Allen, Ethan J., McMullen, Lindsey, Roshaven, Patricia, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Date Issued: 2006-08
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/11494
Subject Headings: Florida Atlantic University. College of Nursing --Curricula, Library orientation, Nursing students, Florida Atlantic University. Libraries, Information literacy, Information resources, Library orientation, Library research
Format: Document (PDF)

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