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F Beryl Pilkington

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At least 19 recordsLinked to original sources
PubMed2007

Envisioning nursing in 2050 through the eyes of nurse theorists: Leininger and Watson.

Madeleine Leininger and Jean Watson envision how their theoretical ideas will be expressed in the world in 2050. Leininger explains how her theory and ethnoresearch methodology have given rise to transcultural nursing and the culture care nursing paradigm and predicts that they will continue to contribute to culturally congruent care practices that promote health, healing, quality of life, and even world peace. Watson provides a vision based on an emergent perspective that emphasizes subjective dimensions related to self-knowledge, self-control, self-caring, and self-healing potential; spirit and wholeness of being/becoming; natural healing approaches; and caring, healing relationships with self and others.

Empathy↗
PubMed2006

The Glass Menagerie as heuristic for explicating nursing theory.

Tennessee Williams' play, The Glass Menagerie, is interpreted through the lens of two different nursing theories, the Roy adaptation model and the human becoming theory. In the Roy adaptation model interpretation, adaptive levels of reality testing and stimuli that instigate withdrawal are explored, while in the human becoming theory interpretation, the themes of meaning, rhythmicity, and contranscendence are explicated.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed2006

On joy-sorrow: a paradoxical pattern of human becoming.

The idea of paradox is central to Parse's human becoming theory. Joy-sorrow is an example of a paradoxical pattern of human becoming which was earlier investigated by Parse, using her research method. Here, the concept is revisited and further explored in light of selected literature, including a classic work on grief and other writings on aesthetic experience. Connections are also drawn between joy-sorrow and the Japanese concept of wabi-sabi.

Emotions↗
PubMed2005

The concept of intentionality in human science nursing theories.

Nursing as a human science focuses on life and health as humanly experienced. Intentionality is a philosophical idea of particular significance to nursing as a human science, particularly within Parse's theory of human becoming and Watson's theory of human caring. These two theorists' interpretations of intentionality are explored in relation to their respective theories and the implications for research and practice.

Empathy↗
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

Myth and symbol in nursing theories.

Nursing theories are like myths, in that they contain symbolic representations that tell a story about nursing, and these stories represent or explain nursing's image, worldview, beliefs, and practices. Five theories are analyzed to identify the myths that they represent. It is proposed that uncovering the myth in nursing theories will help to communicate nursing brands that convey the essence and value of nursing.

Communication↗
PubMed2005

Grieving a loss: the lived experience for elders residing in an institution.

Grieving a loss is a profound and universal human experience. This phenomenological-hermeneutic study was an inquiry into the lived experience of grieving a loss. The nursing perspective was Parse's human becoming theory. Participants were 10 elderly persons residing in a long-term care facility. The study finding specifies the structure of the lived experience of grieving a loss as aching solitude amid enduring cherished affiliations, as serene acquiescence arises with sorrowful curtailments. Findings are discussed in relation to the guiding theoretical perspective and related literature. Recommendations for additional research and insights for practice are presented.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed2004

Exploring ethical implications for acting faithfully in professional relationships.

The obligation to act faithfully poses ethical issues as nurses live nursing from day to day. In this column, the ethics of acting faithfully is explored in relation to four scenarios drawn from different realms of professional nursing. The scenarios illustrate ethical issues that may arise when attempting to uphold personal integrity and fulfill one's duty to act faithfully. The theoretical context of this discussion is the human becoming school of thought.

Attitude of Health Personnel↗
PubMed2004

Quality of life for women living with a gynecologic cancer.

The purpose of this research study was to enhance understanding about quality of life from the perspective of women living with a gynecologic cancer. Parse's human becoming theory provided the theoretical perspective and guided the descriptive exploratory methodology that was used. Participants were 14 women diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer. Through analysis-synthesis processes, four themes were identified, which provide the following unified description: Quality of life is treasuring loving expressions while affirming personal worth, as consoling immersions amid torment emerge with expanding fortitude for enduring. The findings suggest implications for quality care that honors persons' experiences.

Activities of Daily Living↗
PubMed2004

A dialogue about two nursing science traditions: the Roy adaptation model and the human becoming theory.

The authors engage in a dialogue about the ontology, epistemology, and methodologies in research within their respective theoretical perspectives, the Roy adaptation model and the human becoming theory, insofar as these represent different paradigms in nursing science. In the discussion of ontology as the lens through which humans view their world, they articulate the primacy of ontology over methodology in shaping knowledge development.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed2003

Mis-takes across paradigms.

In this column, the authors reflect on mis-takes across paradigms, misconceived or misunderstood meanings given and taken among scholars with differing worldviews. Mis-takes of paradigmatic perspectives, human science, distinctiveness, ways of knowing, and rationality are explored. It is proposed that mis-taken views of opposing perspectives are often deliberately advanced by scholars as ways to discredit the opposition, not to further dialogue. The authors call for an appreciation of difference in the context of the intellectual sparring and debating with regard to fundamental issues that characterize evolving disciplines.

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice↗
PubMed2002

Scientific merit and research ethics.

It is widely accepted that scientific merit and research ethics are closely related. And yet, while the ethical principles that guide research are uncontested, the meaning of scientific merit is open to interpretation based on one's philosophical perspective and research tradition. When adherents of the natural science tradition use the criteria of that tradition to evaluate research situated in the human science tradition, misunderstanding and misjudgment will result. This unfortunate situation has negative implications for the flourishing of human science nursing and, ultimately, may deprive society of opportunities to benefit from humanistic practice aimed at enhancing the quality of life for recipients of healthcare. In such circumstances, it behooves nurses committed to human science nursing to continue to vigorously articulate and pursue their values and ethics concerning nursing research and healthcare.

Ethics, Nursing↗