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S Ketefian

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PubMed1990

Stress, coping, and quality of life in adult kidney transplant recipients.

The purpose of this study was to identify specific stressors and coping strategies identified by adult kidney transplant recipients in the first 6 months after transplantation. Quality of life was used as the outcome measure. Subscales were rationally constructed based on literature review and logic for both the stress and coping scales. Health-related items were identified as most stressful including uncertainty about whether the transplant will be a success and concern about risk of infections and/or viruses. Work-related items were least stressful. Strongly endorsed coping strategies included items on the Distancing/detachment and Self-control/accepting responsibility subscales. Quality of life scores were significantly higher after the transplant than before. Total stress was the important predictor of quality of life before transplant. Both total stress and total coping were important predictors of quality of life after transplant. The expanded transplant nursing role provides an opportunity to identify stressors and suggest appropriate coping strategies early in the transplant experience.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1990

Stress, coping, and quality of life in family members of kidney transplant recipients.

This study explored specific stressors and identified coping strategies used by family members of kidney transplant recipients in the first 6 months following transplantation. Quality of life was also briefly examined as the outcome measure. Health-related items were identified as most stressful, and work-related items as least stressful. Self-controlling and problem-solving coping strategies were most frequently used, and escape/avoidance strategies were least used. Findings from this study have implications for development of specific teaching plans for transplant recipient families, as well as for collaborative team exploration of family stress and coping.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1987

A case study of theory development: moral behavior in nursing.

The theoretical considerations, operationalization of the constructs, and measurement issues of an ongoing program of research designed to explain ethical practice in nursing are presented. They illustrate the constant give and take among research, the empirical world, and theory building. This case study depicts the iterative and complex process of developing constructs and relationships, based on research findings, that explain moral behavior in nursing practice.

Behavioral Research↗
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Doctoral preparation for faculty roles: expectations and realities.

The purpose of this report is to clarify the issues and discongruities between educational preparation of doctoral program graduates and employer expectations (educational institutions), and to stimulate thinking concerning strategies that might be used by doctoral programs to more effectively prepare graduates to deal with an integrated professional role, including that of faculty.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
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Application of selected nursing research findings into nursing practice: a pilot study.

This study investigated the extent to which one research finding, obtained through a series of investigations and reported widely in the nursing literature, was being utilized by nurse practitioners for the improvement of nursing practice. Based on the research findings of Nichols and colleagues on the oral mode of temperature determination, a questionnaire was constructed and administered to 87 registered nurses in the states of Massachusetts and New York. Only one response corresponded to the findings of Nichols and colleagues on how oral temperature is correctly determined. Contradictions between theory and practice, moreover, were cited.

Body Temperature↗
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Professional and bureaucratic role conceptions and moral behavior among nurses.

This descriptive study tested the relationship between professional and bureaucratic role conceptions and moral behavior. It was theorized that professional-bureaucratic role conceptions of nurses, and their perceptions of the discrepancy between ideal and actual values influence the manner in which they practice and operationalize their professional values, including moral behavior. Data were obtained from 217 practicing nurses representing different positions, areas of practice, education, age, ethnic groups, and work settings. Two of the subscales of Nursing Role Conceptions (Pieta, 1976) were used to measure professional and bureaucratic role conceptions; moral behavior was measured by Judgments About Nursing Decisions (Ketefian, 1981). Professional categorical role conception was positively related to moral behavior. Professional normative role conception and professional role discrepancy were negatively related. Bureaucratic role discrepancy was found to be positively related to moral behavior. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses showed that the combination of professional normative and bureaucratic normative role conceptions, professional categorical and bureaucratic categorical role conceptions, and professional and bureaucratic role discrepancies explained greater variance in moral behavior than either one of the pairs of variables alone. The interactions between these variables were not significant.

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