{"title":"Integrating multidimensional stress management into a baccalaureate nursing curriculum.","authors":"S Grossman, K Wheeler","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The mandate for self-care for holistic nurses can be satisfied with a multidimensional stress management program. This article describes a quasiexperimental pilot study that assessed the need for such a program for senior students in a baccalaureate degree nursing program. Strategies are suggested to integrate these techniques into nursing education.</p>","PeriodicalId":77304,"journal":{"name":"NursingConnections","volume":"12 2","pages":"23-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21543120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The shortage to beat all shortages.","authors":"M Billingsley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77304,"journal":{"name":"NursingConnections","volume":"12 2","pages":"49-52"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21543461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
P Page, C Lengacher, C Holsonback, D Himmelgreen, L J Pappalardo, M J Lipana, K Lein
{"title":"Quality of care-risk adjustment outcomes model: testing the effects of a community-based educational self-management program for children with asthma.","authors":"P Page, C Lengacher, C Holsonback, D Himmelgreen, L J Pappalardo, M J Lipana, K Lein","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article describes the design of an outcomes model incorporating adjustment for patients' risks for various outcomes of care. A community-based educational self-management program for children with asthma is proposed for testing the model. Measures of model components: clinical factors; nonclinical factors; psychological, cognitive, and psychosocial functioning; and patient and client satisfaction are described. Testing this model has implications for guiding the development of individualized culturally sensitive nursing interventions for children with asthma and their parents.</p>","PeriodicalId":77304,"journal":{"name":"NursingConnections","volume":"12 3","pages":"47-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21636797","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Writing for publication as an advanced practice nurse.","authors":"M H Oermann","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advanced practice nurses (APN) develop and test nursing interventions, design initiatives in their organizations, and propose new ways of delivering care to patients and families; however, they frequently do not communicate these innovations to others. This article presents strategies for incorporating professional writing into the role of APN.</p>","PeriodicalId":77304,"journal":{"name":"NursingConnections","volume":"12 3","pages":"5-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21636788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nursing education and practice: revisiting the reunification challenge.","authors":"J E Johnson","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77304,"journal":{"name":"NursingConnections","volume":"12 2","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21543114","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
D Blanchard, L Aswell, G Goghlan, M Durnin, R Lomar, M Sibley, B Starns, J Williams
{"title":"A student-developed tool for assessing safety in schizophrenic patients.","authors":"D Blanchard, L Aswell, G Goghlan, M Durnin, R Lomar, M Sibley, B Starns, J Williams","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Schizophrenia is a chronic, disabling disease of mind and behavior. Since some schizophrenics are prone to violence, nursing students devised a safety risk assessment tool to help health care personnel screen clients in acute care settings who may be at risk for violent behavior. The tool is accurate, quick, and user-friendly, and it enhances communication among members of the multidisciplinary health care team. The results obtained from the assessment tool guide nurses and other health care team members in implementing appropriate interventions. Future research and pilot studies are warranted to increase the reliability and validity of this tool.</p>","PeriodicalId":77304,"journal":{"name":"NursingConnections","volume":"12 2","pages":"37-41"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21543459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Inspector General and JCAHO.","authors":"M Billingsley","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77304,"journal":{"name":"NursingConnections","volume":"12 3","pages":"59-61"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"21636798","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The effectiveness of guided design on ethical decision making and moral reasoning among community nursing students.","authors":"S L Turner, G A Bechtel","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study evaluated the effectiveness of guided design as an instructional method in ethical decision making and moral reasoning among 145 community health nursing students. Changes in the process of ethical decision making and moral reasoning were measured using Ketefian's judgment About Nursing Decisions (JAND) one week after the intervention. Results indicated a significant difference in ethical decision-making scores after instruction, but no difference in moral reasoning. The one specific component--Taking professional initiatives--increased on both subscales.</p>","PeriodicalId":77304,"journal":{"name":"NursingConnections","volume":"11 1","pages":"69-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20563830","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ethical issues and critical thinking: students' stories.","authors":"R Ludwick, C A Sedlak","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Through the stories told by these students it is evident that beginning students do think critically and act ethically during their first clinical nursing course. Ethical dilemmas involving students and staff, patients, faculty, and peers depict beginning students' development of values as they evolve into professionals. The conscientiousness and caring displayed by beginning students is apparent from students' shared perspectives. It is particularly encouraging that they seemed to focus more on values and cognitive aspects of patient care than on primarily technical psychomotor skills such as taking blood pressures and giving injections. Teaching beginning students is a challenge because the educator's role is twofold: Help students build a foundation for developing ongoing critical thinking abilities and help students develop an ethical view of patient care. Further exploration of critical thinking and ethical decision making should emphasize the mutual student-educator roles in facilitating self-awareness, through conscious awareness of their beliefs, values, feelings, and multiple perspectives. Because nursing emphasizes the human element and student nurses deal with human lives, educators play a vital role in facilitating the development of beginning students as critical thinkers and as ethical nurses. The most knowledgeable and most psychologically mature faculty are needed to teach beginning nursing students. Through ongoing reflection and critical thinking, nurse educators can help beginning students to identify and develop multiple perspectives on the ethics of nursing practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":77304,"journal":{"name":"NursingConnections","volume":"11 3","pages":"12-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"20790278","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}