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The lived world experience of the Registered Nurse, First Assistant (RNFA)
Title
The lived world experience of the Registered Nurse, First Assistant (RNFA).
Creator
Smith, Jennifer R., Florida Atlantic University, Locsin, Rozzano
Abstract/Description
With the current trends in health care, new avenues must be explored in order to contain cost, yet provide for quality care. The Registered Nurse, First Assistant (RNFA) provides a cost effective alternative to another surgeon as surgical assistant. Using Max van Manen's phenomenological method, four RNFAs participated in semistructured audio-taped interviews, in order to explore their lived world experience. Six essences of being an RNFA emerged from the data: being a nurse/nursing; a way of...
Show moreWith the current trends in health care, new avenues must be explored in order to contain cost, yet provide for quality care. The Registered Nurse, First Assistant (RNFA) provides a cost effective alternative to another surgeon as surgical assistant. Using Max van Manen's phenomenological method, four RNFAs participated in semistructured audio-taped interviews, in order to explore their lived world experience. Six essences of being an RNFA emerged from the data: being a nurse/nursing; a way of being with others/presence; a way of doing for others; constancy/continualness; experience/knowing; and, a sense of self-completeness. These were interwoven against the lifeworld existentials of relationality, spatiality, temporality, and corporeality. The findings revealed that the RNFA offers uniqueness as nursing and uniqueness as experience.
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Date Issued
1994
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15100
Subject Headings
Nursing--Practice, Operating room nursing, Surgical nursing
Format
Document (PDF)
impostor phenomenon: A study of its incidence in registered nurse first assistants
Title
The impostor phenomenon: A study of its incidence in registered nurse first assistants.
Creator
Ellerie, Sandra Charline., Florida Atlantic University, Dunphy, Lynne M.
Abstract/Description
With expanded nursing roles emerging in the health care system, it is imperative to identify psychological barriers that can limit the potential of these practitioners. If feelings of inadequacy exist in the RNFA, the nurse may pursue tasks that are less than those of which the person is capable. The purpose of this study was to ascertain if RN First Assistants (RNFA) experience the impostor phenomenon, an intense, subjective feeling of achievement-related fraudulence. The Impostor Phenomenon...
Show moreWith expanded nursing roles emerging in the health care system, it is imperative to identify psychological barriers that can limit the potential of these practitioners. If feelings of inadequacy exist in the RNFA, the nurse may pursue tasks that are less than those of which the person is capable. The purpose of this study was to ascertain if RN First Assistants (RNFA) experience the impostor phenomenon, an intense, subjective feeling of achievement-related fraudulence. The Impostor Phenomenon Scale, a 14 item, 7-point Likert Scale, was self-administered to 109 registered nurse First Assistants to determine the degree of security and comfort they experience in their roles. The results of this research indicated that the RNFA sample did not experience the impostor phenomenon. The demographic data presented some facts that can possibly explain the high degree of competency that RNFAs perceive in their role.
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Date Issued
1997
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15481
Subject Headings
Impostor phenomenon, Operating room nurses, Nursing--Psychological aspects
Format
Document (PDF)
Caring behaviors of perioperative nurses
Title
Caring behaviors of perioperative nurses.
Creator
Coogan, Russell S., Florida Atlantic University, Locsin, Rozzano
Abstract/Description
The purpose of this study was to describe the caring behaviors incorporated into the practice of perioperative nursing. Utilizing a descriptive survey design, this study provided 104 perioperative nurse participants who were members of the AORN with the Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI). Data collected in this study supported the use of the CBI as a reliable instrument for measuring caring behaviors as measured by a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of.9486. The top five caring behaviors that...
Show moreThe purpose of this study was to describe the caring behaviors incorporated into the practice of perioperative nursing. Utilizing a descriptive survey design, this study provided 104 perioperative nurse participants who were members of the AORN with the Caring Behaviors Inventory (CBI). Data collected in this study supported the use of the CBI as a reliable instrument for measuring caring behaviors as measured by a Cronbach's alpha coefficient of.9486. The top five caring behaviors that emerged were (1) showing respect; (2) treating patient information confidentially; (3) appreciating the patient as a human being; (4) showing concern; (5) and supporting the patient. The study revealed that perioperative nurses do incorporate caring behaviors into their practice that are both patient-centered and action oriented. These behaviors are similar to those previously described by nurses in other specialties. Implications for nurse education and practice are presented, as are recommendations for further research.
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Date Issued
1998
PURL
http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15528
Subject Headings
Nurse and patient, Patient satisfaction, Empathy, Operating room nursing, Nursing audit
Format
Document (PDF)