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Title: Caring, the human mode of being : a blueprint for the health professions.
Creator: Roach, M. Simone
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FAUIR000230
Subject Headings: Nursing -- Philosophy, Nursing ethics
Format: Citation

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: 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: 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)

Title: The experience of feeling that you belong.
Creator: Forrest, James Albert., Florida Atlantic University, Kelley, Lois
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to uncover the structure of the common lived experience of health of "the experience of feeling that you belong", using Parse's research methodology. The nursing perspective for this study is that of Parse's nursing theory of human becoming. The researcher used the processes of the methodology, participant selection, dialogical engagement, extraction-synthesis, and heuristic interpretation to evolve the structure of the lived experience of health: The experience...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to uncover the structure of the common lived experience of health of "the experience of feeling that you belong", using Parse's research methodology. The nursing perspective for this study is that of Parse's nursing theory of human becoming. The researcher used the processes of the methodology, participant selection, dialogical engagement, extraction-synthesis, and heuristic interpretation to evolve the structure of the lived experience of health: The experience of feeling that you belong. The structure of the experience of feeling that you belong, discovered in this research with four participants, is prizing equivalent differences while illuminating light within the darkness and discovering fullness of self in community. This study demonstrates Parse's research methodology and expands the knowledge base of nursing.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14791
Subject Headings: Nursing--Philosophy, Nursing, Need (Psychology)
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
Format: Document (PDF)

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: 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: Caring attributes of nursing staff: Ratings by nursing students.
Creator: Benken, Barbara Jean., Florida Atlantic University, Parker, Marilyn
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to describe caring attributes of nursing staff as rated by nursing students. A convenience sample of 166 second year associate degree nursing students was asked to rate caring attributes of nursing staff using the Nyberg Caring Assessment Scale, a twenty item 5-point Likert scale instrument. One hundred and thirty-seven nursing students volunteered to participate in the study. The caring attribute "communicate a helping, trusting attitude toward others" was rated...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe caring attributes of nursing staff as rated by nursing students. A convenience sample of 166 second year associate degree nursing students was asked to rate caring attributes of nursing staff using the Nyberg Caring Assessment Scale, a twenty item 5-point Likert scale instrument. One hundred and thirty-seven nursing students volunteered to participate in the study. The caring attribute "communicate a helping, trusting attitude toward others" was rated as extremely important by the participants. The participants rated "remains committed to a continuing relationship" and "considers relationship before rules" as slightly important. The remaining items were rated as somewhat important to very important. The study adds to the literature of caring in nursing education and practice.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15127
Subject Headings: Caring, Nursing--Philosophy, Nursing--Study and teaching
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
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Finding common ground: The Future Search Conference experience.
Creator: Stewart, Tamala P., Florida Atlantic University, Schuster, Eleanor
Abstract/Description: Marvin Weisbord's (1992) Future Search Conference model is an innovative organizational planning method recently employed by the College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in the preliminary stages of the Global Environmental Project for Healing and Health. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to identify the basic social process (BSP) of a particular social world: the future search conference. A purposive sample of six participants volunteered to describe their perspective on...
Show moreMarvin Weisbord's (1992) Future Search Conference model is an innovative organizational planning method recently employed by the College of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University in the preliminary stages of the Global Environmental Project for Healing and Health. The purpose of this grounded theory study was to identify the basic social process (BSP) of a particular social world: the future search conference. A purposive sample of six participants volunteered to describe their perspective on "what happened" and "what was going on" at the conference entitled, "Discovering Common Ground: The Future of Health, Healing and Environment," February 23-25, 1995. Glaser and Strauss' (1967) constant comparative method of data analysis was used to identify the BSP, "Finding Common Ground." This enabled conference participants to cope with the unique conditions of a future search conference (sequestration, diverse population, and self-management) while accomplishing the goals of the conference.
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Date Issued: 1995
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15199
Subject Headings: Organizational change, Nursing--Philosophy, Grounded theory, Sociology--Research
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: 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
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Struggling in changing priorities.
Creator: Brown, Linda L., Florida Atlantic University, Beck, Cheryl
Abstract/Description: The phenomenon central to this study is "struggling in changing priorities," a universal lived experience of health. Parse's (1981, 1991) theory of human becoming was the lens through which all aspects of this study were seen. The participants were four young adults infected with the AIDS virus. Parse's research methodology consisting of the processes of participant selection, dialogical engagement, extraction-synthesis, and heuristic interpretation was used to uncover the structure of the...
Show moreThe phenomenon central to this study is "struggling in changing priorities," a universal lived experience of health. Parse's (1981, 1991) theory of human becoming was the lens through which all aspects of this study were seen. The participants were four young adults infected with the AIDS virus. Parse's research methodology consisting of the processes of participant selection, dialogical engagement, extraction-synthesis, and heuristic interpretation was used to uncover the structure of the lived experience. Struggling in changing priorities is inspiring new awareness while camouflaging the perilous evokes solace amid harmonizing opposing rhythms. When taken to a higher level of abstraction and linked with the major concepts of Parse's theory, the theoretical definition of struggling in changing priorities is imaging the revealing-concealing of transforming.
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Date Issued: 1991
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14775
Subject Headings: Choice (Psychology), Goal (Psychology), Health promotion, Nursing--Philosophy
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Title: Nutrire: Nurture, Nursing a Material Culture Analysis of Invalid/Infant Feeders and the Aesthetics and Caring of Nursing.
Creator: Smith, Nancy K., Dunphy, Lynne M., Florida Atlantic University
Abstract/Description: This dissertation analyzes a nursing artifact: the infant/invalid feeder. A material culture analysis, developed by the author, is utilized for the in depth study of 12 feeders. This work assumes that Caring is the core value of what constitutes nursing and nursing practice. The expression of the aesthetics of nursing through the act of feeding and use of infant/invalid feeders, aesthetic knowing and expression of that knowing, links caring and caring presence. The act of feeding another,...
Show moreThis dissertation analyzes a nursing artifact: the infant/invalid feeder. A material culture analysis, developed by the author, is utilized for the in depth study of 12 feeders. This work assumes that Caring is the core value of what constitutes nursing and nursing practice. The expression of the aesthetics of nursing through the act of feeding and use of infant/invalid feeders, aesthetic knowing and expression of that knowing, links caring and caring presence. The act of feeding another, whether sick or infant has been the domestic sphere of women throughout history and is also considered one of the most important duties of the nurse. For centuries women have provided nourishment to others. Much of this has been accomplished through the use of utensils designed specifically for the purpose of feeding those too ill or young to independently do so themselves. Material culture study, a method of examining artifacts and the cultural messages that they contain is employed as the methodology for research. A detailed investigation of the nursing literature reveals that there have been no material culture studies of nursing's artifacts to date. In this dissertation the author designed and utilized her own model for the analysis of 12 invalid feeders. The material culture analysis of the twelve feeders leads to a greater understanding of the history and evolution of nursing practice in the United States. Significance and recognition of feeders in England and their continued use versus their obscurity and unfamiliarity in the United States serves an example of the changes and differences that have occurred within the social context of the culture as a whole and nursing culture in particular. Feeding of patients with feeders by nurses serves as an example of the complexities of human caring and the aesthetic practice of nursing. Nurses can gain from the material culture studies of nursing artifacts, paying greater attention to the ways that make us human and humane. This work has related the caring and the aesthetic of nursing practice to the everyday act of feeding and challenges nurses to continue to find ways to demonstrate nurturing and caring to those we have the privilege to nurse.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00000625
Subject Headings: Nursing--Equipment and supplies, Infants--Care--Equipment and supplies, Nursing--Philosophy
Format: Document (PDF)

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: The student's experience of learning caring in a college of nursing grounded in a caring philosophy.
Creator: Drumm, Judith T., Florida Atlantic University, Chase, Susan
Abstract/Description: Caring has been identified as an essential value for baccalaureate education across all programs of study. The purpose of this phenomenological research study was to investigate the lived experience of students learning caring in a college of nursing grounded in a caring philosophy. The question guiding the research was: "What is the student's experience of learning caring in a college of nursing that has caring as a central tenet in its philosophy?" This study was guided by the caring...
Show moreCaring has been identified as an essential value for baccalaureate education across all programs of study. The purpose of this phenomenological research study was to investigate the lived experience of students learning caring in a college of nursing grounded in a caring philosophy. The question guiding the research was: "What is the student's experience of learning caring in a college of nursing that has caring as a central tenet in its philosophy?" This study was guided by the caring theories of Boykin and Schoenhofer (2001), Roach (2002), and the philosopher Mayeroff (1971). The researcher interviewed seven senior baccalaureate student nurses attending a public university. The nursing program at this university was grounded in a caring philosophy. The research questions explored the students' experiences of learning caring at this school of nursing. One student shared this thought with the researcher, "I knew who I was and I knew I could care about people, but I didn't know how to use caring in nursing. The educational process helped me to transfer caring to nursing." Transcripts of the audiotaped interviews were analyzed using Colaizzi's seven-step methodology. Two major themes and six sub-themes related to learning caring emerged and an exhaustive description of the students learning of caring in a caring based curriculum was developed. The two major themes identified were: Innate Knowing of Self as Caring, and Caring in the Curriculum. The first major theme of Innate Knowing of Self as Caring is supported by the sub-themes: Being present for the patient, Being open to reshape the patient's experience, and Enhanced capacity to care. The second major theme of Caring in the Curriculum is supported by the sub-themes: Clinical experiences are valuable to learning, Doing little things to express caring, and Learning activities facilitated understanding caring. Descriptions of the two major themes and six sub-themes were portrayed with verbatim stories told to the researcher by the student participants. Finally, implications for nursing education, research, practice, theory, and policy are presented for the reader.
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Date Issued: 2006
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/12215
Subject Headings: Nursing--Study and teaching (Graduate), Nursing--Psychological aspects, Nurse and patient, Nursing--Philosophy
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Development and testing of an instrument to measure holistic attributes of nurse practitioner care.
Creator: Kinchen, Elizabeth V., Lange, Bernadette, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: With passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report on the future of nursing, nurses are slated to take on an expanded role in primary healthcare delivery in the near future. Nurse practitioners, in particular, will be instrumental in filling the gap in primary care availability engendered by the increasing specialization of physician practice and increased access to healthcare made possible by the provisions of the...
Show moreWith passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the publication of the Institute of Medicine’s report on the future of nursing, nurses are slated to take on an expanded role in primary healthcare delivery in the near future. Nurse practitioners, in particular, will be instrumental in filling the gap in primary care availability engendered by the increasing specialization of physician practice and increased access to healthcare made possible by the provisions of the PPACA. The need for this study was identified through gaps in the literature related to nurse practitioner practice; specifically, the paucity of quantitative research regarding patients’ perspectives of core holistic nursing values in nurse practitioner care, and, since nursing care is by definition and tradition holistic in nature, this inquiry attempted to quantify the degree to which nurse practitioner care upholds and preserves core holistic nursing values.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004297, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004297
Subject Headings: Holistic nursing, Nurse and patient, Nurse practitioners -- Training of, Nursing -- Philosophy, Nursing -- Practice, Primary care (Medicine) -- Practice
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
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Transition experiences of the chronically ill adolescent.
Creator: White, Kelly N., Keller, Kathryn B., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The continued development of the American health care system and evolving technology have led to an increased life expectancy within the general population. In fact, these advancements have also resulted in growing numbers of young people with chronic illnesses living into adulthood. Approximately one third of children ages 10-17 have a chronic disease, and the vast majority of these children will survive beyond their 20th birthday (Blum, 1995; Lotstein, McPherson, Strickland, & Newacheck,...
Show moreThe continued development of the American health care system and evolving technology have led to an increased life expectancy within the general population. In fact, these advancements have also resulted in growing numbers of young people with chronic illnesses living into adulthood. Approximately one third of children ages 10-17 have a chronic disease, and the vast majority of these children will survive beyond their 20th birthday (Blum, 1995; Lotstein, McPherson, Strickland, & Newacheck, 2005; White, 2002). The main objective of this study was to explore the healthcare transition (HCT) practices of health care providers and the HCT experiences of chronically ill young adults living with sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, and/or diabetes. Meleis, Sawyer, Im, Hifinger Messias, & Schumacher’s (2000) theory on transition and Boykin and Schoenhofer’s (2001) theory of Nursing as Caring provided the theoretical lenses throughwhich study findings were viewed. This was a descriptive exploratory mixed methods design that consisted of survey data and used conventional content analysis to analyze the qualitative data. The quantitative portion of this study incorporated a 41-question survey that was completed by 33 health care providers working with chronically ill young adults in the southeast Florida region. Additionally, semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight young adults (18-24 years of age) living with a sickle cell disease, cystic fibrosis, and/or diabetes. Five themes emerged from an analysis of the data describing the healthcare transition (HCT) experience: Transition Confusion, Familial Reliance, Lost in Transition, Fiscal Stressors, and Transition Uneasiness. The findings of this study demonstrate that there are, at minimum, three general parts of the HCT process that remain deficient: educational preparation, consistent communication between all parties involved in the HCT process, and guidance for the independent negotiation of the present healthcare system. Recommendations for healthcare providers that work with chronically ill young adults include establishing a HCT framework that incorporates consistent communication among team members and patients/families, individualized educational formats, and guidance for navigational skills to negotiate the healthcare system.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004234, http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004234
Subject Headings: Children with disabilities -- Care, Chronic diseases in children -- Psychological aspects, Chronically ill children -- Services for, Health services accessibility, Nursing -- Philosophy, Nursing models
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Nurse and patient (7)	+ -
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