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0000-0003-4452-006X
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University of Canterbury
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Publisher: Wiley
Date: 07-04-2015
DOI: 10.1002/NOP2.16
Publisher: College of Nurses Aotearoa - NZ - Inc
Date: 12-2021
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 04-1998
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-3397(98)80184-5
Abstract: This paper describes a study of the experiences of seven nurses working with the families of people who die in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). A phenomenological approach is taken, which is informed by Heidegger and hermeneutics. Van Manen's methodological suggestions are used to shape and focus the study. The findings reveal that ICU nurses recognize this as a particularly difficult and tragic time in people's lives. Nurses are aware that the last hours or days with a dying relative may be vividly remembered for years to come. During this time nurses seek to optimize the human experience of the family by making the time as positive as, or the best, possible. This is achieved through strategies such as Being there, Supporting, Sharing, Involving, Interpreting and Advocating. These strategies are enabled by three domains: Nurse as Person, Nurse as Practitioner and Nurse as Colleague which describe a wider context to working effectively with families rather than merely looking at direct interactions between nurse and family. Optimizing the human experience is proposed as the central essence or phenomenon of nursing the families of people who die in intensive care.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Date: 28-09-2014
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Date: 06-2013
Publisher: Emerald
Date: 18-05-2021
Abstract: High prevalence of violence against persons with disabilities (PwDs) has prompted a steady growth of training aimed at equipping PwDs with personal safety skills. This paper aims to examine the efficacy of safety trainings for PwDs. A search of relevant electronic databases was conducted to shortlist peer-reviewed literature on empirically evaluated safety trainings for PwDs, between January 2010 and August 2020 with the defined inclusion criteria. Six safety programmes were reviewed. Data analysis revealed key themes related to programme modifications for accessibility fit of intervention to disability type PwDs’ learning needs and the context of disability abuse in designing intervention pathways. PwDs can benefit from and contribute to safety training, if programmes are adequately modified to support their learning and participation. Future studies can target disability abuse by known persons different disability groups and generate longitudinal data to strengthen validity of programme efficacy.
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
Date: 09-08-2023
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