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Christine Jonas-Simpson

Publications and source records attributed to Christine Jonas-Simpson.

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PubMed2005

Exploring the lived experience of waiting for persons in long-term care.

The purpose of this study was to describe the meaning of waiting for persons who reside in long-term care settings. Parse's theory of human becoming provided the nursing perspective and a qualitative descriptive-exploratory design was used. The 45 participants were residents in three different long-term care facilities affiliated with a university. Data were gathered through interviews. Three emergent themes formed the following unified description: The experience of waiting is intensifying ire while diversionary immersions reprieve amid unfolding becalming endurance. The themes are discussed in relation to participants' descriptions, the human becoming theory, and related literature. Recommendations for practice and further research are presented.

Adult↗
PubMed2005

The language of loss when a baby dies prior to birth: cocreating human experience.

When a baby dies prior to birth, a woman and her family begin a life long journey of living and transforming with loss. The language used with families during times of devastating loss is important to reflect upon since, language has the potential to either intensify suffering or enhance the family's experience of grieving. Words that affirm the meaning the baby holds for the family can provide comfort as families engage with the reality of lost hopes and dreams. Recognizing that healthcare professionals do not intend to harm families whose babies die prior to birth, the current authors offer this column as a vehicle for reflecting on the meanings of words used during this particular time of loss and grief. The authors further explore the role that the arts have to play in expressing loss and in helping others to understand.

Attitude to Death↗
PubMed2004

Musical expressions of life: a look at the 18th and 19th century from a human becoming perspective.

What follows is an exploration of 18th and 19th century music of the Western world through a nursing science lens, specifically that of the human becoming theory. This article was written while I was enrolled in a music history course, which afforded me the opportunity to explore music as musical expressions of life. Rooted in the human becoming philosophical perspective, which focuses on unitary human experience and the quality of human life, I discuss musical expressions of life with examples from various composers throughout the 18th and 19th century. This article concludes with a reflection on musical expressions and their contribution to the enhancement of the quality of human life, a focus of nursing from a human becoming perspective.

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PubMed2002

Client-centred care: making the ideal real.

Providing quality care in a timely manner is a key goal of the healthcare system. Who defines quality care is a pivotal question to be answered in an era of well-informed clients. The Registered Nurses Association of Ontario's (RNAO) Client-Centred Care Best Practice Guideline puts patients where they belong--at the centre of care. This guideline recommends that nurses embrace as foundational to their practice a set of values and beliefs. These include: respect, human dignity and the belief that clients are the experts regarding their own lives. Clients must be provided the opportunity to lead their care as much as they choose. Moreover, the guideline recommends that nurses advocate for their clients' goals within the entire healthcare team. Recommendations regarding the organization of nursing care emphasize continuity and consistency of care and caregiver as paramount to providing timely and responsive client-centred-care. This article presents the rationale for the development of a CCC-BPG and highlights its key recommendations. It also discusses the responsibilities of healthcare practitioners and administrators in working together to ensure that these recommendations are incorporated into every aspect of client care and services.

Benchmarking↗