ABSTRACT
Only limited nursing knowledge exists as theoretical guidance for nurses in providing spiritual care. Using Leininger's theory of culture care diversity and universality, the purpose of this ethnonursing research study was to discover the embedded spiritual care meanings, expressions, lived experiences, and practices of adults residing in the Midwest and their perceptions of spiritual nursing care. Data were collected through interviews of 6 key and 12 general informants. Five universal spiritual themes were supported by the findings. Culture care modes were used to explicate spiritual knowledge that can be integrated into nursing practice.
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Holistic Nursing/methods , Spirituality , Adult , Anthropology, Cultural , Culture , Humans , Midwestern United States , Nursing Research/methodsABSTRACT
Limited nursing knowledge exists to explain how culture influences men's health care decisions and practices. The purpose of this collaborative research was to explore the health care meanings, values, expressions, lived experiences, and practices of Anglo-American adult males residing in the rural Midwest. Using the ethnonursing research method, data were collected through interviews with 7 key and 12 general informants residing in Iowa. Four culture values and five themes were supported by the findings. Leininger's culture care modes were used to explicate culturally meaningful nursing care actions and decisions that are in harmony with the cultural values and practices of rural men.
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Attitude to Health , Health Behavior , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Rural Population , White People/psychology , Adult , Anthropology, Cultural , Decision Making , Gender Identity , Humans , Iowa , Male , Middle Aged , Models, Nursing , Nursing Methodology Research , Social Values , Surveys and Questionnaires , Transcultural NursingABSTRACT
Oncology, parish, and hospice nurses in the Midwest were surveyed to explore what nursing interventions they implement to enhance the spirituality of clients and how they learned about these interventions. Some 95 spiritual nursing interventions were identified and ranked according to frequency of implementation. The most frequently identified nursing interventions were referral, prayer, active listening, facilitation and validation of clients' feelings and thoughts, conveying acceptance, and instilling hope. The most frequently ranked implemented interventions were communication and religious nursing interventions. Only 15% of the participants indicated that they learned the most about spirituality and spiritual nursing interventions from basic and advanced nursing education combined. Findings support the need for increased emphasis of theoretical and clinical spiritual knowledge in nursing education and the development of a typology of spiritual nursing interventions to direct nurses in enhancing the spirituality of clients and implementing holistic nursing care.
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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Nursing Care/methods , Nursing Staff , Pastoral Care/methods , Religion , Adult , Aged , Communication , Female , Hospice Care , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Nursing Methodology Research , Nursing Staff/education , Nursing Staff/psychology , Oncology Nursing , Professional-Family Relations , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The authors initiated an educational program to teach homecare nurses and aides how to implement and evaluate one creative nursing intervention-reminiscence with clients. Client outcomes resulting from the implementation of reminiscence included increased opportunities for self-expression, enhanced coping abilities, the discovery of significance and continuity of life, and enjoyment. Positive staff outcomes also were achieved. The authors conclude that the implementation of creative nursing interventions can assist nurses to rediscover the art and enjoyment inherent in nursing practice and produce positive client outcomes in the current changing healthcare environment.
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Geriatric Nursing/education , Home Care Services , Memory , Nurse-Patient Relations , Nursing Staff/education , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Education, Nursing, Continuing , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Nursing Evaluation Research , Nursing Staff/psychologyABSTRACT
Although much has been written about the serious problem of medication errors resulting from inadequate medication calculation abilities of nurses, the dilemma still persists. This quasi-experimental study examined whether the use of dimensional analysis would improve the medication dosage calculation abilities of nursing students. The findings of the study support the use of dimensional analysis as an effective problem-solving method to assist nursing students in developing the mathematical and conceptual skills to accurately calculate medication dosages and ensure the safe administration of medications.
