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K Espeland

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PubMed2001

Empowering versus enabling in academia.

The literature endorses empowered nurses as essential to changing not only the nursing profession but also the current health care system. Nurse educators have embraced the concept of empowering students. However, faculty frequently enable students rather than empower them in both clinical and classroom settings. This article describes the difference between enabling and empowering. Collegiality, communication, accountability, and autonomy are components of a model used to compare empowering versus enabling in the academic setting. Nurse educators will become aware of behaviors that sabotage the empowerment of students. Strategies designed to facilitate students' development of empowering behaviors will be provided throughout the article.

Codependency, Psychological↗
PubMed1999

Achieving spiritual wellness: using reflective questions.

Health care professionals are increasingly recognizing the importance of spiritual health as a precursor of physical health. As we emerge into the 21st century, we must place greater emphasis on promoting spiritual wellness so that clients do not develop spiritual distress. Assisting clients in developing their spiritual wellness is a rewarding experience for nurses. As health care providers, we have the opportunity to educate the public about spiritual wellness to prevent physical problems. Attentiveness to one's spirit is a key component to healing and becoming a whole person. With guidance, clients can initiate a plan to maintain their own spiritual needs.

Humans↗
PubMed1998

Promoting mental wellness in children and adolescents through positive coping mechanisms.

Children and adolescents frequently experience stressful events such as moving to a new city, divorce of parents, or peer pressure. Parents may be unavailable or unable to model effective coping mechanisms for their children. Without adequate coping mechanisms children frequently are unable to adapt to a stressor; thus a crisis develops. School nurses and other school professionals are in a key position to help young people handle stressful life events and prevent a crisis. This paper reviews stress and suggests techniques to assist children and adolescents to identify and utilize coping strategies while in crisis.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
PubMed1995

Identifying the manifestations of inhalant abuse.

Inhalants are frequently the first mood-altering drugs used by children. They are popular because of peer influences, low cost, availability, and rapid mood-elevation effects. Inhalants cause a fleeting sense of well being, but users frequently are also affected psychologically and physically. Substances such as gasoline and paint thinners are highly toxic and destroy major organs. The abuse of inhalants can cause cardiac arrest, asphyxiation, and accidents. This article focuses on the clinical manifestation of inhalants, altered lab values, the specific agents used, and their effects on the various organs. Health care professionals are in a key position to identify inhalant abusers when clients are seeking treatment for medical problems caused by inhalants. If health care professionals are cognizant of the manifestations of inhalant abuse, they can save a client's life.

Adolescent↗
PubMed1993

Inhalant abuse: assessment guidelines.

It is important that nurses have full access to information that would help them identify inhalant abuse. Nurses need to take the leadership in assessing clients, in educating health care professionals and the public, and in promoting legislation to prevent minors from obtaining inhalants.

Adolescent↗
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Chemical dependency and hyperkalemia in adolescents and adults: supportive findings.

The present study was undertaken to explicate findings of elevated blood potassiums (K+) among inpatient addiction treatment patients. A higher mean blood K+ level was established to exist for these patients compared to reference groups. This was investigated by comparing "high" and "normal" K+ groups within our patient group on several demographic variables and on the usage of various drugs. Multiple regression analyses were computed in an attempt to predict K+ levels. Age alone was found to be the best predictor after elimination of nonsignificant variables. Adolescents and young adults may differentially favor substances that raise K+ levels. Elevated blood K+ levels among adolescents and young adults may alert practitioners to specifically explore substance use disorders.

Adolescent↗
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Inhalant abuse.

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Administration, Inhalation↗