Showing papers by "Mohammad Ali Cheraghi published in 2009"
TL;DR: The findings showed that there was a range of competing subcultures between management and nursing, and the most important basic social problem was inferred as divergence in nursing organization across academic and clinical settings.
Abstract: Divergence in Iranian nursing organization including academic and clinical settings adversely affects knowledge transfer. Centralized and medical focused nursing with a lack of effective representation at senior or national level was inferred as the main causal conditions. Using grounded theory methodology, in-depth individual interviews were conducted with 17 participants to better understand their perceptions of the organizational factors influencing knowledge transfer. Organizational factors affecting knowledge transfer can be grouped into two main categories or themes: (i) the dimensions of incompetent organizational content (such as work culture); and (ii) incompetent organizational structure (such as the hierarchy of authority, the expertise and the standardization). The findings showed that there was a range of competing subcultures between management and nursing. The most important basic social problem was inferred as divergence in nursing organization across academic and clinical settings.
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TL;DR: The study suggests that the nurses' success in caring for people at the end of life is reliant on their interpersonal caring relationship, and Facilitating such relationship requires the establishment of palliative care unit, incorporation of p terminally ill patients' care into undergraduate nursing studies, and cultural preparation through public education.
Abstract: Aim: To explore the meaning of Iranian oncology nurses' experiences of caring for people at the end of life. Materials and Methods: A phenomenological hermeneutic approach was applied. Fifteen nurses working in oncology units were interviewed in 2007 regarding their experiences of caring for people at the end of life. Results: Participants experienced caring for people at the end of life as sharing space and time to be lost within an organizational context. This main theme was divided into three subthemes including being attentive to the dying persons and their families, being cared for by the dying persons and their families, and being faced with barriers. Conclusion: The study suggests that the nurses' success in caring for people at the end of life is reliant on their interpersonal caring relationship. Facilitating such relationship requires the establishment of palliative care unit, incorporation of palliative care into undergraduate nursing studies, and cultural preparation through public education.
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