Download or read book Caring in Nursing Classics written by Marlaine C. Smith and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012-12-12 with total page 551 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart

Download or read book Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Science written by Jean Watson PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As in the first edition, the author has done a magnificent job compiling these instruments and providing important information that the reader can use to evaluate their usefulness." --Ora Lea Strickland, RN, PhD, FAAN (From the Foreword) This book provides all the essential research tools for assessing and measuring caring for those in the caring professions. Watson's text is the only comprehensive and accessible collection of instruments for care measurement in clinical and educational nursing research. The measurements address quality of care, patient, client, and nurse perceptions of caring, and caring behaviors, abilities, and efficacy. Newly updated, this edition also contains three new chapters, which document the most effective caring language and provide innovative methods of selecting appropriate tools for measurement based on validity and reliability. Key features of new edition: A chapter providing a comprehensive literature review of the research and measurement of caring A chapter entitled "Caring Factor Survey," which presents a new scale based on Watson's original theory of human caring Chapters outlining instruments for care measurement, including Holistic Caring Inventory, Peer Group Caring Interaction Scale, and many more New instruments focused on assessing caring at the administrative-relational caring level An updated section dedicated to challenges and future directions of the measurement of caring

Download or read book Empathy in Patient Care written by Mohammadreza Hojat and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-11-12 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human beings, regardless of age, sex, or state of health, are designed by evolution to form meaningful interpersonal relationships through verbal and nonverbal communication. The theme that empathic human connections are beneficial to the body and mind underlies all 12 chapters of this book, in which empathy is viewed from a multidisciplinary perspective that includes evolutionary biology; neuropsychology; clinical, social, developmental, and educational psychology; and health care delivery and education.

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 Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Sciences Watson s Caring Science Guide written by Kathleen Sitzman, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition is updated throughout and includes a comprehensive literature review of the research and measurement of caring. It features several new tools and instruments, and updates all established tools and instruments to reflect how each has been used in the past ten years. The third edition also presents a new chapter on assessing and measuring caring in digital/cyberspace settings, discusses global developments in assessing and measuring caring, and provides an updated section dedicated to the challenges and future directions of caring measurement.

Download or read book Caring Science Mindful Practice written by Kathleen Sitzman, PhD, RN, CNE, ANEF and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Caring Science, Mindful Practice offers unique and practical project examples that nurses will consider for their practice or educational settings. With its integration of Watson's caring science and mindfulness principles, Sitzman and Watson have extended knowledge of Watson's caring science and caritas processes through integrating Thich Nhat Hahn's mindfulness perspective and practices. The book offers rich examples of nursing projects that may broaden nursing care for greater patient and student satisfaction and assist nurses with holistic self-care." -- Gale Robinson-Smith, PhD, RN is Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Villanova University, International Journal for Human Caring "This book provides wonderful tools for nurses to use in practice, education, or even for self-care. Designed for any nurse, new or experienced, who wishes to learn more about applying Jean Watson's Human Caring Theory to practice, it supplies the meaning behind the importance of having a practice based on mindfulness....[It] is a practical, easy-to-read book for all nursing audiences and could be used at any educational level."--Doody's Medical Reviews ìSitzman and Watsons' book is an invaluable resourceÖ The strength of this book is its simplicity on one level yet its complexity as the reader works throughout the layers incorporated within the book.î--Nursing Times This is the first text to help students and practicing nurses translate and integrate the philosophy and abstracts of Caring theory into everyday practice. It was developed for use as the primary text for an online caring theory course that will be offered through the Watson Caring Science Institute in October 2013. Through case examples and guiding activities, the book helps students and practitioners to more fully comprehend the meaning and use of each Caritas Process. It draws upon the contemplative and mindfulness teaching of Thich Nhat Hahn, a renowned Buddhist monk, poet, author, teacher, and peace activist. Each of the ten Caritas Processes are clearly presented by the author and accompanied by guided mindfulness and artistic practices to support learning and absorption of the method. These artistic practices include the use of images, art, metaphors, and expressive symbols that are designed to promote meaningful introspection and self-awarenessóthe underpinnings of genuine Caritas practice. The book reflects several years of teaching by the author, who has been invited by several large health care institutions (including Kaiser-Permanente) to provide training based on her materials. Key Features: Helps students and practitioners to integrate the philosophy and abstracts of Caring theory into clinical practice Offers case studies and guided activities to reinforce content Draws upon the contemplative and mindfulness teachings of Thich Nhat Hahn Includes concrete guided mindfulness and artistic practices for each of the ten Caritas Processes Designed for a wide audience including undergraduate, graduate and international nursing students

Download or read book Quality of Life From Nursing and Patient Perspectives written by Cynthia R. King and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Relationship of Oncology Nurse Caring and Patient Satisfaction written by Maria Geraldine McEvoy and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Assessing and Measuring Caring in Nursing and Health Science written by Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN, LL-AAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-09-23 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "As in the first edition, the author has done a magnificent job compiling these instruments and providing important information that the reader can use to evaluate their usefulness." --Ora Lea Strickland, RN, PhD, FAAN (From the Foreword) This book provides all the essential research tools for assessing and measuring caring for those in the caring professions. Watson's text is the only comprehensive and accessible collection of instruments for care measurement in clinical and educational nursing research. The measurements address quality of care, patient, client, and nurse perceptions of caring, and caring behaviors, abilities, and efficacy. Newly updated, this edition also contains three new chapters, which document the most effective caring language and provide innovative methods of selecting appropriate tools for measurement based on validity and reliability. Key features of new edition: A chapter providing a comprehensive literature review of the research and measurement of caring A chapter entitled "Caring Factor Survey," which presents a new scale based on Watson's original theory of human caring Chapters outlining instruments for care measurement, including Holistic Caring Inventory, Peer Group Caring Interaction Scale, and many more New instruments focused on assessing caring at the administrative-relational caring level An updated section dedicated to challenges and future directions of the measurement of caring

Download or read book Oncology Patients and Professional Nurses Perceptions of Important Nurse Caring Behaviors written by Patricia Jean Larson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Essential Readings in Holistic Nursing written by Cathie E. Guzzetta and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1998 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AACN Protocols for Practice: Healing Environments discusses the benefits of creating a healing environment for critically ill patients and their families and how changes to a patient's environment can promote healing. Family needs, visitation, complementary therapies, and pain management are also covered.

Download or read book Cancer Care for the Whole Patient written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2008-03-19 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer care today often provides state-of-the-science biomedical treatment, but fails to address the psychological and social (psychosocial) problems associated with the illness. This failure can compromise the effectiveness of health care and thereby adversely affect the health of cancer patients. Psychological and social problems created or exacerbated by cancer-including depression and other emotional problems; lack of information or skills needed to manage the illness; lack of transportation or other resources; and disruptions in work, school, and family life-cause additional suffering, weaken adherence to prescribed treatments, and threaten patients' return to health. Today, it is not possible to deliver high-quality cancer care without using existing approaches, tools, and resources to address patients' psychosocial health needs. All patients with cancer and their families should expect and receive cancer care that ensures the provision of appropriate psychosocial health services. Cancer Care for the Whole Patient recommends actions that oncology providers, health policy makers, educators, health insurers, health planners, researchers and research sponsors, and consumer advocates should undertake to ensure that this standard is met.

Download or read book Measuring Caring written by John Nelson (R.N.) and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2012 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart

Download or read book Doing Qualitative Analysis In Psychology written by Nicky Hayes and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-12-16 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, qualitative analysis has become accpeted as part of modern psychology. Concern about the limitations of conventional laboratory- based research combine with a growing interest in real world issues to produce an awareness of the rich potential of qualititative analysis. Virtualy all psychology students underatake practical work as part of their courses. More and more of them are seeking to conduct research which includes qualitative analysis. Too often, though, students lack awareness of the range and diversity of qualitative approaches. Qualitative analysis can take many different forms, and can use any different sources of data. At one end of the spectrum, this diversity provides the eclectic psychologists with a rich anaytical "tool-box". For those at the other end qualitative analysis is an integral part of a full theoretical critique of positivistic methodologies in psychology. This text provides examples of how different psychologists have used qualitative analysis in research. Each chapter is based around a real piece of research, and the researcher discusses exactly how they went about conducting the analysis. The text covers a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches to qualitative analysis, and should be of interest to research psychologists as well as to students.

Download or read book Quality of Life written by Pamela S. Hinds and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 2003 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Comprehensive Reference Provides A Unique Perspective On Quality Of Life Issues For Oncology Nurses In Education, Research, And Clinical Practice, And Presents Quality Of Life Issues Related To Specific Diseases, Treatments, And Populations.

Download or read book Quality Caring in Nursing written by Joanne R. Duffy, PhD, RN, FAAN and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008-12-15 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of an AJN Book of the Year Award for 2009! "[This] book offers a coherent, theoretical, and research-guided framework for quality nursing caring in practice, education, and leadership; a foundational, timeless, yet transformative framework of substanceÖ." Jean Watson, PhD, RN, AHN-BC, FAAN College of Nursing, University of Colorado, Denver Dedicated time spent with patients and families in clinical settings is often limited, rushed, and impersonal. How can nurses develop more positive, caring relationships with their patients, and help to improve the quality of patient care at large? This book addresses this critical question by presenting Joanne R. Duffy's Quality-Caring Model©-the result of 35 years of clinical experience and educational acumen. This values-based model will bring caring back into the foreground of nursing practice by providing revised curricula for educational programs, and outlining the core caring principles for nurse administrators. Key Features: Establishes "Relationship-Centered Caring," with discussions on how to care for the self, patients and families, each other, and communities Offers multiple case examples, and includes reflective questions and applications for use in educational programs, workshops, conferences, and clinical practice Demonstrates how the Quality-Caring Model© can be implemented in clinical practice, nursing education, research, and nursing leadership settings Includes appendices that discuss how caring can improve patient safety, outline course objectives, and explain how to assess and measure caring in your facility Written in clear, accessible language, this book will be an invaluable resource to nursing students, nursing scholars, clinical nurses, nurse educators, nurse researchers, and nurse leaders. Duffy's approach will help create a redesigned patient care delivery system focused on the primacy of caring relationships.

Download or read book Quality of Life written by Cynthia R. King and published by Jones & Bartlett Publishers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Quality Of Life: From Nursing And Patient Perspectives, Third Edition Is A Comprehensive Text That Offers A Unique Perspective On Quality Of Life By Reflecting The Voices Of Patients And Families Receiving Or Having Received Care For Cancer. It Is An Ideal Reference For Oncology Nursing Students And Oncology Nurses In A Variety Of Settings, Including Inpatient Units, Outpatient Clinics, Ambulatory Care Centers, Cancer Centers, Research Centers, Home Care Agencies, And Hospices. Topics Explore Evolution Of Quality Of Life In Oncology, Theories And Conceptual Models, Life Methodological And Measurement Issues, Clinical Implications, Cancer Survivorship, And Quality Of Life Stories By Patients And Families. Completely Updated And Revised, This New Edition Contains Two New Research Chapters And New Material On Chronic Illness, Measuring Quality Of Life In Different Age Groups, And Patient Perspectives.