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Attitudes and sociocultural perceptions provide the context within which women experience menopause. Cultural influences greatly affect how women perceive and manage their menopausal symptoms. Cultures may be categorized based on way of life, including traditional, immigrant, and modern. Varying perceptions and symptom experiences are described, including modifiable and nonmodifiable factors that affect the level of distress women feel with menopause. Helping women actively participate in management of menopausal symptoms including self-care strategies will contribute to feelings of control of menopausal symptoms and overall health. By using the highest levels of evidence regarding management of menopause, becoming familiar with the cultural and psychosocial influences of menopause and then empowering women to make decisions regarding management, health care providers can improve their care of perimenopausal and menopausal women.
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Attitude to Health , Cultural Characteristics , Holistic Health , Menopause , Social Support , Emigration and Immigration , Female , Hot Flashes , Humans , Nurse's Role , Quality of Life , Social Environment , Socioeconomic Factors , Women's HealthABSTRACT
This article focuses on innovative collaborative steps that were identified in recent research conducted by these authors on the relationship between academia and service. These steps are currently being implemented in the hope of improving the important role that the clinical environment plays in student nurses' education. Few factors in nursing education are as important as the clinical environment in which students do their training. This article elaborates on these steps and offers practical suggestions for improving the relationship between academia and service.
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Attitude of Health Personnel , Clinical Competence , Cooperative Behavior , Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate/organization & administration , Nursing Staff, Hospital/psychology , Students, Nursing/psychology , Adaptation, Psychological , Conflict, Psychological , Education, Nursing, Continuing/organization & administration , Empathy , Faculty, Nursing/organization & administration , Humans , Inservice Training/organization & administration , Interinstitutional Relations , Interprofessional Relations , Mentors/psychology , Needs Assessment , Nursing Education Research , Nursing Methodology Research , Nursing Staff, Hospital/education , Schools, Nursing/organization & administration , Self-Assessment , Surveys and Questionnaires , ThinkingABSTRACT
This study is a replication and extension of Grindel and associates' 2001 study of the perceptions of staff nurses (psychiatric, perinatal, and medical/surgical) regarding the benefits of having students from a baccalaureate nursing program work in clinical agencies. Using the Nursing Students' Contributions to Clinical Agencies tool, the overall perception of students' contributions ranged from -4 to +5, with a mean of 2.50. The two highest ranked items were "allows opportunities for mentoring" and "threatens professional role development," indicating the ambivalence staff nurses feel toward nursing students. Qualitative data also demonstrated the benefits and challenges of working with students. Recommendations are made for the creation of a positive, nurturing learning environment through closer collaboration between nursing education and service.
