Staff anxieties about death in residential settings for elderly people

This study examined the relationship between death anxiety, the anxiety surrounding dealing practically with dying, and the level of experience of care assistants in residential settings for the elderly. It also examined the perception of the officer in charge of the establishment of the care assistants' level of anxiety. Age was the best predictor of both death anxiety and practical anxiety, the two being correlated. There was also a difference in perception of staff anxiety as a consequence of ethnic-group membership. The implications of this for training and practice are discussed.     

Collaboration: a concept analysis

Collaboration is a complex phenomenon, yet one that is of significance to nursing This concept analysis presents definitions and defining characteristics of collaboration so that the concept may be used in the creation of operational definitions, or to develop and evaluate tools for measuring collaboration Antecedents, consequences and empirical referents of collaboration are explored Model, contrary and related cases are presented to clarify this concept further