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Experiencing Transitions: An Emerging Middle-Range Theory
Afaf Ibrahim Meleis,Linda M. Sawyer,Eun-Ok Im,DeAnne K. Hilfinger Messias,Karen L. Schumacher +4 more
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The previous conceptual analysis of transitions is extended and refined by drawing on the results of five different research studies that have examined transitions using an integrative approach to theory development.Abstract:
Changes in health and illness of individuals create a process of transition, and clients in transition tend to be more vulnerable to risks that may in turn affect their health. Uncovering these risks may be enhanced by understanding the transition process. As a central concept of nursing, transition has been analyzed, its components identified, and a framework to articulate and to reflect the relationship between these components has been defined. In this article, the previous conceptual analysis of transitions is extended and refined by drawing on the results of five different research studies that have examined transitions using an integrative approach to theory development. The emerging middle-range theory of transitions consists of types and patterns of transitions, properties of transition experiences, facilitating and inhibiting conditions, process indicators, outcome indicators, and nursing therapeutics. The diversity, complexity, and multiple dimensionality of transition experiences need to be further explored and incorporated in future research and nursing practice related to transitions.read more
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Transition: a literature review
TL;DR: A comprehensive literature review exploring how the term 'transition' has been used in the health literature found widespread use of the word 'transitions' suggests that it is an important concept.
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Chronic illness self-management: taking action to create order.
TL;DR: The process of self-management is argued to be central to the experience of transition and for nurses to embrace processes in nursing practice that will facilitate interactions with clients without obstructing the diversity of perspectives, create an environment conducive to learning and engage individuals in identifying self- management strategies that have meaning in their lives.
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Psychological factors that impact on women's experiences of first-time motherhood: a qualitative study of the transition
TL;DR: The objectives of this study were to explore the maternal transition from womens' perspectives and to identify any unmet needs for support and three main themes all contributed to the core category: 'changes in the woman's self-concept'.
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The quest for ordinariness: transition experienced by midlife women living with chronic illness.
TL;DR: Understanding illness transitions offers a framework that will enable nurses to move beyond the bio-medically orientated concepts of nursing practice, towards a holistic approach to the provision of nursing care.
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Perceived readiness for hospital discharge in adult medical-surgical patients.
Marianne E. Weiss,Linda B. Piacentine,Lisa Lokken,Janice Ancona,Joanne Archer,Susan Gresser,Sue Baird Holmes,Sally Toman,Anne Toy,Teri Vega-Stromberg +9 more
TL;DR: Study results provided support for Meleis' transitions theory as a useful model for conceptualizing and investigating the discharge transition and have implications for the CNS role in patient and staff education, system building for the postdischarge transition, and measurement of clinical care outcomes.
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TL;DR: Hondagneu-Sotelo as discussed by the authors argues that people do not migrate as a result of concerted household strategies, but as a consequence of negotiations often fraught with conflict in families and social networks.
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Managing Transitions: Making the Most of Change
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