The district nurses role as patient advocate: case study

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-19 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Pettitt
Keyword(s):  
Patient Advocate ◽  
District Nurses ◽  
Nurses Role

scholarly journals CCCN PRESENTS: OUTLINING THE CARDIOVASCULAR NURSES' ROLE IN ADVANCED CARE PLANNING: A CASE STUDY

2015 ◽  
Vol 31 (10) ◽  
pp. S324-S325
Author(s):  
K. Lewis ◽  
B. Caitlin ◽  
L. Parsons ◽  
N. Nichols ◽  
C. Galte ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Care Planning ◽  
Advanced Care Planning ◽  
Nurses Role

scholarly journals Developing a typology of the roles public contributors undertake to establish legitimacy: a longitudinal case study of patient and public involvement in a health network

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. e033370
Author(s):  
Jacqueline Barker ◽  
Pam Moule ◽  
David Evans ◽  
Wendy Phillips ◽  
Nick Leggett
Keyword(s):  
Lived Experience ◽  
Public Involvement ◽  
Patient And Public Involvement ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Longitudinal Case Study ◽  
Health Network ◽  
The Public ◽  
Patient Advocate

ObjectiveTo identify how public contributors established their legitimacy in the functioning of a patient and public involvement programme at a health network.DesignA longitudinal case study with three embedded units (projects) involving public contributors. Interviews (n=24), observations (n=27) and documentary data collection occurred over 16 months.SettingThe West of England Academic Health Science Network (WEAHSN), 1 of 15 regional AHSNs in England.ParticipantsInterviews were conducted with public contributors (n=5) and professionals (n=19) who were staff from the WEAHSN, its member organisations and its partners.ResultsPublic contributors established their legitimacy by using nine distinct roles: (1) lived experience, as a patient or carer; (2) occupational knowledge, offering job-related expertise; (3) occupational skills, offering aptitude developed through employment; (4) patient advocate, promoting the interests of patients; (5) keeper of the public purse, encouraging wise spending; (6) intuitive public, piloting materials suitable for the general public; (7) fresh-eyed reviewer, critiquing materials; (8) critical friend, critiquing progress and proposing new initiatives and (9) boundary spanner, urging professionals to work across organisations. Individual public contributors occupied many, but not all, of the roles.ConclusionsLived experience is only one of nine distinct public contributor roles. The WEAHSN provided a benign context for the study because in a health network public contributors are one of many parties seeking to establish legitimacy through finding valuable roles. The nine roles can be organised into a typology according to whether the basis for legitimacy lies in: the public contributor’s knowledge, skills and experience; citizenship through the aspiration to achieve a broad public good; or being an outsider. The typology shows how public contributors can be involved in work where lived experience appears to lack relevance: strategic decision making; research unconnected to particular conditions; or acute service delivery.

scholarly journals Family management ofchildren who experience sickle cell disease: a qualitative study

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (suppl 4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine Cristina Rodrigues Gesteira ◽  
Regina Szylit ◽  
Maiara Rodrigues dos Santos ◽  
Carolliny Rossi de FariaIchikawa ◽  
Patricia Peres de Oliveira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Sickle Cell Disease ◽  
Sickle Cell ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Family Management ◽  
Management Styles ◽  
Cell Disease ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
The Family ◽  
Nurses Role

ABSTRACT Objective: to know the family management experience of children with sickle cell disease in the light of the Family Management Style Framework. Methods: a qualitative case study carried out between September/2015 and July/2016 with 12 members of eight families registered in a blood center in Minas Gerais. The semi-structured interviews were recorded, and the data were analyzed and interpreted by the hybrid model thematic analysis. Results: three management styles were identified: five families in the accommodating style; two families in the struggling style; and only one family in the enduring style.It was noted that empowerment was paramount in the acquisition of skills and abilities to care for these children. Final considerations: family management knowledge of children with sickle cell disease provided a reflection on nurses’ role in supporting, orienting and encouraging the empowerment of these families aiming at the search for comprehensive care.

scholarly journals The evaluation of an interdisciplinary learning initiative in managing depression

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-50
Author(s):  
Nessie Shia ◽  
Veronica Bankole
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Questionnaire Data ◽  
Health Practice ◽  
Interdisciplinary Learning ◽  
Work Community ◽  
District Nurses ◽  
Nurses Role

This paper reports the findings from a descriptive study exploring community-nursing students’ experiences of interdisciplinary learning on managing depression. The study was completed as part of a specialist module workshop included in a post-registration community specialist practitioner programme. Questionnaire data included attitude ratings and qualitative evaluations of problem-based learning (PBL). A cohort of 34 community nurses responded. The findings identified issues relating to the learning process and its influence on the knowledge gained and attitudes to team work. Community nurses reported the workshop was thought provoking and the challenging issue is the different opinions of the district nurses role in managing depression from the perspective of the students. This study suggests that problem based learning had a positive impact on students’ learning which makes it a well-received contribution to learning. It also reinforced the importance of healthy attitudes towards collaboration in promoting mental health practice. All of these do ultimately have implications for clinical practice.

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