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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"nurse-patient relationship"”.
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Patient Care Technology and the Nurse-Patient Relationship
… has providers questioning the impact on the patient-provider relationship. Technological device integration has been studied in the primary care setting, less extensively in the acute care setting. The impact of device use on the nurse-patient relationship in acute care setting required …
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The Development of Trust in the Nurse-Patient Relationship with Hospitalized Mexican American Patients
… of Hispanics and providing nursing care that is patient-centered and culturally competent is important when caring for this population. Trust is an important component of patient-centered care and culturally competent care as well as a major element , <italic>(confianza)</italic> in the Hispanic …
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Nursing Care through the Eyes of the Patient
Ethnographic methods were used to examine the nurse-patient interaction for the purpose of developing descriptive and explanatory theory of patient satisfaction based on patients' perceptions regarding their nurses' interpersonal skills. A private acute care hospital was the setting for 40 patients …
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The Registered Nurse Experience Delivering Care to a Difficult Patient: A Qualitative Study
<p><strong>Background</strong>: Nurses provide care for patients they classify as “difficult.” The phenomenon of the difficult patient is described in nursing research and is associated with a broad spectrum of behaviors ranging from non-compliant to physical violence. Despite the recommendation …
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In The Blood
… of belonging, identity, and expectation. As a nurse, working in a pediatric setting, some of the essays relate literally and specifically to blood, while others use the concept of blood as metaphor for who we are and where we come from. Part I is a series of observations that explore the …
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Empathy Among Nursing Undergraduates at a Chinese Private University
… positively with the quality of caring, the nurse-patient relationship, patient satisfaction, and the outcomes of treatment. Understanding and cultivating empathy of nursing undergraduates has been one of the main focuses of nursing education. Taking into account the lack of quantitative …
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The effect of a planned instructional program on the empathy levels of registered nurses at a metropolitan hospital in Southern Louisiana
The professional nurse’s role focuses on two distinct provisions of expert care involving the science and art of caring for patients. Nurses must attain and maintain a high level of scientific, clinical expertise. In addition, nurses must continuously seek to understand, relate to and connect with …
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Reconciling Temporalities: A Substantive Explanation of the Origins of Difficulty in the Nurse Patient Encounter
Nurses describe patients as difficult on a regular basis. Nursing research to date has assumed the existence of this phenomenon. Most studies have listed descriptors of the difficult patient and offered interventions for nurses to use to alter patient behavior. Locating of difficulty within the …
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Patient Engagement in Transitional Care
<p>The Clinical Nurse Leader Master’s project was conducted about a public health program called the Transitional Care Program that was working in partnership with a county hospital system, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center. The specific aim was to reduce hospital re-admissions of high-risk …
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Giving voice to the vulnerable: Advocacy and oncology nursing
… by a purposely selected group of expert oncology nurse clinicians. Informants, nineteen registered oncology nurses working in direct care roles, participated in semi-structured interviews which were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim to comprise data collection. Informant recruitment and data …
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Examining Nursing Presence in the Acute Care Setting as an Indicator of Patient Satisfaction with Nursing Care
… is conceptualized as occurring within the nurse-patient relationship when the nurse acknowledges the uniqueness of the patient, within his or her context of being and chooses to intervene on the patient's behalf with a patient who allows the nurse into a reciprocal relationship. Nursing …
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Disengagement from patient relationships: nurses' experience in acute care
… origin of stress, they share similarities in nurses’ response to the patient relationship. Depersonalization, withdrawal, and avoidance all serve to create relational distance between the nurse and the patient. Despite the prevalence of these responses, there are not any theories on the …
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Experiences of Nurses and Midwives during the Ebola Outbreak in Liberia, West Africa
… and socioeconomic upheaval. The decision of nurses and midwives whether or not to render care during outbreaks is vital for the containment of the disease. The purpose of this study was to explore the experiences of nurses and midwives during the Ebola outbreak in Liberia. A grounded theory …
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Ethical Decision-Making among Critical Care Unit Nurses
The health care business has created complex relationships between consumers and health care institutions. Rising health costs, rationing of health care and medical technology have put critical care unit (CCU) nurses in complex environments where they must face ethical conflict. CCU nurses find …
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The Impact of the Symphonological Approach to Ethical Decision Making on Advanced Level Nursing Students
… decision-making abilities of the advanced level nurse. A second gap is the need to investigate specific models and theories to support the profession of nursing in making ethical decisions.</p><p> Purpose: The purpose was to explore the following research questions: What is the effect of a …
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Phenomenological Study of the Lived Experience of New Graduate Nurses Caring for Hospitalized Patients Living with Dementia
… Study of the Lived Experience of New Graduate Nurses Caring for Hospitalized Patients Living with Dementia.</p> <p><strong>Purpose.</strong> This study explored new graduate nurses’ lived experiences in caring for hospitalized patients living with dementia.</p> <p><strong>Background.</strong> …
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The Moral Reasoning of Nurse Practitioners
… to identify the moral dilemmas experienced by nurse practitioners in their clinical practice and to describe the essential features of moral reasoning utilized by the nurse practitioners to resolve the moral dilemma. The participants in the study were ten female volunteers who were currently …
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The role of patient involvement in the promotion of hand hygiene among nurses in the hospital setting
Aim: To understand the role of patient involvement in the promotion of hand hygiene among nurses in the hospital setting. Methods: This qualitative PhD thesis is comprised of two studies; focus group discussions with nurses and interviews with patients. In the first study, focus group discussions …
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Cultural Discovery in Nursing Practice: The Experience of Nurses' Who Work with Vietnamese
… a substantive theory of cultural discovery among nurses who work with Vietnamese. A grounded theory approach involving dimensional analysis was employed. A purposive sample of 27 registered nurses with experiences working with Vietnamese in acute care, community, and clinic settings was …
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