Euthanasia: let nursing's voice be heard.
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Biomedical subjects
C R Kovach
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Content analysis of reminiscences of elderly women.
The content of reminiscences of 21 cognitively intact elderly women registered in an adult daycare program was examined. Content analysis of transcripts from a semistructured interview was used to discover categories of reminiscence meaning. The interpretations made about past experiences were grouped under two categories: (a) validating reminiscences that involved confirming or verifying that one had lived a fruitful life; and (b) lamenting reminiscences that involved negative interpretations of past events. Validating themes were: positive self-appraisals, choices, social connections, joys, and past to present comparisons. Lamenting themes were: regrets, difficulties, and lacking choice.
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Reminiscence behavior: an empirical exploration.
Engagement in the process of reminiscing involves the use of detail and depth, easy access to memories, and requests for feedback from the listener. Engagement in reminiscing may be stable during old age or may follow a developmental course. Avoidance behaviors, defined as switching to non-reminiscing topics or giving neutral/informative responses, were prevalent among non-engaged reminiscers. Understanding what a person chooses to avoid reminiscing about is as important as what a person chooses to reminisce about. Diversity refers to the degree to which engaged reminiscers varied the events they reminisced about. Diversity of verbalizing both validating and lamenting reminiscences may related to the specific usefulness of reminiscence as an intervention. Two distinct reminiscence interventions are currently being used: life review and psychosocial reminiscing. Findings regarding engagement and diversity of reminiscing suggest more effort is needed in prescribing the appropriate reminiscing intervention.
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Promise and problems in reminiscence research.
Nurses use reminiscence as an intervention with elderly clients to meet a wide variety of needs. Research on reminiscence has provided some support for benefits of reminiscence in maintaining or improving mood, cognitive functioning, life satisfaction, and self-esteem in the elderly. Weaknesses in reminiscence research have been presented along with suggestions for developing a body of knowledge for nursing regarding reminiscence.
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Age, cohort, and time-period confounds in aging research.
1. Cross-sectional studies of age-related changes or developmental patterns contain the inherent confound of age and cohort. 2. Longitudinal studies of age-related changes or developmental patterns contain the inherent confound of age and time-period. 3. Many complex research designs and decision rules have been developed in an attempt to disentangle these confounds. These designs and decision rules are only useful if their assumptions are met. 4. It is important to logically determine when the age, cohort, and time-period confounds discussed in this article are important to resolve in a nursing study and when the confounds do not directly relate to the clinical or theoretical merit of a study.
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Managing a tuberculosis outbreak.
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Reminiscence: a closer look at content.
This descriptive research examined the content of reminiscences of 21 cognitively intact elderly women registered in an adult day-care program. Content analysis of transcripts from a semistructured interview were used to discover categories of reminiscence events and contexts. Three categories of events emerged: activity centered, person centered, and possession centered. This sample reminisced most about activities and least about possessions. The predominant physical contexts of the reminiscences were the everyday places where the reminiscer lived her life: home, school, and workplace. Social contexts that were most predominant were the family, marital unit, and work situation. Socioeconomic status and ethnicity also served as contexts for reminiscence units.
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