Subject(s)
Antioxidants/therapeutic use , Ascorbic Acid/therapeutic use , Calcium, Dietary/therapeutic use , Obstetric Labor, Premature/prevention & control , Pre-Eclampsia/prevention & control , Dietary Supplements , Female , Humans , Mothers/education , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Outcome , Pregnancy, High-Risk/drug effectsSubject(s)
Mental Recall , Mothers/psychology , Object Attachment , Parturition/psychology , Postpartum Period/psychology , Female , Humans , Memory , PregnancySubject(s)
Air , Asphyxia Neonatorum/nursing , Infant Care/methods , Midwifery/standards , Oxygen/therapeutic use , Respiration, Artificial/nursing , Adult , Asphyxia Neonatorum/prevention & control , Female , Humans , Infant Welfare , Infant, Newborn , Nurse's Role , Oxygen/adverse effects , Pregnancy , Respiration, Artificial/adverse effectsSubject(s)
Labor, Induced/nursing , Midwifery/standards , Nurse's Role , Obstetric Labor, Premature/nursing , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/nursing , Vaginosis, Bacterial/nursing , Adult , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Lactobacillus acidophilus , Mothers/education , Nurse-Patient Relations , Obstetric Labor, Premature/prevention & control , Pregnancy , Pregnancy Complications, Infectious/prevention & control , Pregnancy Outcome , Term Birth , Vaginosis, Bacterial/prevention & control , YogurtSubject(s)
Home Childbirth , Midwifery , Mothers/psychology , Nurse's Role , Nurse-Patient Relations , Female , Home Childbirth/education , Home Childbirth/nursing , Home Childbirth/psychology , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Male , Maternal Health Services/standards , Midwifery/education , Midwifery/methods , Nurse Midwives , Nursing Methodology Research , Pregnancy , United StatesSubject(s)
Labor, Induced , Midwifery/standards , Natural Childbirth , Clinical Competence , Female , Humans , Infant, Newborn , Labor, Induced/methods , Labor, Induced/nursing , Labor, Induced/statistics & numerical data , Midwifery/trends , Natural Childbirth/nursing , Nursing Assessment , Oxytocics/therapeutic use , Pregnancy , Research Design , United States/epidemiologyABSTRACT
Yates et al (1996) provided a review of the literature on educational approaches to improving psychosocial care of terminally ill patients and their families and suggested that there was an urgent need for innovation in this area. A programme of professional development currently being offered to 181 palliative care nurses in Queensland, Australia, was also described. This paper presents research in progress evaluating this programme which involves use of a quasi-experimental pre-post test design. It also includes process and outcome measures to assess effectiveness in improving the participant's ability to provide psychosocial care to patients and families.
ABSTRACT
Despite the numerous reports of difficulties experienced by health care providers in providing psychosocial care to terminally ill patients and their families, few studies have yet been undertaken to examine the effectiveness of different educational approaches to addressing these issues. The aim of this paper is to describe a programme of professional development for palliative care nurses, which is currently being offered to 181 registered nurses in Queensland, Australia. The programme is based on an action learning model and is designed to facilitate processes of reflection and peer consultation. In Part One of this paper, a review of this literature is presented to provide the background and rationale for the programme design. Details of the research programme developed to evaluate the programme will be presented in Part Two of this paper, which is to be published in the next issue of this Journal.
