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Sustaining well-being and enabling recovery: the therapeutic effect of nurse friendliness on clients and nursing environments.

A variety of studies identify friendliness/being friendly in their findings however, no research reports on the phenomenon of nurse friendliness. Moreover, all prior findings are coincidental to the phenomenon under investigation, so nurse friendliness is superficially represented and poorly understood. In turn, the significance of nurse friendliness has gone unnoticed. Because the present study focused on nurse friendliness, it revealed a deeper dimension to this phenomenon and expanded prior, limited understandings. This study, conducted in 2003, used Gadamerian hermeneutics to explore 12 clients' encounters with friendly nurses. Findings reveal that nurse friendliness results in mutuality, humour, fondness and reciprocity, in purposeful and thoughtful nursing action, and in a light-hearted environment where clients feel affirmed, included and uplifted. Because of this, nurse friendliness sustains clients and enables their recovery. In revealing the phenomenon of nurse friendliness, this study findings add to knowledge regarding the therapeutic potential and significance of nurse-client relationships.

Adult↗
PubMed1995

Nursing as healing work.

This paper describes the therapeutic potential of nursing practice as healing work, by addressing the growing trend in nursing to consider how the work of nursing and the nurse-client relationship are potentially of a healing nature. The work of nursing, presencing, concern and authenticity are discussed, before a redefinition of healing is offered. To exemplify nursing as healing work, some stories are shared from nurses working in different work settings. These stories are of human interest, especially in terms of their healing outcomes.

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PubMed2002

Shielding and being shielded: children's perspectives on coping with their mother's cancer and chemotherapy.

Little research has examined children's perceptions of what it was like when their mother was diagnosed and treated with chemotherapy for breast cancer. This research aimed to describe the children's perspectives and to suggest interventions to assist children to manage the experience with less stress. Qualitative naturalistic inquiry methods were used. Purposive sampling was used to recruit children whose mothers had chemotherapy for breast cancer in the prior two years. Eleven children were interviewed individually or with siblings. Children were between seven to 21 years of age. The major theme that emerged was Shielding and Being Shielded. Shielding refers to how children protected themselves from their thoughts and feelings and protected themselves from others. Being Shielded refers to what others did to protect the children. Shielding and Being Shielded each had components reflective of knowing/understanding, acknowledging/feeling, sharing, and shifting/helping. Recommendations directed towards assisting children, parents, and nurses and other health care professionals are suggested.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed2006

[Differences and similarities in perception of schizophrenia between physicians and the general population in Quebec].

This paper presents results concerning the perceptions and attitudes of Quebec physicians towards patients with schizophrenia and compares data obtained from a previous poll to data drawn from answers of five common questions asked to the general population. A short questionnaire with 5 items selected earlier from a broader questionnaire submitted to the general population, has been distributed to Quebec physicians. These items inquired about the perceptions and attitudes of physicians towards schizophrenia. A randomized sample of physicians was performed. Three thousand and five hundred (3 500) physicians were selected and distributed questionnaires. A response rate of 29 %, a little more than one thousand (1003 responses) was observed, 46 % women and 54 % men. The authors have found significant differences between physicians and the general population in the tendency of wanting to offer help to those suffering from schizophrenia (physicians = 58 % versus general population : 45 %). Also, a higher percentage of physicians (72 %) have expressed feelings of compassion towards patients with schizophrenia versus 27 % in the general population. Results indicate that physicians, with a family member suffering from schizophrenia, are less comfortable discussing openly about the family member's illness (26 % versus 48 %). With regards to preconception of the severity of schizophrenia, in the field of health, and more specifically mental health, there are no differences observed amongst the physicians and the general population.

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PubMed2004

Asthma and older people: improving nursing care.

This article examines the special considerations healthcare professionals should apply when caring for older people with asthma. It looks at the physiology of asthma, signs and symptoms, diagnosis and the ways in which nurses can help older people better manage this sometimes debilitating condition.

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PubMed2006

Anxiety and depression.

This article explores anxiety states among older people and how they may overlap with depression. It discusses prevalence, symptoms and treatment, and aims to help nurses to develop appropriate intervention strategies and to know when they should refer patients to other health practitioners.

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PubMed2002

The whole story: towards an ethical research methodology.

In this paper Alex Carson and Gavin Fairbairn argue that closer links between nursing education, research and practice may be developed through the use of a narrative methodology. The debate is cited in the wider practical and political context of a more democratic model of healthcare delivery. The authors provide a rationale for the use of stories in both nursing research and nursing practice by suggesting that each rests upon an ethic of helping whole people, rather than simply amounting to a technical undertaking. They suggest that the relationship between the ethical and the technical should be a more explicit feature in discussions of methodological issues in nursing research. They locate ideas about narrative research outside both qualitative and quantitative paradigms. Finally, they offer a philosophical and methodological argument for the use of narratives as an approach to research in which respect for people is central.

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PubMed2003

The use of grounded theory to study interaction.

In this paper Hanna Maijala, Eija Paavilainen and Päivi Astedt-Kurki examine the use of grounded theory from the perspective of data analysis. The paper reports on the findings of a Finnish study of interaction between caregivers and families expecting an impaired child. The objective of the study was to describe and explain the social processes between caregivers and families expecting an impaired child by identifying the central descriptive concepts, their interconnections, and the overall structure of the interaction process. The authors conclude that grounded theory is a diverse approach to studying interaction, and that the constant comparative method is a challenge to a researcher's perseverance and flexibility.

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PubMed2000

Good grief.

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At ease with death.

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Nobody's child.

Babies who have been abandoned at birth face a lifetime of uncertainty about who they are and which diseases they might be prone to. Mothers who abandon them have to live with guilt, which can result in anxiety and depression. Abandonment is sometimes linked to domestic violence and poverty. In countries such as France and Germany, women can leave a child anonymously in a safe place.

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Switch on to learning.

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Attitude of Health Personnel↗
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Mortal thoughts.

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Crime↗
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Night watch.

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Attitude of Health Personnel↗
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Intimacy in nursing.

There are many definitions of intimacy in nursing but what they all have in common is the need for communicated empathy, for nursing that is not just caring for but also caring about.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
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Promoting women's health.

Helping women attain the best possible health means using initiatives which take into account the practicalities of women's lives. Health promotion activities to achieve this goal will need careful planning and appropriate preparation by nurses.

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