Showing papers in "International Journal of Nursing Studies in 1988"

TL;DR: It was concluded that nursing burnout is both an organizational and a personal problem, and work relationships and tension-releasing and instrumental problem-focused coping were the most powerful predictors of burnout.

TL;DR: Knowledge levels were low and attitudes were traditional, and the gynaecology nurses' scores showed them to be less knowledgeable and more conservative than other nurses, which match those of studies carried out in the U.S.A. in the 1970s.

TL;DR: In this study, simultaneous triangulation was used to explore the problem of the 'difficult' patient and an explanatory model for the difficult behaviour was developed.

TL;DR: A study was conducted to compare nurses' work satisfaction and feelings of health and stress in three psychiatric departments differing in type of work, and it appears that the admissions department receives relatively high scores on the work satisfaction variables.

TL;DR: Findings showed that for the in-hospital phase, patients in the group given pre-operative instructions performed at a significantly higher level compared to the uninstructed group, and both the instructed post-mastectomy and post-hysterectomy groups performed self-care activities at home significantly better than and more frequently than the uninstruct groups.

TL;DR: An examination of the extent to which the individual components of emotional distress contributed to the subjects' functioning revealed that the tension-anxiety component of the emotional distress score was the best predictor of their functioning.

TL;DR: The researcher concluded that group dynamics require consideration when planning nursing care delivery systems and that nurses need to develop pragmatic, supportive, psychosocial nursing interventions.

TL;DR: The authors contend that conceptions of the importance of professional status are assimilated during work experience and the necessity and importance of role modelling, role repetition and interactions with a professional group are supported by findings from the literature and the authors' current research.

TL;DR: During the first 6 months, the concerns focused on CF management and over the subsequent year were followed by concerns related to growth and development and, finally, to family interactions, which suggests a sequence to the types of interventions accepted by this population.

TL;DR: Research today is increasingly a very important segment of nursing and is one of the avenues for nurses in expanding their role, with the main one being access to information, such as diagnostic criteria and psychological testing.

TL;DR: Results indicated similarities in health conceptions and behaviors for the two groups and underscore the necessity of viewing health within a broader context when providing health care to individuals with chronic disease.

TL;DR: For effectiveness, the educational programmes of the nurses should also be directed at the traditional healers and the medicine dealers.

TL;DR: Two applications of distance education methods at the undergraduate and graduate levels are described in this article and video-conferencing to teach a course in the Master of Nursing program at the University of Alberta is employed.

TL;DR: Study results showed that 90% of outpatients at an internationally recognized AIDS medical center wanted more information about building their immune systems, and results suggests that nurses need to take a more active role in monitoring and addressing patients' changing informational needs.

TL;DR: Private acute hospitals appear to attract recruits from a specific section of the NHS workforce: nurses under 30 years of age with specialist skills such as theatre nursing, renal nursing, intensive care and oncology.

TL;DR: Differences in the missions of clinical practice setting and educational setting were the basis for the challenges in planning and completing this research project.

TL;DR: Questions of when, if ever, a nurse might be justified on other than legal grounds to either (1) refuse to carry out a doctor's orders or (2) refuse/decline to care for a given patient are critically examined.

TL;DR: Findings of the study suggest that nursing can play an important role in the delivery of health care that meets the World Health Organization's goal of Health for All through universal coverage of primary health care to the defined population.

TL;DR: Methods of adapting the program to local and national needs, abilities and resources are described along with the use of the counterpart concept to assure program continuation once foreign nurse-experts are no longer available.

TL;DR: An overview of the present climate in this country is presented and skills not previously expected of nurse administrators are presented for consideration of effective management practices for the future.

TL;DR: This paper presents a summary of the development of a Diploma in Nursing course available through distance teaching and highlights areas of collaboration both at the institutional and personal levels which extend across national boundaries.

TL;DR: The paper ends with suggestions for the better use of traditional knowledge and the integration of this knowledge with Western practices--all for the general good of the would-be clients.

TL;DR: Progress is, however, being made in health-care educational programs within Sanaa University and the Health Manpower Institutes to develop the resources of the Yemeni people to meet thehealth-care needs of their country.

TL;DR: The Nursing Hours Per Patient index is extended to the calculation of appropriate indices for five categories of midwifery ward, antenatal, delivery, postnatal, special care baby units, combined units (including delivery wards) and combined antenatal and postnatal wards.

TL;DR: The purpose, process, pitfalls and rewards of the association are described with the hope that others may be stimulated to seek opportunities nationally, and internationally, for pooling resources in the interests of improving the quality and availability of advanced education in nursing.