scholarly journals University educational management and clinical practice applied to nursing by the faculty of a public university

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Eduarda Grams Salum ◽  
Alacoque Lorenzini Erdmann ◽  
Kamylla Santos da Cunha ◽  
Carolina Kahl ◽  
Gabriela Marcellino de Melo Lanzoni ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Construction Technique ◽  
Educational Management ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Nursing Training

ABSTRACT Objective: to emphasize university educational management actions and their articulation to develop clinical practice in nursing training, designed by its faculty. Methods: a single-case study with qualitative approach. The sources were composed of documentary research, focused interview with key informant and direct non-participant observation. Data were organized with the help of NVivo®10. Analysis followed the explanation construction technique from the perspective of complex thinking. Results: three categories emerged: Characterization of university educational management actions; Articulation of university educational management with clinical practice and its repercussion; and Spaces to develop university educational management and clinical practice. Final considerations: university educational management actions are associated with the work of professors, supporting teaching, research, and extension in order to improve clinical knowledge in the general nursing training.

Scenarios of style: An exploration of subcultural research as embodied practice in Los Angeles’s vintage Jamaican music scene

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-218 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina L. Cole
Keyword(s):  
Performance Studies ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Research Setting ◽  
Individual Agency ◽  
Fashion Studies ◽  
Music Scene ◽  
Oral History Interviews ◽  
Embodied Practice

This article sets forth a performance studies framework for subcultural research: scenarios of style. This embodied epistemology brings together Diana Taylor’s scenario paradigm with interdisciplinary perspectives on style to provide a means for researchers to explore the ways in which style is constitutive of subcultural life. Twenty-five years of involvement in Los Angeles’s vintage Jamaican music scene and four years of fieldwork – comprised of participant observation, oral history interviews and archival research – undergird my theorization. To communicate individual agency and subcultural traditions of style, this article explores a single case study situated within my larger research setting. Because scenarios of style supports embodied, situated understandings of knowledge and is contextually adaptable, this article posits its broader relevancy for fashion studies research.

scholarly journals Integrality of care: challenges for the nurse practice

2017 ◽  
Vol 70 (3) ◽  
pp. 504-510 ◽  
Author(s):  
Solange Meira de Sousa ◽  
Elizabeth Bernardino ◽  
Karla Crozeta ◽  
Aida Maris Peres ◽  
Maria Ribeiro Lacerda
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Team Work ◽  
Nursing Management ◽  
Care Needs ◽  
Units Of Analysis ◽  
Integration Of Services

ABSTRACT Objective: to understand the role of the nurse in the collegiate management model of a teaching hospital, in the integrality of care perspective. Method: a single case study with multiple units of analysis, with the theoretical proposition "integrality of care is a result of the care offered to the user by multiple professionals, including the nurse". Data were obtained in a functional unit of a teaching hospital through interviews with 13 nurses in a non-participant observation and document analysis. Results: from the analytical categories emerged subcategories that allowed understanding that the nurse promotes integrality of care through nursing management, team work and integration of services. Final considerations: the theoretical proposition was confirmed and it was verified that the nursing management focus on attending to health care needs and is a strategy to provide integrality of care.

Dynamic capabilities, organizational learning and ambidexterity in a higher education institution

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 397-411 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Patricia da Silva Souza ◽  
Adriana Roseli Wünsch Takahashi
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Organizational Learning ◽  
Dynamic Capabilities ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Education Institution ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Higher Education Institution ◽  
Content Type

Purpose This paper aims to analyse how dynamic capabilities (DC) affect organizational learning (OL) in a Brazilian higher education institution (HEI) and how this relationship affects organisational ambidexterity (OA). Design/methodology/approach The research strategy involves a qualitative, single case study. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, documentary research over a 15-year period and nonparticipant observation. Data were analysed using narrative analysis. Findings The results show that founders and managers influence the activities related to sensing, seizing and reconfiguring DC. They interpreted the new opportunities and shared them with other individuals. Gradually, a collective sense about the new ideas was constructed. New academic and administrative routines were created and an OL process took place at the HEI, which resulted in a valuable balance between exploration and exploitation (OA) for the organisation. Originality/value The study offers insight into how DC, OL and OA can be related. Although each construct has its own independent definition, there are similarities between them. The case study demonstrates how these theories were affected, and the research, therefore, makes a new methodological contribution regarding how to study DC, OL and OA as an integrative phenomenon.

scholarly journals ESTRATÉGIA SAÚDE DA FAMÍLIA MEETINGS: AN INDISPENSABLE TOOL FOR LOCAL PLANNING

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruna Carla Voltolini ◽  
Selma Regina de Andrade ◽  
Talita Piccoli ◽  
Lucas Alexandre Pedebôs ◽  
Vanessa Andrade
Keyword(s):  
Information Exchange ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Health Planning ◽  
Health Centre ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Local Planning ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Construction Technique ◽  
Indispensable Tool

ABSTRACT Objective: to demonstrate the structure, functioning and contributions of the Estratégia Saúde da Família work meetings regarding local health planning. Method: a single case study with five integrated units of analysis, represented by the coordinator of the Health Centre and four Estratégia Saúde da Família teams. Data collection was performed through semi-structured interviews, non-participant observation and documentary research from October to December 2014. Data were triangulated, organized with MaxQDA®Plus software, and analyzed according to the explanatory construction technique. Results: three analytical categories were identified: Structure and functioning of the Estratégia Saúde da Família work meetings; Participation of professionals in the Estratégia Saúde da Família work meetings for local planning; Processes that contribute to local health planning. Conclusion: work meetings are essential for the construction of local health planning. They provide professional integration through discussions, and facilitate decision-making and information exchange.

scholarly journals STANDARDS OF KNOWLEDGE THAT FOUND NURSING PERFORMANCE IN HOME CARE

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angélica Mônica Andrade ◽  
Patrícia Pinto Braga ◽  
Maria Ribeiro Lacerda ◽  
Elysangela Dittz Duarte ◽  
Laerte Honorato Borges Junior ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Home Care ◽  
Critical Discourse Analysis ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Home Care Services ◽  
Care Services ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Care Innovation

ABSTRACT Objective: to analyze the knowledge standards that found nursing practices in the home care setting. Method: qualitative study using a single case study strategy, supported by the dialectical methodological framework. Thirteen nurses who work in home care services from two municipalities in Minas Gerais, Brazil, participated. The data were obtained in 266.5 hours of participant observation and 8 hours and 58 minutes of interview and submitted to Critical Discourse Analysis. Results: empirical knowledge was revealed to be fundamental for clinical, managerial and educational care at home. The adaptations specific to this environment require aesthetic knowledge. The relational and educational actions, the decisions responsible for benefiting the individual and his family, the doubt and willingness to learn when dealing with unpredictable cases and the assessment of the socioeconomic conditions of the family, represent, respectively, personal, ethical, lack of knowledge and sociopolitical aspects present in the practice of nurses in home care. Conclusion: the particularities of home care trigger different patterns of knowledge to ensure creative, sensitive, human and responsible care. Innovation and availability to learn are part of nurses' performance in home care. The need for differentiated training is reinforced in order to respond to the increasing complexity in this field.

scholarly journals Students’ Perspectives Concerning Intercultural Competence Development during their Academic Exchange Period

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (80) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Miguel André das Dores
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Differences ◽  
Intercultural Competence ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Observation Data ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Institutional Policies ◽  
Academic Exchange

In this case study with a qualitative approach we aim to analyze perspectives of students on the intercultural competence and its development during their academic exchange period abroad. The increasingly competitive and globalized labor market requires knowledgeable professionals from an intercultural point of view. The techniques to collect data were semi-structured interviews and participant observation. Data analysis procedures followed content analysis. The results suggest that the perception of cultural differences increases in students, although the development and improvement of institutional policies of universities is necessary for the preparation of strategies that promote the development of said competences. Conclusions point towards the increased relevance that intercultural competence represents on Higher Education nowadays and on future professionals.

scholarly journals Sustainable public procurement: the Federal Public Institution’s shared system

2018 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renato Cader Da Silva ◽  
Luciana Betiol ◽  
Teresa Villac ◽  
Raquel Nonato
Keyword(s):  
Participant Observation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Public Institution ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Collective Construction ◽  
Technology Resources ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report the experience of the Federal Public Institution with sustainable public procurement through the mechanism of shared acquisitions. Design/methodology/approach The analysis adopted a qualitative approach and an empirical investigation of MPF’s experience, based on a documentary research and participant observation. Findings The results allow the authors to demonstrate the economic, environmental and social advantages of the procurement made by MPF, thus granting to this new model of acquisition governance, the adherence to the organization’s institutional mission. Research limitations/implications This is a single case study. Practical implications It is a promising path that optimizes the institution’s use of its budgetary, human, logistical and information technology resources, focusing on the quality and sustainability of public biddings. Social implications The process of collective construction, improvement of knowledge management, standardization, procedural and scale economies, and the use of sustainability criteria are the main reasons for the implementation of the sustainable shared acquisitions system in the institution. Originality/value This is a development process of a new paradigm of procurement at MPF.

Focal Points and Relationships: A Study of Clinical Reasoning

1997 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 57-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Merrill Crabtree ◽  
Michael Lyons
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Reasoning ◽  
Public Hospital ◽  
Participant Observation ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Focal Points ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Depth Data ◽  
Therapy Sessions

This article reports on a single case study of an occupational therapist working in a plastic surgery unit at an Australian public hospital. A phenomenological approach was used to explore the therapist's clinical reasoning in depth. Data were gathered over a 3–week period through semi-structured interviews with the informant and through participant observation of therapy sessions with patients and associated activities engaged in by the informant. The resulting narrative data were analysed inductively. The focus of this discussion is on the aspects of personal interactions that influence clinical reasoning. The article examines how such constructs as power, responsibility, caring and competence combine to influence clinical reasoning.

scholarly journals Introducing the Q-strip to Quantitatively Measure Nocturnal Perspiration as a Parameter and Predictor: A Review of Literature

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kasper Jolink ◽  
Loussi Bedrosian
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Common Clinical Practice

One third of a person’s life is spent on sleep, therefore the quality and habit of sleep affects health. A single case study indicated that perspiration could serve as a prognostic marker. Diagnosing nocturnal perspiration is common clinical practice, since this serves as a major symptom in many pathologies. Till this day no specific evidence-based approach for diagnosing nocturnal perspiration exists. By introducing the Q-strip, a device which quantitatively measures nocturnal perspiration, this could be acquired. The Q-strip could serve a purpose in diagnosing nocturnal perspiration more efficient without being intrusive. In addition to its health sensing potentials, the Q-strip makes it possible to visualise perspiration patterns. This introduces the possibility to examine the quality of sleep. Future research is recommended to investigate this.

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