Global Perpectives of Caring: An Integrative Review

2015 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 7-29
Author(s):  
Erwin William A. Leyva, ◽  
Arnold B. Peralta, ◽  
Lourdes Marie S. Tejero, ◽  
Marinelli A. Santos,
Keyword(s):  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Positive Patient ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Caring Behaviors ◽  
The Core ◽  
Patient Interaction ◽  
Mere Presence

Caring, the core of nursing practice, remains a complex and vaguely defined concept. This paper presents various attempts to define caring and factors that affect its demonstration and associated outcomes from perspectives of patients and nurses. An integrative review was conducted from literature indexed in electronic databases from 2003 to 2014. Most published articles on caring were from Western cultures with a limited number from others. Caring was defined as a set of behaviors (knowledge, attitudes, and skills) exhibited in the process and context of the nurse-patient interaction. It is influenced by personal characteristics, culture, and the general environment of the nurse and client engaged in relationship. Caring behaviors were expressed in a continuum from mere presence to the performance of competent nursing care. Caring has been known to produce client satisfaction and positive patient outcomes.

scholarly journals Proses dan Kinerja Perawat dalam Melakukan Asuhan Keperawatan

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ria Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Education ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Education Program ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Care Nurse ◽  
The Core ◽  
Health Performance ◽  
Professional Nurses

Abstrak : Kinerja perawat merupakan aplikasi kemampuan atau pembelajaran yang telah diterima selama menyelesaikan program pendidikan keperawatan untuk memberikan pelayanan dan tanggung jawab dalam peningkatan kesehatan, kinerja dalam keperawatan memiliki ilmu dengan tahapan yang konsisten dan sesuai dengan perkembangan profesi keperawatan. Asuhan Keperawatan merupakan rangkaian kegiatan praktik keperawatan yang dilakukan oleh seorang perawat terhadap pasien dengan peoses dan tatanan pelayanan kesehatan yang pelaksanaannya berdasarkan kaidah Perawat Profesional dan merupakan inti dari praktik keperawatan.Kata Kunci : Asuhan Keperawatan, Kinerja Perawat dan PendokumentasianAbstract : Nurse performance is the application of ability or learning that has been received while completing a nursing education program to provide services and responsibilities in improving health. Performance in care has consistent stage of science. Nursing care is a series of nursing practice activities carried out by a nurse to patients with the process and order of health services whose implementation is based on the rules of professional nurses and is the core of nursing practice.Keyword : nursing care, nurse performance and documentation

scholarly journals Physical activity as a therapeutic strategy in mental health: an integrative review with implication for nursing care

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bruno da Silva Lourenço ◽  
Maria Angélica de Almeida Peres ◽  
Isaura Setenta Porto ◽  
Rosane Mara Pontes de Oliveira ◽  
Virginia Faria Damásio Dutra
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Therapeutic Strategy ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Healthy Lifestyles ◽  
Practical Effect ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract This study is an integrative review with the aim to identify and describe the scientific evidence of the practical effect of physical activity in people with mental disorders. For the selection of articles, the databases CINAHL, MEDLINE, LILACS, SciELO, Cochrane and Scopus were used. The sample of this review consisted of eight articles. Their analysis resulted in the categories: obesity and metabolic syndrome, specialized nursing, sedentary and healthy lifestyles, support and social network, incentive to the practice of physical activity, and anxiety and physical activity. The benefits to physical health were partially elucidated by the sample. The implications for nursing care arise from the therapeutic efficacy of physical activity by people with mental disorders, adding individual and collective benefits that provide socialization and promotion of well-being.

scholarly journals Empathy in nurse-patient interaction: a conversation analysis

BMC Nursing ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yijin Wu
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Theoretical Work ◽  
Audio Recording ◽  
Communicative Skills ◽  
Patient Interaction ◽  
Female Nurses

Abstract Background Considerable attention has been drawn to empathy in nursing and the concept of empathy has firmly been embedded in nursing discourse. However, little has been known about the details of how nurses express empathy to their patients. In this study, we aim to conduct a qualitative study of actual nurse-patient conversations through which empathy was achieved. Methods The data in this study was based on audio-recording of sessions of conversations between participating nurses and patients in two Chinese hospitals. The participants in this study involved 6 female nurses and 14 patients. Based on Bachelor’s (1988) categorization of empathy, this study described and analyzed the actual empathic sequences in nursing conversations in an attempt to demonstrate how nursing empathy was interactionally achieved using the method of conversation analysis. Conversation analysis (CA), focusing on the study of talk in interaction, is a useful method for the qualitative analysis of empathic talk in nursing. Results By drawing on prior theoretical work as well as on empathic sequence in nursing, this study described and analyzed some of the conversational resources nurses and patients used in achieving empathy. It has been shown that empathy can be interactionally and sequentially achieved in actual sequences of talk. Specifically, nursing empathy is a collaboratively constructed action instead of the nurse’s own committed action, which is produced in specific interactional contexts. Conclusion Conversation analysis is a very useful method for describing and analyzing the nurse-patient interaction, especially for studying empathy in nursing care. The sequences in this study present example of exemplary empathic interaction between nurses and patients, which might shed some light on how nurses express empathy to their patients. Also, this study could help to increase the understanding of the mirco-process of empathy in nursing and contribute to improving nursing communicative skills.

Caring in the recruitment of older African American adults with chronic health disease: An integrative review

2020 ◽  
pp. 174239532090566
Author(s):  
Charlene J Gamboa ◽  
Wrenetha A Julion
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Chronic Illness ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Recruitment Strategies ◽  
Caring Behaviors ◽  
Related Research ◽  
African American Adults ◽  
Recruitment Activities ◽  
Research Studies

Objectives The aim of this integrative review is to accrue a comprehensive understanding of caring behavioral characteristics in the recruitment of older African-American adults into health-related research studies centered on chronic diseases. Methods Combined methodologies, Whittemore & Knafl and Kable, Pich & Maslin-Prothero in accordance with preferred items for systematic reviews and meta-analysis, were used to guide the data collection and to report the findings. The data were analyzed based upon recruitment categorization and Kristen Swanson’s middle-range theory of caring. Results Ten out of 260 publications comprised the final sample. They were analyzed and then aggregated by chronic illnesses, recruitment activities, contact level, and Swanson’s five caring behavioral concepts. Select cancers, diabetes, hypertension, and Alzheimer’s disease were the chronic illness foci of eight publications. Cardiovascular disease and stroke were the focus of two publications. Only three studies utilized all five Swanson’s caring concepts, and the frequently used concept throughout all 10 studies was enabling. Discussion Recruitment approaches employed to accrue older African-American adults into chronic illness-related research studies necessitate proactive recruitment strategies that incorporate caring behaviors. Future researchers ought to develop multi-modality recruitment strategies to improve older African-American adults’ representation.

scholarly journals The core characteristics and nursing care activities in psychiatric intensive care units in Sweden

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 98-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Salzmann-Erikson ◽  
Kim Lützén ◽  
Ann-Britt Ivarsson ◽  
Henrik Eriksson
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Intensive Care Units ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
The Core ◽  
Core Characteristics

Development and testing of an instrument to measure protective nursing advocacy

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 255-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G Hanks
Keyword(s):  
Patient Outcomes ◽  
Convergent Validity ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Patient Advocacy ◽  
Nursing Advocacy ◽  
Correlational Design ◽  
Components Analysis ◽  
Essential Function ◽  
Improve Patient ◽  
Promax Rotation

Patient advocacy is an important aspect of nursing care, yet there are few instruments to measure this essential function. This study was conducted to develop, determine the psychometric properties, and support validity of the Protective Nursing Advocacy Scale (PNAS), which measures nursing advocacy beliefs and actions from a protective perspective. The study used a descriptive correlational design with a systematically selected sample of 419 medical-surgical registered nurses. Analysis of the 43-item instrument was conducted using principal components analysis with promax rotation, which resulted in the items loading onto four components. The four subscales have sufficient internal consistency, as did the overall PNAS. Satisfactory evidence of construct, content, and convergent validity were determined. Implications for nursing practice include using the PNAS in conjunction with an educational program to enhance advocacy skills, which may help to improve patient outcomes.

Leadership approaches for modern nursing practice

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Peter Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Transformational Leadership ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Contingency Theory ◽  
Leadership Role ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
The Core ◽  
Leadership Approaches ◽  
Cardiovascular Care

This article identifies leadership as a key responsibility of all nurses, including those working in cardiovascular care—whether they are in a leadership role or whether they have to exercise it in their practice. It identifies that, contrary to early theories, leadership knowledge and skills may be taught and learned. It identifies the core definitions of leadership as being influenced by the person, result, position, purpose or process. It goes on to discuss two key approaches to leadership that suit modern nursing practice: contingency theory and transformational leadership. These approaches are demonstrated as pertinent to modern nursing practice because they focus on the development of people and the team, and require emotional intelligence.

scholarly journals Nursing care in the anesthetic procedure: an integrative review

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 154-162 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cassiane de Santana Lemos ◽  
Aparecida de Cassia Giani Peniche
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health System ◽  
Patient Care ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Scientific Evidence ◽  
The United States ◽  
Nurse Anesthetists ◽  
Integrative Review ◽  
Nursing Professional

Abstract OBJECTIVE To search for the scientific evidence available on nursing professional actions during the anesthetic procedure. METHOD An integrative review of articles in Portuguese, English and Spanish, indexed in MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL, LILACS, National Cochrane, SciELO databases and the VHL portal. RESULTS Seven studies were analyzed, showing nurse anesthetists' work in countries such as the United States and parts of Europe, with the formulation of a plan for anesthesia and patient care regarding the verification of materials and intraoperative controls. The barriers to their performance involved working in conjunction with or supervised by anesthesiologists, the lack of government guidelines and policies for the legal exercise of the profession, and the conflict between nursing and the health system for maintenance of the performance in places with legislation and defined protocols for the specialty. Conclusion Despite the methodological weaknesses found, the studies indicated a wide diversity of nursing work. Furthermore, in countries absent of the specialty, like Brazil, the need to develop guidelines for care during the anesthetic procedure was observed.

scholarly journals The use of social network methodological framework in nursing care to breastfeeding women

2009 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Helena do Nascimento Souza ◽  
Ivis Emília de Oliveira Souza ◽  
Florence Romijn Tocantins
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Network Analysis ◽  
Nursing Care ◽  
Nursing Practice ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Strong Bond ◽  
The People ◽  
Primary Network ◽  
The Social

This study aimed to discuss the contribution of the social network methodological framework in nursing care delivered to women who breastfeed their children up to six months of age. This qualitative study aimed to elaborate the social network map of 20 women through tape-recorded interview. Social network analysis evidenced a "strong" bond between these women and members from their primary network, especially friends, neighbors, mothers or with the child's father, who were reported as the people most involved in the breastfeeding period. The contribution of this framework to nursing practice is discussed, especially in care and research processes. We believe that nurses' appropriation of this framework can be an important support for efficacious actions, as well as to favor a broader perspective on the social context people experience.

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