scholarly journals The Impact of Clinical Nurses’ Terminal Care Attitude and Spiritual Health on Their Terminal Care Stress

2014 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 232-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
Soon Il Ji ◽  
Hye Sook You
Keyword(s):  
Terminal Care ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Clinical Nurses ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Nurses' perception of power regarding their clinical role

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 234-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diná de Almeida Lopes Monteiro da Cruz ◽  
Cibele Andrucioli de Mattos Pimenta ◽  
Maria Fernanda Vita Pedrosa ◽  
Antônio Fernandes da Costa Lima ◽  
Raquel Rapone Gaidzinski
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Classification Systems ◽  
Clinical Role ◽  
Clinical Nurses ◽  
Nursing Diagnosis ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Power Perception ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Diagnosis Classification ◽  
Reliability Coefficients

This article reports on a study on nurses' perception of power regarding their clinical role before and after implementation of a nursing diagnosis classification. Sixty clinical nurses (average age = 37.2 ± 7.0 years) from a Brazilian teaching hospital answered the Power as Knowing Participation in Change Tool (PKPCT) before and after the implementation of a diagnosis classification. PKPCT has four domains and provides total and partial scores. Reliability coefficients ranged from 0.88 to 0.98. Total scores were not statistically different between assessments (p=0.21), although scores in the "Involvement in Creating Change" domain were higher in the second assessment (p=0.04). Further studies providing sound evidence regarding the impact of nursing classification systems on nurses' power perception are needed to guide decisions on teaching and clinical practice.

The Impact of the Document International Work Group in Death, Dying and Bereavement: Assumptions and Principles Underlying Standards for Terminal Care

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-41
Author(s):  
Mary L. S. Vachon
Keyword(s):  
Terminal Care ◽  
Work Group ◽  
International Work ◽  
Ars Moriendi ◽  
International Work Group ◽  
The Impact

This article reflects on the development and impact of the International Workgroup on Death, Dying and Bereavement's (IWG) pivotal document on The Assumptions and Principles Underlying Standards for Terminal Care. It was at the Ars Moriendi meetings in Columbia, Maryland that the author first met Bob and Bunny Kastenbaum. The meeting led to the development of IWG and the first task of this group was the development of the “Standards” document. The initial document reflected the pioneering work already being done by Kastenbaum and others on the committee and then was formative in the development of other documents such as the National Hospice Association Standards. Participants in the original workgroup were asked for their reflections on the significance of the document and the literature was surveyed to assess the impact of the “Standards” document on the field.

Spiritual and mental health of teenagers in Hong Kong and in mainland China under the impact of COVID-19

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chi Hung Leung ◽  
Yan Mu
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Hong Kong ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Emotional Distress ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
High Rate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Impact

PurposeThe rates of emotional distress have risen in many countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study assessed the emotional distress of adolescents and young adults in Hong Kong and mainland China in the first year of the pandemic and tested whether spirituality was a protective factor against this emotional distress.Design/methodology/approachCross-sectional data were collected in two samples of students aged 17–25 in Hong Kong (N = 503) and 13–20 in mainland China (N = 649). Participants completed the Spiritual Health and Life Orientation Measure (SHALOM) to evaluate their spiritual health (personal-communal, environmental and transcendental domains) and the short form of the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale-21 (DASS-21) to assess their emotional distress.FindingsBased on the DASS-21 scores, there was a high rate of adolescents and young adults categorized as showing extremely severe symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress in both Hong Kong and mainland China. Structural equation modeling showed that in both the Hong Kong and mainland China samples the personal and communal and environmental domains of spiritual health were significantly and negatively correlated with all three forms of emotional distress. However, transcendental spiritual health was uncorrelated with psychological distress in Hong Kong and positively correlated with psychological distress in mainland China.Research limitations/implicationsThe high rate of severe emotional distress in this sample of adolescents and young adults under COVID-19, and the fact that not all aspects of spiritual health protected again psychological distress are cause for concern, with implications for government, education systems and students.Originality/valueHealthy spirituality can be found among youths who are upbeat, self-confident, optimistic and constructive and have also been shown to have a higher quality of life in the form of mental, physical and psychological health. The present study is the first study to examine the spiritual and mental health of high school and university students under the impact of COVID-19 in mainland China and in Hong Kong.

Influence of participation in multiple school-based health promotion programmes on students’ health

2019 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 484-497
Author(s):  
EunKyo Kang ◽  
Young Ho Yun
Keyword(s):  
Health Promotion ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Subjective Health ◽  
Spiritual Health ◽  
Social Health ◽  
Subjective Health Status ◽  
Health Promotion Programme ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Health Programmes

Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of experiencing diverse, multi-dimensional health promotion programmes in school on students’ self-reported health status. Design: Cross-sectional design. Methods: We surveyed 2,568 students from 15 middle schools and 15 high schools in Korea between August 2014 and January 2015. Self-reported information related to health status, attendance at physical, social, mental or spiritual health promotion programmes, and socio-demographics was collected and analysed. Results: Male students, students aged 15 and below, and students living in rural areas were more satisfied with their health status. Regardless of programme type, the number of health promotion programmes attended correlated positively with better overall health status ( p < .001–.032). Attending physical health promotion programmes was significantly associated with physical, mental, spiritual and overall health (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] = 1.28–1.40). Attending mental health programmes was significantly related to all aspects of health status (aOR = 1.49–2.17), and participating in social health programmes was significantly related to all aspects of health status except physical and social health (aOR = 1.36–1.67). Participation in spiritual health programmes was related to spiritual and overall health (aOR = 1.33, 1.58). In hierarchical regression analyses, health promotion programme attendance was independently associated with subjective health status after controlling for differences between schools. Conclusion: Participation in health promotion programmes was found to be related not only to the targeted health status but also to other aspects of subjective health.

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