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H Ehrenberger
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A study of self-esteem among well adolescents: seeking a new direction.
Over the past decade, nursing has identified the significance of self-esteem in maintaining wellness among adolescents. Low self-esteem has been linked to numerous adolescent risk behaviors such as smoking, drug use, and sexual activity. Adolescents engaging in these risk behaviors may have subsequent health problems, such as alcohol and drug addiction, as well as teen pregnancy. Present treatment modalities for low self-esteem have not been optimally effective. Nursing needs to examine adolescent self-esteem within the discipline of nursing and develop its own prevention and intervention strategies. Guided by the Roy Adaptation Model, our study used a descriptive, correlational design and examined the self-report of self-esteem on age group, gender, exercise participation, smoking, parental alcohol usage, depression, and anger in a nonclinical, community sample of adolescents aged 12-19.
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Self-esteem in adolescents treated in an outpatient mental health setting.
Although self-esteem is an important concept, nursing has only begun to focus on the significance of self-esteem as a mechanism for achieving wellness among adolescents, and as a variable for targeted intervention. Nursing studies identifying self-esteem as the primary focus of their research in an adolescent population seeking treatment in mental health settings are scarce. The Roy Adaptation Model's Theory of a Person as an Adaptive System was used to guide this descriptive, correlational study. Research examined the self-report of self-esteem on age, gender, smoking, exercise, depression, anger, and parental alcohol use in a sample of adolescents ages 12-19 years who were being treated in an outpatient mental health setting.
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Issues in the use of communications technologies in nursing research.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe the importance of the use of communications technologies in nursing research and current issues related to using these technologies for research, including recruitment of subjects, informed consent, and mechanistic versus humanistic approaches to research. DATA SOURCES: Literature, online sources, and personal experience. DATA SYNTHESIS: Computer-mediated communication includes the use of e-mail, computer conferencing, discussion forums, and bulletin board systems. Using these communication technologies can support nursing research, but controversies exist. CONCLUSIONS: Much of the information regarding the interactions occurring via computers is anecdotal. Little research has been conducted related to nurses' or patients' use of computer networks. As patients and nurses increase their use of computers, it will be important for nurses to conduct research regarding the use of communication technologies to improve the provision of health care. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: The use of new communication technologies can facilitate oncology nursing research, benefit patients and caregivers, and improve clinical practice.
Clinical Nursing Research↗
The impact of the national information infrastructure on distance education and the changing role of the nurse.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To describe a new opportunity for learning--distance education--that is available to oncology nurses and the role of the nurse educator in the distance-learning environment. DATA SOURCES: Literature and electronic information. DATA SYNTHESIS: Distance learning is a new option for oncology nurses that is based on the assumption that the student is motivated to grasp new ideas and will pursue studies with autonomy and honesty. This article reviews the principals of distance learning, its advantages, and the role of the nurse educator in this new learning environment. CONCLUSIONS: Electronic networks are providing oncology nurses with the opportunity to share information and collaborate with colleagues throughout the world. This same technology supports the opportunity for distance education. Oncology nurses have numerous opportunities to participate in distance learning, both as learners and as nurse educators, and the advantages of this new learning environment are numerous. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: Opportunities now exist for formal education (both undergraduate and graduate) and continuing education for oncology nurses via distance learning. Oncology nurses need to treat technology as a friend and use distance learning to cultivate life-long learning.
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Nursing informatics as a support function for oncology nursing research.
PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES: To provide an overview of nursing informatics and examples of informatics research highlighting the potential for intersecting such research with oncology nursing research. DATA SOURCES: Literature and online sources. DATA SYNTHESIS: Nursing informatics may be discussed from technical, theoretical, or clinical perspectives. The interface between nursing practice and nursing informatics provides an opportunity to create new science and research to expand the boundaries of nursing knowledge. CONCLUSIONS: It is time to evaluate the potential for intersecting informatics research with oncology nursing research. In an era of continuous healthcare change, nursing informatics has the potential to provide a unique contribution to oncology clinical practice and nursing research. IMPLICATIONS FOR NURSING PRACTICE: By creatively applying nursing informatics, oncology nurse researchers may better capture the phenomena relevant to oncology nursing practice and further the discipline.
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