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K M Schaefer

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PubMed1991

Taking care of the caretakers: a partial explanation of clinical nurse specialist practice.

The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical practice of clinical nurse specialists (CNSs). Data were collected from three recorded case studies and interviews from a theoretical sample of 17 masters-prepared CNSs who had functioned in the CNS role for a minimum of 1 year. Using the constant comparative method, transcribed interviews were line-coded and clustered to form groups of data that could be labelled as constructs. Caring was validated as the basic psychological process. Scientific caring included investigating and teaching; humanistic caring included creating the new, showing the way, working with others, and taking care of the environment. It was found that CNSs took care of the caretakers as well as the patients and their families.

Empathy↗
PubMed1990

Caring--the work of the clinical nurse specialist.

Understanding the contribution of clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) to quality patient care is important for educators and administrators as they plan for the care of patients in an increasingly complex health care system. The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical practice of CNSs as reported by practicing CNSs. Grounded theory methodology was used in collecting and analyzing the data. The subjects consisted of a theoretical sample of 17 Master's prepared CNSs who had functioned in the role of the CNS for a minimum of 1 year, and three recorded case studies from the literature. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted by the principle investigator. Using the constant comparative method, the data were line-coded and clustered to form groups of data that could be labeled as constructs. When theoretical saturation was reached, no further interviews were conducted. The investigators proposed that caring was the basic social psychological process (BSP), which was validated in a literature review. Scientific caring included investigating and teaching. Humanistic caring included creating-the-new, showing-the-way, working-with-others, and taking-care-of-the-environment. CNSs took care of the caretakers as well as the patients and their families.

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Retention technique #3. Research: future impact on image and retention.

The recruitment, retention, utilization, and image of nursing are critical issues facing nurses today. Critical care nursing research will assist us in dealing with these problems to prepare for a twenty-first century in which nursing is a valued profession. This author takes an optimistic view of the future and explains how she believes nursing research will help solve these recruitment and retention problems.

Critical Care↗
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The forgotten sciences.

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Biological Science Disciplines↗
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Effectiveness of coping strategies among critical care nurses.

Although research on job stress has focused on the extent or causes of stress in critical care, few studies have focused on the effects of stress reduction strategies by the critical care staff. The results of a study that examined the strategies critical care nurses used to manage job stress and the effectiveness of these techniques are described.

Adaptation, Psychological↗
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Clinical research: gaining access to patients.

Gaining access to patients to conduct nursing research can be a difficult problem, especially in a critical care setting. This author describes techniques that can be used to select and establish research in your own or other hospitals.

Humans↗