Nursing home residents' perceptions of relocation

Summary

• ? The lived experience of relocating to a nursing home is explored from the perspective of 19 residents of Australian nursing homes.
• ? The interpretative research methodology is informed by hermeneutic phenomenology.
• ? In-depth interviews were conducted with 19 nursing home residents living in nursing homes in NSW. Interviews were audiotaped, transcribed and analysed to identify emergent themes.
• ? The themes are described and interpreted to provide an understanding of the relocation experience.

     

护理人员信息管理系统的开发与应用

本文回顾了国内护理人员信息系统研究的背景和现状,介绍了作者自行研制的护理人员信息管理系统的结构和功能,并将其用于护士继续教育和规范化培训的管理过程,已取得较好成果。护理人员信息管理系统的开发与应用旨在适应未来护理的发展需求,促进护理管理的现代化。     

The Use of Humor in Addressing the Sexuality of Elderly Nursing Home Residents

This paper is drawn from a large phenomenologically based study which investigated the nursing home carers' experiences of elderly residents' sexuality. Joking and teasing with the residents was an acknowledged way for staff to deal with sexuality in the nursing home. Whilst humor can be used in a therapeutic way to establish and maintain rapport, as well as to deal with incidents which are uncomfortable, joking is also known to be an effective way to manipulate and control people. Teasing can be used as an effective strategy to discourage certain types of behavior.     

睡眠呼吸暂停综合征患者夜间睡眠呼吸参数的变化及护理对策(英文)

目的：探讨睡眠呼吸暂停综合征（ＳＡＳ）患者夜间睡眠呼吸参数的变化及相应护理对策。方法：对１６例ＳＡＳ住院患者在治疗前、睡眠姿势训练、气道持续正压（ＣＰＡＰ）呼吸机治疗三种状态下,进行整夜多导睡眠仪监测。结果：在ＳＡＳ整夜呼吸紊乱中,零点以后其危险因素大大增加,出现严重低氧血症,血压升高,心律失常,尤其是呼吸暂停时间延长,次数增加。而侧卧位可显著地改善低氧血症,最低血氧饱和度（ＳａＯ２）从（６２±１９）％升高至（８３±１１）％（Ｐ＜０．０１）,ＣＰＡＰ呼吸机治疗能使呼吸调节障碍得到明显的恢复,呼吸暂停由（４４．３±２２．６）次降至（０．２５±０．５４）次（Ｐ＜０．０１）。结论：护理上应密切观察病情变化,特别是零点以后应加强巡视,除观察呼吸运动外还应警惕脑血管病及心脏疾病的发生,对不具备ＣＰＡＰ呼吸机治疗条件者宜采取睡眠时督促取侧卧位。对ＳＡＳ患者进行健康教育也是减少危险因素的重要护理措施。     

住院病人焦虑的原因及护理对策

目的：分析住院病人焦虑的原因,有效地减轻住院病人的焦虑程度。方法：使用焦虑自评量表（SAS）及问卷对347例住院病人进行焦虑原因的调查分析。结果：问卷20题中有13项肯定组与否定组的SAS评分存在显著差异或非常显著差异;不同年龄、不同文化程度、不同住院时间、治疗费用不同支出方式的住院病人SAS评分也存在显著差异。结论：明确住院病人焦虑原因,可有针对性地对其做好心理护理。     

Coping with rheumatoid arthritis. How can specialist nurses influence it and promote better outcomes?

• ? Psychological stressors are said to be an important influence on the outcome of chronic illnesses such as rheumatoid arthritis (Engel, 1977).
• ? Helping patients to cope with stressors is identified as a central concept in the delivery of nursing care (Khan et al., 1994). It is thus reasonable to suggest that rheumatology nurses may be key players in the process of coping with rheumatoid arthritis.
• ? But in order for rheumatology nurses to be effective players in this process, they need to discourage coping behaviour(s) linked to poor outcomes, and/or promote an overall behaviour pattern linked to a better outcome. Literature showing the link between different coping behaviours and outcome is examined, and cognitive restructuring is emphasized as one method nurses could use.
• ? Having identified coping behaviour which is optimal in terms of future outcome, further study of different forms of coping-based educational intervention is suggested, to reveal how such patterns of behaviour can be taught by nurses in the most effective way

     

A study of the provision of health checks and health-promotion clinics in 18 general practices

Summary

• ? The objective of this study was to describe the variation in provision of health checks and health-promotion clinics operating under the regulations of the 1990 Contract for general practice in the UK.
• ? Eighteen group practices in three Family Health Service Authority (FHSA) areas of England (two in the South West Thames region and one in the Yorkshire region) were selected for the study. The nurses, largely responsible for the implementation of the health checks at these practices, were interviewed using semi-structured interview schedules. They were asked about age-groups targeted, means of recruiting patients for clinics, duration of clinic appointments, and procedures carried out in clinics.
• ? All practices offered health checks, and 55% had started doing so before introduction of the 1990 Contract. Recruitment for health checks took place in a number of ways: self-referral (83% of practices); opportunistically in those with coronary heart disease risk factors (78%); opportunistically during attendance for cervical smears (62%); screening in at least one patient group (78%). Blood pressure, height, weight, urinalysis and life-style advice were included by all practices. Stress management and quit smoking strategies were offered only by a minority of practices. Duration of first health-check appointment ranged between 15 and 30 minutes.
• ? The basic content of health checks, and life-style advice given appeared consistent between the widely varying practices. However, the resources available for intervention and follow up showed more variation.

     

Closing the theory—practice gap: a model of nursing praxis

Summary

• ? Despite the efforts of nursing theorists, educationalists and practitioners, the theory-practice gap continues to defy resolution. This paper argues that only by reconsidering the relation between theory and practice can the gap be closed.
• ? Drawing upon ideas from teaching and other practice-based disciplines, including nursing, the article suggests that the current model of viewing theory as informing and controlling practice should give way to a mutually enhancing model in which theory is derived from practice, and in turn influences future practice.
• ? This coming together of theory and practice is referred to as nursing praxis, and suggests that informal theory should be unique to each individual encounter with each patient.
• ? The clinical nurse is thus not only a practitioner, but a theorist and researcher, who responds to patients not according to some grand, inflexible theory, but by the process of reflection-in-action, drawing upon their expertise and a repertoire of past experiences and encounters.

     

Evaluating the effectiveness of the coronary care nurses' role in smoking cessation

Summary

• ? The aim of this small-scale study was to assess the feasibility and impact of an individualized smoking cessation intervention among clients admitted to a coronary care unit with severe angina or a first time myocardial infarction.
• ? The intervention involved in-depth nursing assessment interviews related to client beliefs, motivation and experiences of smoking, culminating in an individualized cessation plan. Participants were offered follow up support during the first year post-intervention.
• ? The findings are highly encouraging with a 77% smoking cessation rate for surviving clients within the intervention group at the end of the first year, and with 75% continued successful smoking cessation amongst surviving clients 2 years post-intervention.