This study concerned assessments of attitudes towards demented patients among students and nursing staff as well as attitudes towards active euthanasia, wish to transfer to other jobs, ability of empathy and experience of burnout among nursing staff. The study aimed also to relate experience of burnout to attitudes towards demented patients, ability of empathy and experience of work with demented patients. The study was performed by use of questionnaires, scales measuring attitudes towards demented patients, experience of burnout and ability of empathy. Tape-recorded interviews were also included aiming to explore the staffs experience at work. The results showed that a majority of the students and staff held positive attitudes towards demented patients. A small proportion intended to work solely with demented patients. Staff working in psychogeriatric care and somatic long-term care held more positive attitudes than staff working in acute medical care. Proportions of staff with positive attitudes varied depending on age, duration of employment, education and place of work. A larger proportion of staff in geriatric care than in acute care reported a wish to transfer to another job. LPN’s in nursing homes to the largest proportion stated this wish to transfer. A majority of both students and staff expressed negative attitudes towards active euthanasia to severely demented patients in the finale stage of life. However, most favourable attitudes towards active euthanasia were found among students with shorter health care education and among nurse's aides and LPN’s. The staffs empathy was judged as moderately high and there were no differences found in relation to sex, staff category or place of work. Experience of burnout /tedium varied with the place of work and category of staff. Largest proportions at risk to develop burnout were found among those working in somatic long-term care and psychogeriatric care. RN’s showed lower burnout scores than nurse's aides and LPN’s. Experience of burnout was correlated to attitudes towards demented patients, indicating that the lower burnout score the staff have the more positive are the attitudes. Burnout was also related to the staffs ability of empathy i.e. the lower degree of burnout the higher is the empathie ability. Regression analysis showed that "Experience of feed-back at work” and "Time spent at present place of work" were the most important factors for the staffs experience of burnout. / <p>Diss. (sammanfattning) Umeå : Umeå universitet, 1990, härtill 7 uppsatser.</p> / digitalisering@umu

I denna kvalitativa intervjuundersökning studerar vi vad som har varit betydelsefullt för återhämtningen hos några unga vuxna, vilka upplevt trauman i sin uppväxt. Med hjälp av semistrukturerade djupintervjuer enligt en teori som har sitt ursprung i fenomenologin och hermeneutiken, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA), belyser vi informanternas egna upplevelser. Särskilt intresse riktas mot att undersöka betydelsen av behandlingsrelationer. Resultatet visar att häst som verktyg i behandlingen har varit betydelsefullt. Hästen har förmedlat en trygghet vilket gett goda förutsättningar till skapandet av nära relationer till personalen och senare andra människor. Även personalens kompetens samt tiden efter behandlingen har varit viktig och bidragit till en självinsikt hos informanterna. Vårt resultat visar på att det sociala arbetet måste vara mer individbaserat istället för att försöka skapa generella metoder som förväntas fungera för alla. I denna studie kommer vi fram till att nära relationer har varit avgörande för informanternas återhämtningsprocess.

During the twentieth century, Nursing Education in South Africa was traditionally provided by the public sector and religious orders. Sr Henriëtta Stockdale played a major role in the development of nursing education and the governing thereof. In 1914, the establishment of the South African Trained Nurses’ Association (SATNA) marked the drive for an improved system of education for professional nurses. Medical practitioners and members of the Colonial Medical Council supported this initiative. The Provincial Medical Councils recommended a uniform system of education, to abolish the apprenticeship system of training and that students should be supernumerary. However, it was difficult to persuade authorities to accept the recommendations. The apprenticeship system prevailed, except for Groote Schuur Hospital where a block system was introduced (Searle, 1965b:287). Nursing training at university level has been advocated by SATNA since 1914. Due to financial responsibilities and the limited number of recruits that met the entry requirements of tertiary institutions, it was unsuccessful. Furthermore, university training of nurses restricted the placement of student nurses at large hospitals linked to universities. In 1933, the University of Cape Town and the University of the Witwatersrand became the first two universities in South Africa to have nurses on campus (Potgieter, 1984:1). In 1916, the training of male nurses in the mining industry was allowed for the first time. All training interventions were funded by mining houses and could therefore be regarded as the first Private Nursing Education Institution (PNEI). In 1946, a small nursing school was established on the East Rand under the Simmer and Jack Native Hospital. The purpose was to train white male orderlies for medical stations at mines. This was the beginning of PNEI in South Africa. PNEI are still functioning presently. The role and contribution of these institutions to nursing education in South Africa are often ignored. The researcher strove to answer the following question: What is the history and development of PNEI and their contribution with regard to nursing education in South Africa from a historical perspective? The objectives of the study were to explore, describe and record the history of the development of PNEI and their contribution to nursing education in South Africa. The motivation for the private health care industry to embark on the establishment of Nursing Education Institution (NEI) was investigated and described. A qualitative research design and an explorative, descriptive, contextual, historical research approach were applied. Explorative research involves the exploration of the phenomenon to divulge its core components. A descriptive study design aimed to find more information on the topic within this particular field of study was also used. The topic and context of this study is PNEI in South Africa between 1946 and 2006. The purpose of the study is to preserve the history of the development and contribution of PNEI including Gold Fields Nursing College, Netcare Training Academy, Life Nursing College, Medi-Clinic Learning Centres and Gandhi Mandela Nursing Academy between 1946 and 2006. This research study is presented as a chronological narrative report (Objective 1). Data collection was done by individual oral history semi-structured interviews with information-rich individuals as well as document analysis. Oral history semi-structured interviews had been recorded after which each interview was transcribed verbatim. Data analysis was done by narrative and document analysis. Scientific rigour was ensured throughout the study. Objective 2 and Objective 3 were achieved through data collection and analysis. Recommendations based on the findings are made for nursing research, nursing education and nursing practice. / Thesis (PhD (Nursing))--North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 2012

Denna intervjustudie syftar till att belysa behandlares erfarenheter av och uppfattningar om särskilda faktorer som påverkar behandlingsutfall hos ungdomar inom tvångsvården. Syftet innebär även att få kunskap kring hur behandlare resonerar om hur de förhåller sig till olika faktorer i behandlingsarbetet. Studien bygger på en hermeneutisk ståndpunkt och en kvalitativ ansats. Semistrukturerade intervjuer har gjorts med sex behandlare som arbetar inom ungdomsvården. Resultatet har tolkats utifrån teorin om risk- och skyddsfaktorer, behovsprincipen och responsivitetsprincipen. Resultatet visar på olika faktorer som kan vara hindrande respektive främjande för behandlingens utfall. Dessa faktorer är skola, familj och nätverk, fritidsintresse, begåvning och psykisk hälsa. Det visar också på att en god relation är en förutsättning för att behandlingen ska bli så effektiv som möjligt. Resultatet visar på att personalen förhåller sig till de olika faktorerna i arbetet främst genom behandlingsplanering, utredningar och samtal. En viktig slutsats är att eftervården bör förbättras.

Denna uppsats kommer att studera fotbollssupporterkulturen och fotbollssupportrarnas identitetsskapande. Syftet är att ta reda på hur supporterskapet ser ut, förvärvas och vilken betydelse det har för individen. Vilka följder har fotbollssupporterskapet i individernas vardag och hur uppfattas fotbollsvåldet ur supportrarnas perspektiv? De teorier vi har valt att använda oss av är Berger &amp; Luckmanns kunskapssociologiska teorier, Goffman dramaturgiska modell samt diskurspsykologi. Vi har intervjuat nio män som alla är fotbollssupportrar. Sex av våra intervjupersoner har använt våld i samband med fotboll, medan övriga tre inte har det. Intervjufrågorna baserades på det diskurspsykologiska perspektivet och behandlade således hur supportrarna talar om sitt supporterskap och inte om deras bakgrund. När vi transkriberade vårt material fann vi några återkommande teman hos alla respondenter, vilka vi valt att använda som utgångspunkt när vi formade vår analys. De teman vi fann var: Supporteridentitet, socialisation, gemenskap, roller och våld. I analysen valde vi att kombinera det diskurspsykologiska perspektivet med våra symboliska interaktionistiska teorier. Vi kunde se att supporteridentiteten förmedlas och konstrueras via talet, samt att den går i arv. En viktig del i supporterskapet är att känna samhörighet till andra personer och det är en viktig del till att individerna väljer att vara en del av supporterkulturen. Varje individ väljer att spela en viss roll beroende på vilken gruppering inom supporterkulturen de vill tillhöra, där en sådan gruppering kan vara en firma. Våldet från firmor eller andra supportrar som väljer att slåss kan ses som ett nödvändigt ont och därför legitimeras det både av supportrar som slåss och supportrar som inte slåss.

Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Also available online.

Thesis (B.A.Hons. 1975) -- University of Adelaide, Dept. of History, 1974.

Zugl.: Bochum, Univ., Diss., 2005

Konstanz, Univ., Bachelorarb., 2006.

Zugl.: München, Univ., Diss., 2008