{"title":"Clients' and nurses' perspectives on caring as related to nursing leadership--the Hellenic dimension. Part One.","authors":"E Patistea, Z Vardaki","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2001.19128","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19128","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Public perceptions of caring are vital to the future of the nursing profession. Literature indicates that patients conceive caring in a traditional manner which contrasts with that of nurses. This paper addresses the culturally determined complex and interactive personal, historical and sociopolitical factors that account for the development of clients' and nurses' perceptions of caring and explains the differences observed in research between the two groups. It also discusses the high cost that society and nursing pay today for the poor public image of nurse caring. Finally, it identifies strategies that nurses, especially those in leadership positions, can use to improve the consumer's view of caring and to reduce the gap existing between clients' and professionals' perceptions of the concept. The Hellenic perspective is used as a reference point to present the relevance of the issue to the broader context of nursing in the world. The paper is based upon primary and secondary data including research findings, legislation, the authors' observations and experiences with their domestic health care system, and available literature on the subject.</p>","PeriodicalId":80260,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of nursing leadership","volume":"14 3","pages":"28-39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19128","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40922476","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":"Pont Du Gard forum: preserving the light.","authors":"G L Mitchell, M Ferguson-Pare","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2001.19124","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19124","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80260,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of nursing leadership","volume":"14 3","pages":"6-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40921254","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":"Perspective: Economically speaking about nurse staffing.","authors":"R Grein, G Whitson-Shea","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2001.19122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Evidence exists telling us that we are currently in the early stages of a nursing shortage, and at the same time consumer demands for health care continues to increase. Principals of economics, when applied to such a state forewarn of changing times and can help us to predict a future very different that what we now see.</p>","PeriodicalId":80260,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of nursing leadership","volume":"14 2","pages":"29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40922468","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":"Profile of a leader: Labour relations pioneer: Alice Lillian Wright (1894 - 2000).","authors":"S J Rankin Zerr, G Zilm","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2001.19121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Alice Wright, who died in March 2000 at age 105 years, was one of Canadian nursing's pioneers in labor relations for nurses. The Registrar and Executive Director of the Registered Nurses Association of B.C. from 1943 to 1960, she was named an Honorary Member of the Canadian Nurses Association in 1962, just one of the honors for her pioneering labor relations work, her contributions to improvements in standards of nursing education, and her many professional contributions nationally and internationally.</p>","PeriodicalId":80260,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of nursing leadership","volume":"14 2","pages":"27-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40922469","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":"Hospital restructuring in Ontario: lessons learned and next steps.","authors":"R J Burke","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2001.19116","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19116","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80260,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of nursing leadership","volume":"14 2","pages":"4-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19116","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40921248","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":"\"Let's get real\". Destroying-restoring community in nursing.","authors":"M Ferguson-Pare, G J Mitchell","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2001.19118","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19118","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80260,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of nursing leadership","volume":"14 2","pages":"7-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40921247","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":"Process evaluation of an integrated model of discharge planning.","authors":"M LeClerc, D L Wells","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2001.19120","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19120","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In this study, a new, empirically-derived model of discharge planning for acutely-ill elderly was evaluated to determine (a) whether it could be implemented in a hospital setting, and (b) what facilitated or challenged the implementation. The process evaluation involved four case studies conducted on three in-patient units of two acute-care hospitals. Data were analyzed using explanation-building and case comparison methods. Three main study results emerged: (a) The integrated model had the potential to be implemented in a hospital setting when certain conditions were in place, (b) use of the integrated approach to discharge planning contributed to patient satisfaction, and (c) the materials developed as part of the discharge planning protocol required only minor formatting modifications in order to be rendered user-friendly. In this article, recommendations are made that will facilitate the model's implementation and utilization in other clinical settings and ongoing and future process evaluations.</p>","PeriodicalId":80260,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of nursing leadership","volume":"14 2","pages":"19-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40922467","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":"Family-centered care in Ontario general hospitals: the views of pediatric nurses.","authors":"S Caty, S Larocque, I Koren","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2001.19119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19119","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Registered nurses and registered practical nurses working on pediatric units in 35 Ontario general hospitals participated in a study that examined their perceptions and practices of family-centered care (FCC). The Family-Centered Care Questionnaire-Revised (FCCQ-R) was used to collect the data. The participants were asked to rate their level of agreement regarding necessary elements (perceptions) of family-centered care and whether these elements are part of their current work (practice). The participants had a reasonable knowledge of the necessary elements of family-centered care, but were not consistently including these in their every day work. A number of barriers to the implementation of family-centered care were also identified. Perception and practice scores were higher among those who had participated in continuing education on family-centered care than those who had not. The findings suggest that some nurses may be having difficulties shifting from a medical helping model of care to an enabling helping model of care, which is considered the foundation of family-centered care. Difficulties in implementing family-centered care appear to be systemic, both at the unit and organizational level. Based on the findings, implications for practice, education and research are suggested.</p>","PeriodicalId":80260,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of nursing leadership","volume":"14 2","pages":"10-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.12927/cjnl.2001.19119","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40922466","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":"Discovery Path: a retention strategy for mid-career nurses.","authors":"G J Donner, M M Wheeler","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2001.16308","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2001.16308","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>As health care administrators, policymakers, nursing organizations, and nurses begin to deal with the reality of a looming (and to an increasing extent, existing) serious shortage of nurses both in Canada and globally, recruitment and retention issues are again in the news. Much attention has been directed towards two responses: (a) attracting young people into the profession and helping them integrate into and identify with nursing as a lifelong career, and (b) developing sustainable retention strategies to ensure that nurses remain in nursing. One population that requires particular attention is the mid-career group of nurses. Those nurses, in their late 30s and 40s with 15 and more years of experience, have the professional memory that employers count on, the expertise that patients and clients require, and the experience and wisdom that young nurses depend on for coaching, mentoring, and support. Retention strategies targeted to these mid-career nurses require a diverse set of activities that are focused on those nurses' specific stage of personal and professional development and that recognize their unique needs. The purpose of this article is to describe a program that targets mid-career nurses, predominantly women who, having spent much of their careers and lives caring for others-children, parents, patients-are beginning to question their own futures. The goals of the program and the experiences of one group of nurses in the program, as well as the results of a two-year follow up with them, will be discussed. Recommendations for future retention strategies will also be offered.</p>","PeriodicalId":80260,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of nursing leadership","volume":"14 1","pages":"27-31"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40921787","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":"Profile of a leader. Katherine E. MacLaggan: New Brunswick's nurse revolutionist with evolutionary strategies.","authors":"A H McGee","doi":"10.12927/cjnl.2001.16319","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.12927/cjnl.2001.16319","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":80260,"journal":{"name":"Canadian journal of nursing leadership","volume":"14 1","pages":"32-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2001-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40922275","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}