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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: 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
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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: 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
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Title: Effects of preoperative teaching on anxiety in pediatric ambulatory surgical patients.
Creator: Foord-Kelcey, Shelley Mae., Florida Atlantic University, Hayes, Janice S.
Abstract/Description: The purpose of the study was to test experimentally the effectiveness of a presurgical teaching intervention on reducing the anxiety of children undergoing outpatient surgery and in facilitating the children's emotional adjustment during the postsurgical period. The efficacy of a child teaching session combined with a parent teaching session was compared with the efficacy of a parent only session. The participants of the study were 33 children, ages 4 to 12, and their parents. Two weeks...
Show moreThe purpose of the study was to test experimentally the effectiveness of a presurgical teaching intervention on reducing the anxiety of children undergoing outpatient surgery and in facilitating the children's emotional adjustment during the postsurgical period. The efficacy of a child teaching session combined with a parent teaching session was compared with the efficacy of a parent only session. The participants of the study were 33 children, ages 4 to 12, and their parents. Two weeks following the child's surgery, the parents assessed the child's postsurgical adjustment by completing the Post Hospital Behavior Questionnaire (PHBQ). Data was analyzed by t-test using.05 as the significance level. Results of the t-test showed no significant difference between the experimental and the control groups (t = 1.910, df = 27, p =.067). However, both groups showed behavioral upset on the PHBQ following surgery (control group = 87.75, experimental group = 84.46). This increased behavioral upset suggests that surgery is anxiety producing in children. The trend toward lower scores in the experimental group indicated less behavior upset and therefore less anxiety for the children receiving the teaching intervention.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15433
Subject Headings: Ambulatory surgery for children, Preoperative care, Patient education, Nurse and patient
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Emergency department patients' perceptions of supportive nursing behaviors.
Creator: Francis-Liburd, Julyn Clair., Florida Atlantic University, Coffman, Sherrilyn
Abstract/Description: Patients and nurses have been found to perceive support differently. This exploratory study was undertaken to: (a) identify those nursing behaviors perceived by emergency department patients as supportive, and (b) to identify the importance emergency room patients give to various nursing behaviors on a checklist. A sample of 30 emergency department patients completed a guided interview and the Supportive Nursing Behavior Checklist. The perceived attitude of the nurse toward the patient and...
Show morePatients and nurses have been found to perceive support differently. This exploratory study was undertaken to: (a) identify those nursing behaviors perceived by emergency department patients as supportive, and (b) to identify the importance emergency room patients give to various nursing behaviors on a checklist. A sample of 30 emergency department patients completed a guided interview and the Supportive Nursing Behavior Checklist. The perceived attitude of the nurse toward the patient and the availability of the nurse to the patient were the most important factors influencing patients' perceptions of support. The nurse being friendly and cheerful were the most important behaviors. The study has implications for nursing practice, nursing administration and nursing education. Suggestions are also given for further research.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15060
Subject Headings: Hospitals--Emergency services, Nurse and patient, Nurses--Attitudes, Nursing assessment, Caring
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Title: Evaluation of speak for myself™ with patients who are voiceless.
Creator: Koszalinski, Rebecca S., Tappen, Ruth M., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Patients who are hospitalized and are without voice would like to participate in their care. This requires clear communication. Speak for Myself™ (SFM) was developed for use at the bedside so that communication may be facilitated between patient and nurse when the patient is voiceless. The objective of this study was to evaluate Speak for Myself™ at the bedside and to measure the outcomes. This was a mixed methods, one group pre-test-post-test, quasi-experimental study. Twenty adult patients...
Show morePatients who are hospitalized and are without voice would like to participate in their care. This requires clear communication. Speak for Myself™ (SFM) was developed for use at the bedside so that communication may be facilitated between patient and nurse when the patient is voiceless. The objective of this study was to evaluate Speak for Myself™ at the bedside and to measure the outcomes. This was a mixed methods, one group pre-test-post-test, quasi-experimental study. Twenty adult patients in three hospitals in South Florida agreed to use Speak for Myself™ during their acute care hospital stay (M = 8.86 hours). This group of participants (n = 20) ranged from 45 to 91 years old (males = 14; females = 6). Of the participants, 15 (75%) self-identified as European American, 2 (10%) self-identified as Hispanic, 2 (10%) self-identified as African American, and 1 (5%) self-identified as Asian. Ten of the participants (50%) were in respiratory failure. Two (10%) were receiving oxygenation measures related to unspecified complications of their illnesses. Of the remaining eight participants (40%), one each was receiving oxygenation measures due to atrial fibrillation, arteriosclerotic heart disease, cardiogenic shock, endocarditis, neck abscess, renal failure, status post seizure activity, and tongue metastasis.
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Date Issued: 2014
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004298
Subject Headings: Communication devices for people with disabilities, Nurse and patient, Nursing -- Practice, Nursing -- Research -- Methodology, Outcome assessment (Medical care), People with disabilities -- Means of communication
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: An exploratory study of biofeedback in reducing pain after thoracic surgery.
Creator: Angel, Laurie R., Florida Atlantic University, Freeman, Edward
Abstract/Description: This study is a pilot concerning the relationship between acute pain management and biofeedback training. The population studied included patients from a local community hospital undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The study applied theories of the mind/body connection and stress frameworks for exploring the correlation between patients' hand temperatures and their reported levels of pain pre-operatively and post-operatively. Study findings indicated that there was significant...
Show moreThis study is a pilot concerning the relationship between acute pain management and biofeedback training. The population studied included patients from a local community hospital undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The study applied theories of the mind/body connection and stress frameworks for exploring the correlation between patients' hand temperatures and their reported levels of pain pre-operatively and post-operatively. Study findings indicated that there was significant within-subjects effect in hand temperature after biofeedback treatment across three points in time. But the study also found no difference between-subjects in hand temperature after biofeedback treatment across three points in time. Therefore, the sample proved to be heterogeneous. Further study was indicated with larger samples to demonstrate the analgesic effects of biofeedback in the management of acute pain.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15489
Subject Headings: Biological control systems, Pain--Treatment, Mind and body, Pain--Psychological aspects, Nurse and patient
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: From hopeless to a miracle: The lived experience of rehabilitation.
Creator: Towers, Patricia M., Florida Atlantic University, Locsin, Rozzano
Abstract/Description: This study used the Colaizzi phenomenological, descriptive method to uncover what it was like for patients to be in a rehabilitation program. Ten rehabilitation patients were interviewed. They were asked, "What is it like for you to be in rehabilitation?" Significant statements were extracted from which meanings were formulated. Clusters of themes were developed from the meanings. Four themes were identified: dependence versus independence, rehabilitation is a miracle, rehabilitation is a...
Show moreThis study used the Colaizzi phenomenological, descriptive method to uncover what it was like for patients to be in a rehabilitation program. Ten rehabilitation patients were interviewed. They were asked, "What is it like for you to be in rehabilitation?" Significant statements were extracted from which meanings were formulated. Clusters of themes were developed from the meanings. Four themes were identified: dependence versus independence, rehabilitation is a miracle, rehabilitation is a struggle, and trust and trusting that working the plan will pay off. These themes are related to other care concepts in nursing and the other literature and film. Understanding what it is like for patients in a physical rehabilitation program will assist nurses to plan care to meet the patients' needs, will provide personal glimpses of patients' view of care for nursing, and will help nurses to further explore the world of the patients.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15087
Subject Headings: Nurse and patient, Rehabilitation nursing, Rehabilitation--Psychological aspects, Patients--Rehabilitation
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Title: Identifying descriptions of quality nursing care shared by nurse and patient in the acute care hospital environment.
Creator: Grimley, Karen A., Tappen, Ruth M., Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: Nursing care is considered a primary predictor of patient assessment of the overall hospital experience. Yet, quality nursing care remains difficult to define. Limited research about nurse or patient perspectives on what constitutes quality nursing care in hospital settings prevents the identification of a shared description or insight into their possible interrelationship. Research about nurse and patient descriptions is needed to establish behaviors, attributes, and activities associated...
Show moreNursing care is considered a primary predictor of patient assessment of the overall hospital experience. Yet, quality nursing care remains difficult to define. Limited research about nurse or patient perspectives on what constitutes quality nursing care in hospital settings prevents the identification of a shared description or insight into their possible interrelationship. Research about nurse and patient descriptions is needed to establish behaviors, attributes, and activities associated with quality nursing care to improve the health and well-being of hospitalized patients.
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Date Issued: 2015
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fau/fd/FA00004375
Subject Headings: Nursing--Philosophy, Nurse and patient, Medical care--Quality control, Intensive care nursing--Quality control, Outcome assessment--Medical care, Total quality management, Evidence-based nursing.
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Title: Living in abundance: the experience of living with chronic illness for adults affiliated with a community of faith with access to a faith community nurse.
Creator: Dyess, Susan MacLeod, Florida Atlantic University, Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing
Abstract/Description: The number of adults over the age of 65 years living with one of more chronic illness in the United States is an acknowledged health challenge for the 21st century. This qualitative research investigation examined the lived experience for adults living with one or more chronic illnesses in the context of a community of faith with access to a faith community nurse. Interpretative hermeneutic analysis was used for the phenomenological study. Findings indicate that the adults expressed their...
Show moreThe number of adults over the age of 65 years living with one of more chronic illness in the United States is an acknowledged health challenge for the 21st century. This qualitative research investigation examined the lived experience for adults living with one or more chronic illnesses in the context of a community of faith with access to a faith community nurse. Interpretative hermeneutic analysis was used for the phenomenological study. Findings indicate that the adults expressed their primary essence is living in abundance while living faith and living caring. The findings from this study describe the relationship between adults living with chronic illness, the community of faith and the faith community nurse. Further, findings from this study contribute to essential knowledge necessary for developing models of health care in the community for adults living with chronic illness and nursing care in the community that are distinct and complex. Findings will also support the development of interventions in contexts of faith communities to support and strengthen adults living with one or more chronic illness. The emerging specialty practice in nursing labeled faith community nursing holds promise to come alongside current models of health care to support living in abundance.
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Date Issued: 2008
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/FAU/108067
Subject Headings: Community health nursing, Philosophy, Nurse and patient, Nursing, Religious aspects, Christianity, Parish nursing, Pastoral nursing
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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: Patient advocacy: Shared vulnerability and personal integrity.
Creator: Lomas, Lynne E., Florida Atlantic University, Beckerman, Anita
Abstract/Description: Jean Watson's Theory of Human Caring and phenomenological methodology are the foundation of this descriptive study of four nurses' experiences of patient advocacy. The "meaning units" or constituents expressed by the participants were synthesized into an integrated whole to embody the experiences of patient advocacy and then objectively described by the researcher. Six components that embody the nurses' experiences are knowledge of self and others, caring commitment, expenditure of self,...
Show moreJean Watson's Theory of Human Caring and phenomenological methodology are the foundation of this descriptive study of four nurses' experiences of patient advocacy. The "meaning units" or constituents expressed by the participants were synthesized into an integrated whole to embody the experiences of patient advocacy and then objectively described by the researcher. Six components that embody the nurses' experiences are knowledge of self and others, caring commitment, expenditure of self, risks, emotional responses and psychological evolution and mutual affirmation. A better understanding of nurse's experiences of patient advocacy may provide more effective and satisfying nurse-client, nurse-as-person and nurse-as-professional relationships.
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Date Issued: 1996
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15323
Subject Headings: Nurse and patient, Patient advocacy
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: 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: A phenomenological study of connectedness.
Creator: Lee, Gayle Jean., Florida Atlantic University, Beckerman, Anita
Abstract/Description: This research study, utilizing Colaizzi's phenomenological method, explored the lived experience of connectedness as experienced by nurses practicing in an acute care setting. Eight currently-practicing nurses described their experiences of connectedness with a patient. Based on the significant statements which were formulated into meanings and then grouped into themes, five common themes emerged. These themes revealed that connectedness occurs with death or during near-death situations, when...
Show moreThis research study, utilizing Colaizzi's phenomenological method, explored the lived experience of connectedness as experienced by nurses practicing in an acute care setting. Eight currently-practicing nurses described their experiences of connectedness with a patient. Based on the significant statements which were formulated into meanings and then grouped into themes, five common themes emerged. These themes revealed that connectedness occurs with death or during near-death situations, when the nurse identifies with the patient, provides an authentic presence in the nursing situation, utilizes non-verbal communication, creating a pleasant and exhilarating experience. Through providing a better understanding of this phenomenon, nurses may experience a greater fulfillment in nursing.
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Date Issued: 1994
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15009
Subject Headings: Nurse and patient, Communication in nursing, Caring, Nursing--Psychological aspects
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Physicians' attitudes toward advance directives.
Creator: Herman, Nancy Lynn O'Connell., Florida Atlantic University, Fishman, Sarah
Abstract/Description: The present study is a replication of a study concerning physicians' attitudes toward advance directives originally studied in 1989. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess whether physicians' attitudes toward advance directives had changed substantially since the passing of the Patient Self-Determination Act in 1990. The sample was obtained by mailing questionnaires to 400 physicians on the East central coast of Florida, chosen according to specialty and presumed interaction with...
Show moreThe present study is a replication of a study concerning physicians' attitudes toward advance directives originally studied in 1989. A cross-sectional design was employed to assess whether physicians' attitudes toward advance directives had changed substantially since the passing of the Patient Self-Determination Act in 1990. The sample was obtained by mailing questionnaires to 400 physicians on the East central coast of Florida, chosen according to specialty and presumed interaction with advance directives. Questions included demographics information about participants, usage and discussion of advance directives by physicians, and potential barriers to physician-initiated discussions. Results correlated with the original authors'. There were positive associations between attitude and year of graduation, gender, type of practice, size of town physician practiced in, and religion with chi-square testing. Overall results indicated a positive attitude, and a desire for patient autonomy.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15382
Subject Headings: Right to die, Nurse and patient, Physician and patient
Format: Document (PDF)

Title: Prayer and the well-being of the older adult.
Creator: Ragl, Sandra Lee Clark, Florida Atlantic University, Boykin, Anne
Abstract/Description: Using a purposive sample of older adults, a qualitative descriptive study was conducted to illuminate the influence of prayer on their well-being. Content analysis was the method used to discern this relationship. Through the analysis of eight stories two themes on the "notion" of prayer and a primary theme on the influence of prayer on the well-being of the older adult emerged. The themes of prayer that emerged were: prayer was a conversation with God and an intimate relationship with God...
Show moreUsing a purposive sample of older adults, a qualitative descriptive study was conducted to illuminate the influence of prayer on their well-being. Content analysis was the method used to discern this relationship. Through the analysis of eight stories two themes on the "notion" of prayer and a primary theme on the influence of prayer on the well-being of the older adult emerged. The themes of prayer that emerged were: prayer was a conversation with God and an intimate relationship with God that fostered trust and belief. The primary theme was that a relationship with God through prayer fosters a sense of well-being.
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Date Issued: 1997
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/15396
Subject Headings: Healing--Religious aspects, Older people--Religious life, Prayer, Nurse and patient
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
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Title: Teenagers' perspectives of caring during labor and delivery.
Creator: Sanderson, Sylvia., Florida Atlantic University, Schuster, Eleanor
Abstract/Description: The problem of the study was to understand the experience of being cared for by a nurse during labor and delivery. The review of literature for the study examined research focusing on adolescents in labor and delivery, caring and adolescent pregnancy and caring from current nursing literature perspective. Recalled labor and delivery experiences were analyzed phenomenologically in order to extract the meaning of the experience. Five recently delivered primiparous mothers were interviewed....
Show moreThe problem of the study was to understand the experience of being cared for by a nurse during labor and delivery. The review of literature for the study examined research focusing on adolescents in labor and delivery, caring and adolescent pregnancy and caring from current nursing literature perspective. Recalled labor and delivery experiences were analyzed phenomenologically in order to extract the meaning of the experience. Five recently delivered primiparous mothers were interviewed. Interviews followed guidelines designed to elicit descriptions of nurse caring. Interviews were tape recorded and transcribed. Data were reduced through a search for themes, and analyzed using guidelines of Colaizzi (1978). The findings were discussed with four of the participants and they all agreed that their perceptions of the experience had been described. Results of the study produced an exhaustive description and fundamental structure of nurse caring.
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Date Issued: 1992
PURL: http://purl.flvc.org/fcla/dt/14873
Subject Headings: Caring, Nurse and patient, Teenage pregnancy
Format: Document (PDF)

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