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E McKiel

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PubMed1997

"As a young girl, I... " the benefits of narrational relationships in the lives of older residents.

1. Using story telling with the older resident provides an opportunity for the nurse to demonstrate caring, and a common reality between them is developed. 2. Story telling by older residents, far from merely "living in the past," can promote their health and well being. 3. In the narrational relationship between nurse and older resident, story telling is encouraged and supported; for the nurse, this means valuing oneself, older adults, and story telling.

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PubMed1989

Computer applications for staff development and patient education.

The changing and evolving profession of nursing necessitates extensive staff development activities on the part of nursing management. This ongoing responsibility is essential to maintaining the currency and competence of practicing nurses and facilitating their professional growth. Simultaneously there are economic constraints coinciding with increased consumer demands for patient education. The purpose of this paper is to explore an innovative teaching method, the use of instructional computing for staff development and patient education programs. The theoretical frameworks for this instructional modality are identified and general advantages and disadvantages of instructional computing applications are described. Specific examples of programs from the literature are briefly discussed.

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Impact of organizational restructuring on nurses' facilitation of parental participatory care.

In a study to explore nurses' perceptions of their role as facilitators of parent participation in the care of hospitalized children and the factors that promoted or impeded their role, massive reform and downsizing of hospitals were noted to have created tension between the restructured health care system and the capacity of nurses to provide the optimal level of care they valued. Specifically, revised staffing patterns, (e.g., increased number of part-time and casual nurses) and workload issues (e.g., time constraints, early discharges) created concerns relative to job satisfaction and the quality of participatory care facilitated by nurses. Findings from this study support those reported in other literature.

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Hospital-based nursing research programs: a requirement for progress.

Research has resulted in improvement of the quality of patient care, greater job satisfaction for nursing service personnel, and better utilization of personnel. Facilitation of research has been accomplished through the establishment of nursing research programs in hospitals. However, the current climate of economic restraint gives rise to the risk that research in hospitals will be viewed as a "budget luxury" which can be eliminated early in the financial review process. The need for a nursing research program as part of a modern hospital organization is defended in this paper. The benefits of such a program and an infrastructure supportive of nursing research are described.

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