Automated nursing documentation: A design perspective

Summary The concept of an automated nursing documentation system has been subject to casual debate for a number of years. During this time, Hewlett-Packard developed a system that is both adequate and workable from many perspectives (i.e. the Staff Notes Subsystem of the Patient Data Management System — PDMS). This package has been used as the primary method to document patient care for six years in the Critical Care Units of Phoenix Baptist Hospital. With the aid of Baptist Hospitals and Health Systems (BHHS) Design Engineers, it continues to evolve predicated on a singular intent: To provide the type of documentation required by the medical staff.The objective of this paper is multifold. Foremost, generalized criteria are established to provide a vehicle for standardizing the design or evolution of a staff notes package. The generic structure of the PDMS notes subsystem is discussed in regard to its parity with these criteria. Finally, custom modifications and additions to this package will be presented, and recommendations for future enhancements will be outlined.     

So what exactly is nursing knowledge?

This paper aims to present a discussion about intrinsic nursing knowledge. The paper stems from the author's study of knowledge claims enshrined in nursing journal articles, books and conference speeches. It is argued that claims by academic nurses have largely depended on principles drawn from continental and not Analytic (British-American) philosophy. Thus, claims are credible only insofar as they defer propositional logic. This is problematic inasmuch as nursing is a practice-based activity usually carried out in medical settings. Transpersonal nursing models are particularly criticizable in respect of their unworldly character as are also concepts based on shallow usages of physics or mathematics. I argue that sensible measurements of the 'real world' are possible--without endorsing positivism--and that nursing requires little recourse to logically unsustainable claims. The paper concludes with an analysis of a recent review of nursing knowledge, which analysis indicates the circularity that attends many discussions on the topic.     

护士礼仪在护理工作中的作用

目的探讨护士礼仪对临床护理工作的作用效果。方法分析和总结护士礼仪在临床护理工作中应用的情况。结果良好的护士礼仪可唤起患者的美好生活追求，增强战胜疾病的信心。结论护士礼仪是临床护理工作不可缺少的一项内容，始终贯穿于整个临床护理过程。护士不仅需要有广博的文化知识、熟练的护理操作技术，而且还应具备良好的护士礼仪，才能适应现代护理发展的需要。     

国内护理记录的研究现状

介绍了护理记录的定义、范畴以及护理记录单的种类与应用,重点论述了国内护理记录存在的质量问题、影响因素以及提高护理记录质量的方法。     

新生儿缺氧缺血性脑病的发生原因及护理

阐述了新生儿缺氧缺血性脑病的病因及临床诊断依据 ,重点综述了新生儿缺氧缺血性脑病的护理。     

病人术后疼痛护理的研究进展

综述了护士运用系统化护理程序处理疼痛的护理进展。     

The family theory–practice gap: a matter of clarity?

Despite recognition of the importance of family in health-care and progress in family theory development, there has been limited transfer of family theory to acute care nursing practice. We argue that this family theory-practice gap results from a persistent lack of conceptual clarity in family nursing and other barriers. Lack of conceptual clarity takes the form of conceptual overlap and semantic inconsistency, as well as the complexity of language found in the family nursing literature. Barriers include practice contexts, relational problems, and knowledge types. Our exploration begins with a brief discussion of the intimate link between nursing theory and practice followed by an overview of some issues associated with the family nursing theory-practice gap. Based on a synthesis of family nursing literature, problems associated with conceptual clarity in family nursing theory are explored. We conclude with recommendations for family nursing research to develop concepts grounded in nursing practice.     

网络环境下护理专业文献检索课的教学改革

目的：文章探讨在网络环境下,针对护理专业特点,医学文献检索教学的改革。方法：从护理专业开设文献检索课的重要性入手,结合医学文献检索课的专业特点,具体分析文献检索课在教学内容、教学方法以及考试方式等方面的改革措施。结果：采取优化教材内容;改革教学模式以及重视实际操作的考试方式等形式开展检索教学。结论：实践表明,此种教学模式,对护理专业学生利用信息、整合信息的能力培养具有较好效果。     

农村社区护理中心模式构想

分析了农村开展社区护理的必要性与必然性 ,认为当前我国农村社区护理中心的模式应以乡村医生为主体 ,以镇村组织一体化为基础 ,以初级卫生保健为主要内容 ,以地方经济为后盾 ,并对这一模式的发展前景进行了展望。     

Development and psychometric evaluation of workplace psychologically violent behaviours instrument

Aim. To develop an instrument to determine nurses’ perceptions of psychologically violent behaviours that they are exposed to in the workplace. Background. According to Leymann, psychological terror or mobbing in work life involves hostile and unethical communication, which is directed in a systematic way towards one individual who, due to mobbing, is pushed into a helpless and defenceless position, and being held there by means of continuing mobbing activities. Design. Survey. Methods. Because nurses who work in hospitals are generally the principle victims of physical, emotional and verbal violence due to the nature of their work environment, the research sample comprised 476 hospital nurses. Data were collected via self‐administered questionnaires. Results. The instrument to determine the perception of workplace psychologically violent behaviours contains 33 items and four factors (individual’s isolation from work, attack on professional status, attack on personality and direct attack). All items have shown statistically significant correlation (p < 0·01); the instrument’s total Cronbach’s α internal consistency coefficient was found to be 0·93. Conclusions. The findings show that the instrument’s validity and reliability are within the limits of an acceptable level and that it is an instrument that will encourage more studies on this subject. Relevance to practice. Defining the psychological pressure that nurses are exposed to in the workplace and determining its negative effects on the victim of workplace psychological pressure and on the institution will make it possible to protect individuals and the institution from psychological violence with both individual and institutional practices.