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J A Denehy

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PubMed1992

Interventions related to parent-infant attachment.

This study of nursing interventions that promote attachment is but one of the building blocks in creating a theoretically strong foundation for nursing practice. With the cooperative and coordinated efforts of nursing theorists, researchers, academicians, and seasoned practitioners, nursing will be able more clearly to define its domain of practice by identifying nursing interventions and the critical and supportive activities that comprise these interventions. With such systematically organized and tested knowledge, nursing practice will become firmly rooted in a knowledge base that will not only lead to improved patient care but enhance professional credibility and satisfaction.

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Classification of nursing interventions for care of the integument.

The Classification of Nursing Interventions research team at The University of Iowa, College of Nursing is building a taxonomy of nursing interventions that will include all of the direct care treatment activities that nurses perform on behalf of patients. This report describes the study in which 12 nursing interventions and their associated activities for care of the integument were extracted from a large database and validated through a two-round Delphi survey. Using an adaptation of Fehring's model for determining diagnostic content validity of nursing diagnoses, a definition, critical activities, and supporting activities were developed for each of the following interventions: Bathing, Bedrest Care, Hair Care, Nail Care, Oral Health Maintenance, Oral Health Promotion, Oral Health Restoration, Positioning, Pressure Management, Skin Care--Topical Treatments, Skin Surveillance, and Wound Care. Further research is needed to validate supporting activities and to continue classifying interventions and activities that nurses use in treating impaired skin integrity (potential and actual) and altered oral mucous membrane integrity (potential and actual).

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Inductive methodology and a research team.

Large teams of researchers using inductive methodologies are relatively rare and present unique challenges to team members. A team from the University of Iowa reports on what it experienced during a project to develop a taxonomy of nursing interventions.

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