Taking the edge off of verbal abuse.
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Biomedical subjects
R Kohr
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Advanced practice role confusion. What's the solution?
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Sharing stories. Group therapy with elderly depressed women.
As the population ages, nurses are challenged to seek and use relevant and effective nursing strategies to assist clients to cope with major life events and chronic conditions. Depression in the elderly, particularly among elderly women, is increasing. This is a serious problem which pervades community, acute and chronic care settings. In order to provide proactive care in the treatment of depression, two nurses in a psychogeriatric clinic developed a unique program, consisting of 10 weekly group sessions for elderly women with a diagnosis of depression. This article describes the formal, content of group sessions and outcomes. Key themes that emerged are illustrated by the stories shared by the women. These stories were central to shaping the group experience and enhanced the learning of group members and facilitators as well. The method of group process and insight into dynamic strategies for teaching/learning in the elderly are discussed. In conclusion, recommendations for future programs have been identified.
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The relationship between length of vocational disability, psychiatric illness, life stressors and sociodemographic variables.
OBJECTIVE: The primary objective of this study was to examine the relationship between vocational disability, psychiatric illness, life stressors and sociodemographic factors. METHOD: Information on a variety of variables was obtained from insurance files of 147 subjects who had submitted claims for monetary compensation on grounds of psychiatric symptoms. RESULTS: The majority of subjects received a diagnosis of mood disorder or anxiety disorder. Extended vocational disability was associated with longer duration of psychiatric illness, rating of poorer prognosis by the treating physician, and lower income and occupational levels. Individuals with recent onset of disability reported more stressors than those experiencing extended disability. CONCLUSION: Although longer duration of psychiatric illness was associated with vocational disability, other variables play an important role in accounting for extended vocational disability.
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Building undergraduate nursing students' knowledge of the research process in nursing.
This article describes a simple approach to teaching a nursing research course to undergraduate nursing students which was received with enthusiasm by both students and faculty. Through short answer progressive assignments throughout the semester involving students in the thinking processes required at each stage of the research process, student knowledge of the research process was progressively developed. Students chose a topic of personal interest for a proposed study and carried this topic through the various phases of the research process. Students positively evaluated this approach frequently commenting that the approach helped them to "think in different ways than before" and strongly recommended continuance of the approach in future course presentations.
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