ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00296.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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A 2‐year assessment of the effect of integrating mental health concepts into a postbasic nursing degree programme was done with two classes of students who had minimal psychiatric preparation in their diploma programme. These two groups of students were studied as they progressed from first to second year and from second to third year at the 3‐year postbasic nursing degree programme at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. A questionnaire on Opinion about Mental Illness (OMI Scale) was used to note if there was any change in the five attitudinal factors measured, as these students progressed from one class to the next. Results show changes in both groups in terms of their authoritarianism and social restrictiven

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00297.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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A study of stress in hospital is reported. Twenty‐five patients (aged 70–93 years) and their nurses were interviewed about the patient's perceived stresses during the first and third weeks of hospitalization. The ward was modern in design and a ‘patient allocation’ system of nursing care was in operation in which one nurse had primary responsibility for each patient. Patients differed significantly from nurses in their use of a 16 — item stress scale, using low scale values rather than high (stressful) values. Although as groups, patients and nurses showed significant correlations between stress ratings over the items, this was interpreted as their sharing common stereotypes about the hospital situation. There was no significant relation between nurses' and patients' ratings of the overall stress being experienced by the patients. An analysis of stress items showed there to be significant differences between type of stress. There was least discrepancy between nurses and patients concerning aspects of physical illness and most on the stressful impact of the hospital environment and routine. While patients rated items within this group (e.g. toiletting) to increase in stress during their stay in hospital, nurses rated the stress value as d

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00298.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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The arguments presented concern the teaching of psychology to nurses. It is noted that psychology is regarded as an important component of nurse education, though the nature of this relationship can be considered elusive. In pointing out that the effect of learning psychology has yet to be measured in nursing practice, a case is put forward proposing a different approach to its teaching. The emphasis on content‐based courses in which nurses are expected simply to learn a body of knowledge and apply that to their nursing is considered. Instead it is argued that a process‐based course, that is one which emphasizes the methods and approaches used in gathering psychological information, is more appropriate. This, it is felt, should contribute to the aim of the nursing profession that its members be able to adopt a critical stance and develop research mindedness in the practice of their w

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00299.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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Teachers in both general and professional education are well aware of the importance of motivation as the basis of effective teaching. Heidgerken maintains that a major problem that faces nursing educators is to select the right type of motivation and to know how to effect motivation. The authors propose a conceptual model for developing strategies to deal with motivational problems. This model is an application of Vroom's value/expectancy theory and Rotter's social learning theory, and is based on the premise that nursing faculty are in strategic positions to enhance student motivation for learning by manipulating variables that are believed to influence motivation. These suggested strategies include: enhancing student's need value by rewarding them with rewards that they value the most; increasing student's perceptions of a strong link between performance and rewards; providing students with consistent and clear role perceptions; improving student satisfaction towards learning.

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00300.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

An intrasystem‐intersystem model developed by Alfred Kuhn has been integrated into the nursing process model to serve as a model for patient‐nurse interaction. In this conceptual model the patient and the nurse represent intrasystems with three components, the detector, selector and effector, which act to supply information about the environment, analyse internal values and preferences and initiate action. The intrasystems are connected through a specified set of relations as the patient and nurse interact to communicate information, transact values and organize a plan of care. An example is presented of how this model can be used to implement the nursing process in the community health sett

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00301.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

The attitudes of qualified nursing staff towards the nursing process were studied. Three distinct nursing units received varying degrees of planning and education regarding the principles and practice of the nursing process. The attitudes of the nursing staff of these units were assessed by means of a 20 — item questionnaire. Statistically significant differences (P>0·001) between the mean attitude scores for the three units were found, but comparison of the overall mean attitude scores for the three grades of nurses within each unit did not result in statistical significance (P<0·35). Further analysis indicated that a structured educational programme was beneficial in creating a positive attitude towards the nursing process whereas a less structured approach had the opposite eff

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00302.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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A survey of hospital nurses was conducted to determine whether certain aspects of nurses' working and living conditions could explain their smoking practices. Nurses (246) of all grades answered a questionnaire about their smoking practices, job characteristics, job satisfaction, life satisfaction and anxieties. The prevalence of regular smoking was low among first and second year student nurses but reached 22% among final year students and 27% among staff nurses. Those nurses who reported stress at work, high and low overall job satisfaction, low lifestyle satisfaction and high anxiety about patients were more likely to smoke. The importance of these factors was especially marked among final year students. It seems that the changes in the life and work routine of nurses during their final year of training appear to increase their risk of regular smoking.

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00303.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

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The model of more pro‐active management with a more analytical and deliberative approach has considerable implications for the roles of all managers within the National Health Service today. Nurse managers, in particular, will now be faced with developing different managerial roles than they have had in the years since the 1974 reorganization. Nurse management courses in the past were more concerned with the overt training of behavioural skills and less concerned with the quantitive and analytical aspects of management. This paper investigates in what areas nurse managers perceived their training to have been deficient and argues for a continuous process of education, as opposed to the existing intermittent ‘hurdle process’ which, in the main, is the basis of nurse management development at the present

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00304.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This article analyses the American Nurses' Association's position statement on nursing and social policy. Specifically, its purpose is to highlight three themes suggested within the position statement: nursing as duty, nursing as moral art and nursing as autonomous profession. Questions are raised about the nature and significance of these themes as they relate to philosophical and ethical dimensions within nursing.

ISSN:0309-2402    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2648.1983.tb00305.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1983

数据来源: WILEY