{"title":"Native American Youth Reflections on Participation in a School-Based Mental Health Intervention Program.","authors":"John Lowe, Rose Wimbish-Tompkins, Melessa Kelley","doi":"10.20467/ijhc-2025-0042","DOIUrl":"10.20467/ijhc-2025-0042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The overall aim of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of Native American youth who participated in a culturally grounded, school-based group intervention program designed to prevent mental health disorders. The study employed a traditional Native American talking circle qualitative descriptive approach. This study approach is a traditional Native American method where individuals gather to share their experiences on a specific topic. A convenience sample of 20 rural Native American youth, aged 10-12 years, participated in the talking circle sessions at the end of the group intervention program and after completing all intervention outcome measures. Semistructured, open-ended questions were used to elicit participant reflections. Data were analyzed using Consensual Qualitative Research. Words and phrases that emerged from the data were categorized in relation to the key concepts and actions from the Native-Reliance theoretical framework. Themes that emerged from responses from youth participants demonstrated how their experiences and reflections align with the Native-Reliance theoretical core values of seeking truth and making connections. The school-based group intervention program provided Native American youth participants with an opportunity to understand and experience the Native-Reliance core values and key concepts in a profound and meaningful way. The group intervention program fostered caring relationships, personal growth, and deep cultural connections. By supporting reconnection to cultural teachings and enhancing self-awareness within a cultural community, the group intervention program promoted a deep sense of wellness rooted in identity and caring relationships.</p>","PeriodicalId":92527,"journal":{"name":"International journal for human caring","volume":"29 4","pages":"227-237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12857846/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146109072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Nursing Students’ Perspectives on Caring Pedagogical Relationship Within the Context of Simulation: A Phenomenological Inquiry","authors":"Houssem Eddine Ben-Ahmed, Chantal Cara, Sylvain Brousseau","doi":"10.20467/ijhc-2023-0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20467/ijhc-2023-0015","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract:This phenomenological research aimed to describe and understand nursing students’ meaning of the lived experience of a caring pedagogical relationship within the context of high-fidelity clinical simulation. Being inspired by a relational emancipatory pedagogy perspective, our findings highlighted an authentic engagement of educators as the cornerstone to fostering a safe, caring, and inclusive learning space, allowing them to co-create a humanistic collaboration with students to transform their learning process. Innovative and various avenues arising from our findings have been suggested in different domains of nursing practice to promote students’ learning and develop a caring inclusive learning community within simulation centers.","PeriodicalId":92527,"journal":{"name":"International journal for human caring","volume":"30 6","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141388092","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}
Christine Griffin, Karen Sousa, Jacqueline Jones, Mustafa Ozkaynak, Sara Horton-Deutsch
{"title":"Compassion Without Fatigue. A Unitary Caring Science Approach: Part II—Essential Truths of Compassion Fatigue for Pediatric Nurses","authors":"Christine Griffin, Karen Sousa, Jacqueline Jones, Mustafa Ozkaynak, Sara Horton-Deutsch","doi":"10.20467/ijhc-2023-0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20467/ijhc-2023-0019","url":null,"abstract":"This article shares the findings of a research study about the external and internal barriers and consequences nurses face as they try to ward off compassion fatigue. This qualitative research employs Relational Caring Inquiry, honoring unique narratives while gaining collective insight into the experiences of being a nurse. Participants for this study were nurses on inpatient units. Findings illustrate the tangible consequences nurses face from the complexities of working in today’s healthcare settings. The information shared reflects the profound purpose that nurses bring while shedding light on what keeps them from flourishing in their roles.","PeriodicalId":92527,"journal":{"name":"International journal for human caring","volume":"177 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140485235","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":"Concept of Love in Nursing Based on the Iranian View: Love, True Meaning, or Virtual?","authors":"A. Ghorbani, Akram Sadat Sadat Hoseini","doi":"10.20467/ijhc-2022-0022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20467/ijhc-2022-0022","url":null,"abstract":"Love is a concept with a special position in human interaction and the definitions of love vary by societies. Also, a common understanding of love in nursing was not located, and very few studies have attempted to describe the concept of love in nursing. This concept analysis aimed to analyze the concept of love in nursing by accounting for the views of scholars and Iranian intellectuals using the seven stages of Meleis’s conceptualization. Based on the perspectives of Iranian intellectuals, the love and affection of nurses toward their patients derive from their love of God. This affection is inherent in nurses and manifests itself during nursing practice. The results indicated that love in nursing is the excessive affection/compassion that nurses have toward their patients and is derived from loving God and nurses’ desire to achieve excellence, which is God. Loving patients leads to nurses’ growth and spiritual development.","PeriodicalId":92527,"journal":{"name":"International journal for human caring","volume":"94 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140480781","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":"A Historical and Empirical Review of Compassion","authors":"Mark S. Walker, Lyndsay Wright","doi":"10.20467/ijhc-2022-0018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20467/ijhc-2022-0018","url":null,"abstract":"Compassion is a core attribute of nursing practice and is associated with improved patient satisfaction and outcomes. Only recently has compassion appeared in nursing literature. Therefore, the purpose of this literature review is to examine the historical context of compassion within nursing education and practice, how it is currently defined, and a review of the empirical data. The findings of this review revealed that compassion has been defined in a variety of methods, often based on the discipline in which the term is being defined. However, the empirical evidence attempts to define compassion across disciplines, which may present challenges and, as a result, be wrongly characterized and defined.","PeriodicalId":92527,"journal":{"name":"International journal for human caring","volume":"41 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140509618","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":"Caring Praxis: Responding to Persons Experiencing Opioid Use Disorder","authors":"K. Gramling, Kathleen Mary Elliott","doi":"10.20467/ijhc-2022-0036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20467/ijhc-2022-0036","url":null,"abstract":"This article ascertains the features of Roach’s Caring Theory in a published educational approach to prepare Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) students to care for persons with opioid use disorder and substance use disorder. The intervention documented a positive change in the attitudes of DNP students after a 13-week didactic and experiential program. However, the research design was not grounded in a nursing theory. This secondary study reanalyzed the intervention through the lens of Simone Roach’s Caring model. The aim is to make caring attributes visible in the teaching and learning of caregiving for this population. Roach’s six Cs of compassion, competence, confidence, conscience, commitment, and comportment are illustrated.","PeriodicalId":92527,"journal":{"name":"International journal for human caring","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140509502","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}
Fernando Riegel, Lucas Daniel Ribas, Jaqueline Ribeiro dos Santos Machado, Ingrid Amaral Soares, Margarita Ana Rubin Unicovsky
{"title":"Caring for Families in Vulnerable Situations: Welcoming Families and Survivors of the Tragedy of Santa Maria","authors":"Fernando Riegel, Lucas Daniel Ribas, Jaqueline Ribeiro dos Santos Machado, Ingrid Amaral Soares, Margarita Ana Rubin Unicovsky","doi":"10.20467/IJHC-2021-0042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20467/IJHC-2021-0042","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: to describe the experiences of students and teachers in welcoming families and survivors of the tragedy of Santa Maria. Method: experience report based on the Nursing As Caring Theory of Boykin and Schoenhofer. Results: Nursing students offered active and solidary listening, verification of vital signs, guidance in relation to the continuous use of medications, and singing and playing guitar with family members were carried out to reduce the suffering of family members. Conclusions: the importance of solidary actions in complementing clinical education was highlighted, emphasizing the development of critical and holistic thinking, humanized and solidary care.","PeriodicalId":92527,"journal":{"name":"International journal for human caring","volume":"102 1","pages":"225 - 234"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139304582","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}
Ryan Q. De Torres, Gracielle Ruth M. Adajar, Alexandra Belle S. Bernal, J. Paguio
{"title":"Review of Interventions to Promote Culturally Congruent Care for Sexual and Gender Minorities","authors":"Ryan Q. De Torres, Gracielle Ruth M. Adajar, Alexandra Belle S. Bernal, J. Paguio","doi":"10.20467/IJHC-2022-0013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20467/IJHC-2022-0013","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual and gender minorities (SGMs) are more likely to suffer from healthcare disparities and inequities than heterosexuals. Whittmore and Knafl’s method was used in this integrative review to examine interventions to promote culturally congruent care for SGMs. Using online databases and search alerts, 31 articles were searched, appraised, and included. There are universality and diversity in the characteristics of interventions to promote culturally congruent care for SGMs. The findings reveal that culturally congruent care interventions can significantly promote optimal health outcomes and effective care delivery for SGMs. Collaboration, partnership, and advocacy must be observed in conceptualizing culturally congruent care for sexual and gender minorities.","PeriodicalId":92527,"journal":{"name":"International journal for human caring","volume":"21 1","pages":"250 - 260"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139317932","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":"Mapping Our Nursing Essence: A Tattooed Imprint of the Struggle Between Desire and Reality","authors":"Colleen Maykut, Cole Miller, Meredith Porter","doi":"10.20467/IJHC-2021-0025","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.20467/IJHC-2021-0025","url":null,"abstract":"A plural research design, critical hermeneutic circle, and body mapping informed the qualitative study to understand the aesthetic visible tensions that imprint on the novice nurse. Specifically, of interest was the intersection between what a nurse desires to do and what they are able to do in their practice as the underlying tension. The life-sized body maps provided a view of the inner world of six body maps with themes including duality, powerlessness, embodiment, lifeforce, and identity. Caring discourse to create shared meaning-making occurred as a community to acquire new insights into influences on one’s practice. Caring sciences theory and language informed the research design, facilitated the development of the community, and provided novel knowledge to expand the nursing profession.","PeriodicalId":92527,"journal":{"name":"International journal for human caring","volume":"1 1","pages":"190 - 202"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139318069","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}