“Hosting” an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: A phenomenological inquiry
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Implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs) can reduce unexpected cardiac mortality, but they also have a dramatic impact on a patient's quality of life. We aimed to explore ICD recipients’ experiences in order to foster improvements in the quality of care. Analyses were done using a descriptive phenomenological method, based on qualitative interview data from a purposive sample of 20 ICD recipients. Four main themes emerged: living with fear; relying on technology; knowing about the ICD and how to live with it; and coping with the effects of the ICD on daily life. ICD recipients lived in a constant state of ...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 24, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Lorenza Garrino, Alberto Borraccino, Enrico Peraudo, Marco Bobbio, Valerio Dimonte Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
“Hosting” an implantable cardioverter defibrillator: A phenomenological inquiry
Research in Nursing&Health,Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 57-68, February 2018. (Source: Research in Nursing and Health)
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 24, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research
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Research in Nursing&Health,Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 57-68, February 2018. (Source: Research in Nursing and Health)
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 24, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research
The moderating role of job resources in the relationship between job demands and interleukin ‐6 in an Italian healthcare organization
In this study we examined the association between job demands (JD), job resources (JR), and serum levels of a possible biomarker of stress, the pro‐inflammatory cytokine interleukin‐6 (IL‐6). According to the buffer hypothesis of the Job Demands‐Resources (JD‐R) model, we expected that job resources—defined as job autonomy and social support from supervisor—might buffer the relationship between job demands, defined as emotional demands and interpersonal conflict with colleagues, and IL‐6. Data from 119 employees in an Italian public healthcare organization (acute care hospital) were analyzed using multiple ...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 23, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Alessandra Falco, Laura Dal Corso, Damiano Girardi, Alessandro De Carlo, Manola Comar Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
The moderating role of job resources in the relationship between job demands and interleukin ‐6 in an Italian healthcare organization
Research in Nursing&Health,Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 39-48, February 2018. (Source: Research in Nursing and Health)
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 23, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research
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Research in Nursing&Health,Volume 41, Issue 1, Page 39-48, February 2018. (Source: Research in Nursing and Health)
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 23, 2017 Category: Nursing Source Type: research
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 16, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: Issue Information ‐ TOC Source Type: research
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 16, 2017 Category: Nursing Tags: Author Guidelines Source Type: research
Prevalence of key care indicators of pressure injuries, incontinence, malnutrition, and falls among older adults living in nursing homes in New Zealand
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Pressure injuries, incontinence, malnutrition, and falls are important indicators of the quality of care in healthcare settings, particularly among older people, but there is limited information on their prevalence in New Zealand (NZ). The aim of this study was to establish the prevalence of these four problems among older people in nursing home facilities. The cross‐sectional study was an analysis of data collected on a single day for the 2016 National Care Indicators Programme—New Zealand (NCIP‐NZ). The sample included 276 people ages 65 and older who were residents in 13 nursing home facilities in a geogr...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 11, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Jenny Carryer, Jan Weststrate, Polly Yeung, Vivien Rodgers, Andy Towers, Mark Jones Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Can I serve this dish half ‐baked? Approaches to publishing some less than perfect research
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 11, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Margaret H. Kearney Tags: EDITORIAL Source Type: research
Using SMART design to improve symptom management among cancer patients: A study protocol
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In this in‐progress sequential multiple assignment randomized trial (SMART), dyads of solid tumor cancer patients and their caregivers are initially randomized to 4 weeks of reflexology or meditative (mindfulness) practices provided by/with their caregiver in the patient's home or to a control group. After 4 weeks, intervention group dyads in which patients do not show improvement in fatigue (non‐responders) are re‐randomized to either receive additional time with the same therapy during weeks 5–8 or to add the other therapy. The aims are (1) to compare reflexology and meditative practices groups during we...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 11, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Alla Sikorskii, Gwen Wyatt, Rebecca Lehto, David Victorson, Terry Badger, Thaddeus Pace Tags: RESEARCH PROTOCOL Source Type: research
Association of teen mothers ’ and grandmothers’ parenting capacities with child development: A study protocol
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Children born to teen mothers may experience less responsive and supportive parenting and are at heightened risk for a range of social, developmental, and health issues. There is literature to support the positive impact of grandmothers on teen parents and their children. However, what if the teen's mother is also limited in her parenting capacities? How do parenting capacities across these two generations of mothers affect the developing child? In this ongoing study we are examining two important aspects of parenting capacities, attachment quality and executive functioning, in teen mothers (TM) and their biologic...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 11, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Damali Wilson, Deborah Gross, Stacy Hodgkinson, Kirby Deater ‐Deckard Tags: RESEARCH PROTOCOL Source Type: research
President's Message: A journey well traveled
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Source: Research in Nursing and Health - November 7, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Nan Smith ‐Blair, Carolyn Miller Reilly Tags: SNRS NEWS Source Type: research
Reliability and validity of the Arabic PTSD Checklist Civilian Version (PCL ‐C) in women survivors of intimate partner violence
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Although intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors are at high risk for developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), PTSD has been considered a disorder specific to Western culture. There is a lack of reliable and valid measures of PTSD symptomology available in the Arab world, and there is still no clear evidence about the underlying factor structure of PTSD symptomology in the context of IPV. Thus, in the present study we investigated the construct validity (factor structure), internal consistency, and concurrent validity of a translated version of the PTSD Checklist Civilian Version (PCL‐C) in a sample of...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - October 1, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Eman Alhalal, Marilyn Ford ‐Gilboe, Carol Wong, Fadia AlBuhairan Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
Longitudinal analyses of adoptive parents ’ expectations and depressive symptoms
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Grounded in a theoretical model specific to adoptive parents, we examined the relationship between parental expectations and depressive symptoms across time. Assessments of 129 adoptive parents of 64 children were performed at three time points before and after placement of an adopted child with the family: 4–6 weeks pre‐placement and 4–6 weeks and 5–6 months post‐placement. Expectations were assessed in four dimensions: expectations of self as parents, of the child, of family and friends, and of society. Depressive symptoms were assessed with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies‐Depression scale. Asso...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - October 1, 2017 Category: Nursing Authors: Karen J. Foli, Eunjung Lim, Susan C. South Tags: RESEARCH ARTICLE Source Type: research
