Thesis (Ed.D.)--Teachers College, Columbia University. / Typescript; issued also on microfilm. Sponsor: Alice R. Rines. Dissertation Committee: George Labadie. Includes tables. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1974.

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Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1989. / Typescript. eContent provider-neutral record in process. Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 78-81).

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration and Dept. of Sociology. University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2005. / "A dissertation in public affairs and administration and sociology." Advisor: Robert D. Herman. Typescript. Vita. Title from "catalog record" of the print edition Description based on contents viewed June 23, 2006. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 194-204 ). Online version of the print edition.

Thesis (MCur)--University of Stellenbosch, 2011. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Agency-nursing work refers to nursing services provided by agency nurses employed on a casual, contracted basis. Agency-nursing has become more common in nursing practice in South Africa. This group of nurses play a significant role within the health care industry for both public and private sector. Given the pivotal role that nurses play in caring for the health of others, it is important to understand what motivates agency nurses in terms of job satisfaction. The aim of the study was to explore the perceptions of agency nurses regarding job satisfaction within critical care units in private health care institutions in the Western Cape. A qualitative research design with a phenomenological approach was applied. A sample size of n=10 was drawn from a total population of N=553, using random sampling technique. A semi-structured interview guide was designed based on the objectives of the study and validated by experts in the field before data collection. Ethical approval for the study was obtained from the Ethics Committee at the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Stellenbosch. Permission to conduct the research was obtained from the participating nursing agency and consent was given in writing. The presentation of the results was categorised into themes and sub-themes emerged from the data analysis. The five clusters of themes that emerged were reasons for doing agency work, experiences with hospital staff, allocation of agency nurses, communication of information and staff development. The findings support Herzberg’s theory on motivation factors in terms of what motivates workers to excel in their performance. Agency nurses experienced both positive and negative aspects with regards to job satisfaction. The results of the study suggest the need to include revision and implementation of human resource policies and practices to include the nurses’ “voice” in an effort to provide a more supportive work environment. Further research is recommended. Key Words: Agency nurse, nursing agency, job satisfaction. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Agentskapverplegingswerk verwys na verplegingsdienste wat voorsien word deur agentskapverpleegsters wat op ’n tydelike, gekontrakteerde basis in diens geneem word. Agentskapverpleging het meer algemene gebruik in die verpleegpraktyk in Suid-Afrika geword. Hierdie groep verpleegsters speel ’n belangrike rol in die gesondheidsbedryf vir beide die openbare en die private sektor. Gegee die deurslaggewende rol wat verpleegsters speel in die gesondheidsversorging van ander mense, is dit belangrik om te verstaan wat agentskapverpleegsters motiveer vanuit die oogpunt van werksbevrediging. Die doel van die studie was om die persepsies en ervarings van agentskapverpleegsters ten opsigte van werksbevrediging te ondersoek binne die waakeenhede in private gesondheidsorg-inrigtings in die Wes-Kaap. ’n Kwalitatiewe navorsingsontwerp met ’n fenomenologiese benadering is toegepas. ’n Monstergrootte van n=10 is geneem uit ’n populasie van N= 553 deur die ewekansige steekproeftegniek te gebruik. ’n Semi-gestruktureerde onderhoudgids was ontwerp en gebaseer op die doelwitte van die studie en was deur deskundiges op hierdie gebied, voor die insameling van data, gelding verklaar. Etiese goedkeuring vir die studie was verkry van die Etiese Komitee van die Fakulteit van Gesondheidswetenskappe, Stellenbosch Universiteit. Goedkeuring om die navorsing te doen, was verkry van die deelnemende agentskap en toestemming was op skrif geplaas. Die voorgelegde resultate was gekategoriseer in temas en subtemas wat uit die data-analise voortgespruit het. Die vyf groepe van temas wat hieruit gespruit het, is redes vir die keuse om agentskapwerk te doen, ervarings met hospitaalpersoneel, die toewysing van agentskapverpleegsters, kommunikasie van inligting en personeelontwikkeling. Die bevindinge het onthul dat Herzberg se teorie oor motiveringsfaktore werkers aangemoedig het om te presteer in die uitvoering van hulle pligte. Werksbevrediging is volgehou deur die agentskapverpleegster. Die bevindings dui op die behoefte om die hersiening en implementering van menslike hulpbronbeleidsverklarings en -praktyke in te sluit sodat die verpleegster se stem gehoor kan word in ’n poging om ’n meer ondersteunende werkomgewing te voorsien. Verdere navorsing word aanbeveel. Sleutelwoorde: Agentskapverpleegster, verplegingsagentskap, werksbevrediging.

Background: Increasing numbers of older people are requiring residential care and there are high levels of depression in such settings. Existing literature suggests that social support can help maintain psychological wellbeing. This study aimed to examine perceived changes in social support following a move into residential care. The key theories drawn upon were socioemotional selectivity theory (Carstensen et al., 1999) and the convoy model (Kahn & Antonucci, 1980). Method: Forty care home residents were interviewed using a structured interview. A hierarchical network mapping technique was used to measure perceptions of total network, inner network and peripheral network size. Functional support from a key significant other was measured using the Significant Others Scale. Contact with network members, depression and demographic information were also examined. Retrospective ratings were obtained by asking participants to think back to before they moved into care. Current and retrospective ratings on all measures were compared using Wilcoxon signed rank tests. Results: Total network size was perceived to have decreased following a move into residential care. There was no significant difference between current and retrospective ratings of inner network size. Peripheral network size decreased but this difference was not statistically significant. There was no perceived change in emotional and practical social support received from a key significant other following the move. Discussion: The results suggest that an individual‟s social network is compacted following a move into care but that membership of the inner network remains stable. These findings are discussed in terms of socioemotional selectivity theory (Carstensen et al., 1999) and the convoy model (Kahn & Antonucci, 1980). Strengths and weaknesses of the study are discussed and clinical implications of the findings explored.

Bakgrund: Medelåldern för att drabbas av höftfraktur är 80 år och bakomliggande orsaker är falltendens och benskörhet. Majoriteten av dem som drabbas av höftfraktur är kvinnor. Att drabbas av höftfraktur kan innebära ett stort lidande, det är ofta en smärtsam upplevelse, både vid själva skadetillfället men även under vårdtiden. Syfte: Att beskriva patienters upplevelser av vården vid höftfraktur. Metod: Denna studie genomfördes som en litteraturöversikt, där databaserna Cinahl, Psycinfo, PubMed och Web of Science användes vid artikelsökningen. Resultat: Resultatet baserades på tio artiklar, av kvalitativ och kvantitativ design. Patienternas upplevelser av vården vid höftfraktur resulterade i tre kategorier: kommunikation och information, bemötande och trygghet samt smärta och smärtlindring. Patienterna ville vara delaktiga och få löpande information om vad som hände och vad som skulle ske gällande deras vård. Trygghet var en känsla som tillkom av beröring från vårdpersonalen och uppskattades då patienterna upplevde sig som utsatta. Smärtlindringen var viktig för att patienterna skulle känna välbefinnande och inte ha ont. Konklusion: Kommunikation är den röda tråden genom resultatets alla delar. Patienternas upplevelser av information, trygghet, bemötande, smärta och smärtlindring påverkas alla av hur väl kommunikationen mellan dem och vårdpersonalen har fungerat. Det är därför viktigt att sjuksköterskor försöker identifiera varje patients individuella förutsättningar och behov för att ha möjlighet att anpassa information, kommunikation och egenvård så att varje patients behov tillgodoses. / Background: The average age of suffering a hip fracture is 80 years, and the causes are falls tendency and osteoporosis. The majority of those who suffer from a hip fracture are female. To suffer a hip fracture could mean great suffering, it is often very painful, both at the time of the injury, but also during the hospital stay. Aim: To describe patients' experiences of care at hip fracture. Method: This study was conducted as a literature review, in which ten articles were included. The databases used in this study was Cinahl, Psycinfo, PubMed and Web of Science. Results: The results were based on ten articles, which were of qualitative and quantitative methods. The patients' experiences of care at hip fracture resulted in three categories: communication and information, treatment and safety and pain and pain relief. The patients wanted to be involved and receive ongoing information regarding their care. When patients experienced themselves as vulnerable the touch from the nursing staff created a sense of security. Pain relief was important for patients to feel the well-being and not have pain. Conclusion: Patients' experiences of information, security, treatment, pain and pain relief are all affected by communication. It is important for nurses to identify each patient's individual circumstances and needs in order to be able to adapt the information, communication and self-care to meet each patient's needs.

O objetivo da pesquisa foi de analisar a aplicabilidade de intervenções propostas pela Classificação das Intervenções de Enfermagem para o diagnóstico Risco de quedas em adultos e idosos hospitalizados. Trata-se de um estudo descritivo quantitativo, realizado com 23 estudantes do 8º período do Curso de Graduação em Enfermagem de uma Universidade Pública de João Pessoa/Paraíba, o qual descreve as atividades listadas pelos estudantes nos domínios Fisiológico Básico, Fisiológico Complexo e Segurança para pacientes adultos e idosos com diagnóstico de risco de quedas; apresenta o mapeamento comparativo das intervenções e das atividades listadas pelos alunos com as propostas pela referida classificação, o refinamento do cross-mapping realizado pelos enfermeiros expertos e, por último, a opinião dos estudantes quanto à aplicabilidade da NIC. Quanto aos resultados, encontraram-se 22 estudantes do sexo feminino, com idades entre 20 e 29 anos. Todos responderam que identificam o diagnóstico de Risco de quedas em pacientes adultos e idosos hospitalizados, com exceção de um estudante; apenas dois tiveram acesso a algum instrumento de avaliação de Risco de quedas; todos responderam que estudaram o assunto sobre prevenção de quedas nas disciplinas de Enfermagem na Atenção à Saúde do Adulto e idoso I e II; apenas dois estudantes apresentaram trabalho sobre a temática em eventos científicos. Primeiramente, identificou-se que as atividades que envolvem a educação do paciente e/ou da família foram listadas com mais frequência nas intervenções de prevenção de quedas, controle do ambiente: segurança, controle de medicamentos e terapia com exercício: equilíbrio. Foram listadas pelos estudantes 242 atividades com as repetições (187, no domínio de Segurança, 37, no domínio Fisiológico Básico, 18, no domínio Fisiológico Complexo). A média de atividades por estudantes foi de 10,5. O estudante que mais se apropriou do domínio de Segurança listou 16 atividades. Quanto ao mapeamento comparativo, foram listadas 22 intervenções e 81 atividades para este estudo. Porém, após o mapeamento, constatou-se que permaneceram as 22 intervenções e aumentaram as atividades para 82, distribuídas em três, de sete domínios da classificação. A intervenção prevenção de quedas foi a mais listada pelos estudantes, seguida pelo controle do ambiente: segurança, controle de demência, controle de medicamentos e terapia com exercício: equilíbrio. A maioria das atividades foi julgada como 100% de concordância entre os enfermeiros expertos. Na análise da aplicabilidade, foram consideradas as intervenções principais, a assistência no autocuidado (0,82) e precauções contra convulsões (0,80). Concluímos que os estudantes de Enfermagem se utilizam fortemente da classificação NIC e que as intervenções de Enfermagem sugeridas pela ligação NANDA-I e NIC foram aplicáveis ao diagnóstico de Risco de quedas. Porém elas precisam ser atualizadas. Sinaliza-se a necessidade de validação clínica das intervenções mapeadas e julgadas para o presente estudo. / The objective of this research was to analyze the applicability of the proposed interventions by the Nursing Interventions Classification for the diagnosis \'Fall risks\' in adults and elderly hospitalized. This is a descriptive quantitative study, performed with 23 students of the 8th period from Nursing Graduation of a Public University in João Pessoa/Paraíba, which describes the activities listed by students in the areas Basic Physiological, Complex Physiological and Safety for adults and elderly patients with diagnosis of \"Fall risks\", presents the comparative mapping of interventions and the listed activities by students with the proposals by this classifications, the refinement of the cross-mapping performed by expert nurses, and lastly, the opinion of students as to the applicability of NIC. As for the results, it was found 22 female students, with ages between 20 and 29 years. All answered that identify the diagnosis of \"Risk of falls\" in adults and elderly hospitalized, with the exception of one student; only two had access to an instrument for the evaluation \"Risk of falls\"; all answered that studied the subject on preventing falls in the courses of Health Attention Nursing of Adult and Elderly I and II; only two students presented researches on the thematic in scientific events. First, it was identified that activities that involve the education of patient and/or family were listed more often in interventions of fall prevention, ambient control: safety, control of medicines and therapy with exercise: balance. Were listed by students 242 activities with repetitions (187 in the area of safety, 37 in Basic Physiological area, 18, in Complex Phisiological area). The average of activities per students was 10.5. The student who most appropriated the area Security listed 16 activities. As for comparative mapping , were listed 22 interventions and 81 activities for this study. However, after mapping, it was found that remained 22 interventions and activities increased to 82, distributed in three of seven areas of classification. The intervention fall prevention was the most listed by students, followed by ambient control: safety, dementia control, medicine control, and therapy with exercise: balance. Most activities were judged as 100% agreement among expert nurses. In analysing the applicability, were considered the main interventions, assistance in self-care (0.82) and precautions against seizures (0.80). We conclude that Nursing students use hardly the classification NIC and that nursing interventions suggested by the connection NANDA-I and NIC were applicable for the diagnosis of \"Risk of falls\". Yet they need to be updated. It is signaled the need for clinical validation of the mapped interventions and judged for this study.