Download or read book An Examination of the Relationship Between Nurses Educational Preparation Work Experience and Attitudinal Autonomy written by Janet Holman Rhorer and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Examination of the Relationship Between Nurses Educational Preparation Work Experiemce and Attitudinal Autonomy written by Janet Holman Rhorer and published by . This book was released on 19?? with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Relationship Between Age Work Experience Educational Preparation Practice Setting Professional Role Gender Traits Professional Organization Membership and Professional Autonomy written by Bernadette Koerner and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dissertation Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book American Doctoral Dissertations written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 796 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The KNOWLEDGE ATTITUDES EXPERIENCE AND CONFIDENCE OF MASTER S PREPARED REGISTERED NURSES WITH ADVANCE DIRECTIVES written by Diane Ryan and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation was written in manuscript style and is comprised of three manuscripts. Manuscript I was a systematic review of the nurse's role and advance directives (ADs). Manuscript II was a synthesis of three similarly designed survey studies focusing on nurses and ADs surveyed with the Knowledge, Attitudes, and Experiential Survey on Advance Directives (KAESAD) Instrument. The third manuscript was the main focus of this dissertation and is a secondary data analysis (SDA) using previously collected data from oncology and emergency room (ER) master's prepared registered nurses (MPRNs) surveyed with the KAESAD Instrument. Manuscript I was a systematic review of nurses and ADs, the purpose of which was to synthesize the knowledge, attitudes and experiences of nurses in facilitating patient completion of ADs. Qualitative approaches used in these studies included grounded theory methods, as well as several secondary analyses and one ethnographic study.^The majority of quantitative studies used a survey approach. A total of 13 different survey instruments were used to collect study data. Findings revealed that nurses had experience with ADs, but had less than adequate knowledge on this topic. While nurses were found to have attitudes supportive of patient autonomy, nurse practitioners reported a higher level of confidence regarding AD discussions with patients. Confidence, education, and experience related to ADs were not only correlated with each other, but were related to greater knowledge and more positive attitudes concerning ADs. Manuscript II was a synthesis of three studies that examined the perspectives of critical care, oncology, and ER nurses concerning ADs. The purpose of these studies was to understand the perspectives of the general population of nurses and ADs. Membership in state and national professional associations was used to survey oncology, emergency, and critical care nurses.^Findings from these studies which used the KAESAD instrument to obtain information from nurses revealed that though nurses were supportive of and experienced with ADs, they had minimal knowledge and moderate confidence in this area. Insufficient time was reported for AD discussions, though further analysis did not reveal any significant relationships between the attitude of lack of time and knowledge, confidence, or experience. Experience and confidence predicted agreement with various attitude items concerning ADs. An identified limitation in these investigations included low Cronbach's alpha values on the attitude scales in the KAESAD instrument, which limited analysis to items only from these scales. Manuscript III was an SDA of responses obtained from 410 emergency and oncology MPRNs who were surveyed using the KAESAD instrument. Power analysis based on medium effect indicated that this number of subjects was more than adequate for planned statistical analysis.^Demographic information revealed that the majority of subjects were female, Caucasian, Christian, married or living as married, and with a mean age of 47 years and an average of 22 years of practice. Over 50% of these subjects worked full time in an urban setting, and were certified in their specialty area. While 58% of MPRNs had a family member with an AD, only 37% of these same subjects had ADs themselves. These MPRNs had mean total knowledge scores of 59% correct, with higher scores on knowledge of general information on ADs, and lower scores pertaining to knowledge of state laws and the Patient Self Determination Act. Master's prepared registered nurses felt confident on the topic of ADs, were experienced with ADs, and were likely to agree with attitude statements supportive of patient advocacy. Those MPRNs who had an AD had greater knowledge and increased confidence and experience with an AD, as compared to those without an AD.^While confidence and experience explained 19% of the variance in knowledge, confidence and knowledge had a greater impact on experience, explaining 32% of the variance in these scores. Subjects with greater confidence and more experience were more likely to agree with 9/25 attitude items analyzed. Oncology and ER MPRNs tended to agree with similar attitude items, but differences were noted between these two groups of MPRNs on topics such as (a) assisting some terminally ill patients to die should be made legal and (b) some are excluded from making end-of-life decisions. Those ER MPRNs who were experienced with ADs were more likely to have positive attitudes concerning ADs, while oncology MPRNs with greater confidence were more likely to agree with attitude statements. Though these MPRNs have advanced educational degrees, their total knowledge concerning ADs was a little over 50% correct which does not provide an adequate foundation for clinical practice.^Differences in several attitudes among MPRN specialty groups may reflect the nature of clinical practice in different settings, distinguishing different practice perspectives in oncology and ER practice areas. Examining the knowledge, experience, confidence and attitudes of MPRNs regarding ADs serves to increase understanding of the advance care planning process, with the overarching goal of enhancing patient understanding concerning ADs and improving overall AD completion rates.
Download or read book Meta Ethnography written by George W. Noblit and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1988-02 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can ethnographic studies be generalized, in contrast to concentrating on the individual case? Noblit and Hare propose a new method for synthesizing from qualitative studies: meta-ethnography. After citing the criteria to be used in comparing qualitative research projects, the authors define the ways these can then be aggregated to create more cogent syntheses of research. Using examples from numerous studies ranging from ethnographic work in educational settings to the Mead-Freeman controversy over Samoan youth, Meta-Ethnography offers useful procedural advice from both comparative and cumulative analyses of qualitative data. This provocative volume will be read with interest by researchers and students in qualitative research methods, ethnography, education, sociology, and anthropology. "After defining metaphor and synthesis, these authors provide a step-by-step program that will allow the researcher to show similarity (reciprocal translation), difference (refutation), or similarity at a higher level (lines or argument synthesis) among sample studies....Contain(s) valuable strategies at a seldom-used level of analysis." --Contemporary Sociology "The authors made an important contribution by reframing how we think of ethnography comparison in a way that is compatible with the new developments in interpretive ethnography. Meta-Ethnography is well worth consulting for the problem definition it offers." --The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease "This book had to be written and I am pleased it was. Someone needed to break the ice and offer a strategy for summarizing multiple ethnographic studies. Noblit and Hare have done a commendable job of giving the research community one approach for doing so. Further, no one else can now venture into this area of synthesizing qualitative studies without making references to and positioning themselves vis-a-vis this volume." -Educational Studies
Download or read book Formal Education Preparation and Level of Professional Nursing Autonomy written by Carol J. Stockinger and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to compare the level of formal educational preparation and the level of professional nursing autonomy of registered nurses licensed in Minnesota. The Schutzenhofer Professional Nursing Autonomy Scale (SPNAS) was used to determine the nurse's level of professional autonomy. Significant differences were found among the four different education levels. Findings for respondents with a BS or MS degree scored significantly different from those with a Diploma or AD.
Download or read book Strengths Based Nursing Care written by Laurie N. Gottlieb, PhD, RN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-08-22 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first practical guide for nurses on how to incorporate the knowledge, skills, and tools of Strength-Based Nursing Care (SBC) into everyday practice. The text, based on a model developed by the McGill University Nursing Program, signifies a paradigm shift from a deficit-based model to one that focuses on individual, family, and community strengths as a cornerstone of effective nursing care. The book develops the theoretical foundations underlying SBC, promotes the acquisition of fundamental skills needed for SBC practice, and offers specific strategies, techniques, and tools for identifying strengths and harnessing them to facilitate healing and health. The testimony of 46 nurses demonstrates how SBC can be effectively used in multiple settings across the lifespan.
Download or read book Nursing Education written by Jennifer Boore and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nursing Education provides a strategic guide and practical focus to curriculum planning and development. It will help all those involved in the provision of nursing education to understand the issues involved at the different stages of preparing a nursing curriculum which: - meets both professional and academic requirements; - integrates theory and practice; - enables students to achieve the skills and competencies they need for professional practice; - includes different methods of teaching and learning; - provides clear guidance for student selection and assessment. Balancing theoretical principles with practical application, and linked closely to the NMC′s 2010 standards for pre-registration nursing, Jennifer Boore and Pat Deeny illustrate clearly and accessibly how to develop tailored education programmes so that nurse educators and clinicians in practice can enable their students to provide up-to-date and appropriate patient care.
Download or read book Masters Abstracts International written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book From Novice to Expert written by Patricia E. Benner and published by Pearson. This book was released on 2001 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This coherent presentation of clinical judgement, caring practices and collaborative practice provides ideas and images that readers can draw upon in their interactions with others and in their interpretation of what nurses do. It includes many clear, colorful examples and describes the five stages of skill acquisition, the nature of clinical judgement and experiential learning and the seven major domains of nursing practice. The narrative method captures content and contextual issues that are often missed by formal models of nursing knowledge. The book uncovers the knowledge embedded in clinical nursing practice and provides the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition applied to nursing, an interpretive approach to identifying and describing clinical knowledge, nursing functions, effective management, research and clinical practice, career development and education, plus practical applications. For nurses and healthcare professionals.
Download or read book Abstracts of Nursing Research in the South written by Barbara Lovett Mauger and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of Nursing written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America's increasingly complex health system. At more than 3 million in number, nurses make up the single largest segment of the health care work force. They also spend the greatest amount of time in delivering patient care as a profession. Nurses therefore have valuable insights and unique abilities to contribute as partners with other health care professionals in improving the quality and safety of care as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted this year. Nurses should be fully engaged with other health professionals and assume leadership roles in redesigning care in the United States. To ensure its members are well-prepared, the profession should institute residency training for nurses, increase the percentage of nurses who attain a bachelor's degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number who pursue doctorates. Furthermore, regulatory and institutional obstacles-including limits on nurses' scope of practice-should be removed so that the health system can reap the full benefit of nurses' training, skills, and knowledge in patient care. In this book, the Institute of Medicine makes recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing.
Download or read book Developing a Healthcare Research Proposal written by Maxine Offredy and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-05-07 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you new to research and daunted by the idea of constructing your own research proposal? Then this is the book you need! This book and accompanying web resource will answer all your questions about healthcare research by introducing you to the concepts, theories and practicalities surrounding it. The aim of both the book and the web resource is to help you to write a good healthcare research proposal – which is the starting point for any would-be student researcher. The book takes a look at the theory of research, the core of the topic, but also provides practical help and advice along the way. It takes the reader through the stages of the research process from developing the question to communicating the findings, demystifying the process on the way. The web resource works alongside the book, supplementing and expanding on the chapters, giving you the ability to prepare your very own research proposal. Explains key concepts in a clear, easy to understand way Includes activities and scenarios for you to work through which will also increase your understanding of research and research proposals Easily navigable web resource (www.researchproposalsforhealthprofessionals.com) Both book and website are arranged in the same order in which you would develop and write a research proposal Website includes downloadable research proposal template to complete step-by-step as you work through the book and web resource
Download or read book An Assessment of Associate Degree Nursing Students and Nurses Epistemological Beliefs and Their Relationship to Critical Thinking Age Education and Health care Work Experience written by Jeanette E. Wampach and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Shared Decision Making in Health Care written by Glyn Elwyn and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016-07-22 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past decade health care systems around the world have placed increasing importance on the relationship between patient choice and clinical decision-making. In the years since the publication of the second edition of Shared Decision Making in Health Care, there have been significant new developments in the field, most notably in the US where 'Obamacare' puts shared decision making (SDM) at the centre of the 2009 Affordable Care Act. This new edition explores shared decision making by examining, from practical and theoretical perspectives, what should comprise an effective decision-making process. It also looks at the benefits and potential difficulties that arise when patients and clinicians share health care decisions. Written by leading experts from around the world and utilizing high quality evidence, the book provides an up-to-date reference with real-word context to the topics discussed, and in-depth coverage of the practicalities of implementing and teaching SDM. The breadth of information in Shared Decision Making in Health Care makes it an essential resource for policy-makers and health care workers. As health care systems adapt to increasingly collaborative patient-clinician care frameworks, this will also prove a useful guide to SDM for clinicians of all disciplines.
