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THESIS (D.N.P. (Doctor of Nursing Practice))--School of Nursing, University of San Francisco, 2009. / Title from p. 42 ("Informed consent" page). Bibliography: leaves 30-36.

Thesis (MNurs)--University of South Australia, 1999

Thesis (PhD. (Nursing Science)(Faculty of Health Sciences))--University of Pretoria, 2006. / Summary in English. Includes bibliographical references.

D.Cur. / Like in many countries, Namibia is experiencing social and economic health care problems related to care provision at state health facilities. The Namibian State has acknowledged that it can no more afford to provide care for all the sick people alone, especially at its health facilities. It is now calling upon the society to take up the responsibility of caring for their sick people at home. Although this call is genuine and necessary, one cannot help to always wonder about the expectations of stakeholders involved in home care provision in rural Namibia. The purpose of the study was to develop and describe a model for capacity building to facilitate quality home care in rural Namibia. To achieve this the following specific objectives were formulated: 1) to explore and describe the expectations of the stakeholders involved in home care situation in rural Northern Namibia; 2) to assess the status of available resources in relation to quality home care; 3) to analyse the concept capacity as a management process and conceptualise the whole study into existing theoretical frameworks to facilitate home care in rural Namibia and 4) to develop and describe practical guidelines for the implementation of the model. A qualitative case study design was used to carry out the study. Explorative, descriptive, theory generative and inductive strategies were utilised. Face to face interviews were conducted with thirty stakeholders in home care using an interview guide. Purposive and Snowballing/networking sampling were used to identify the stakeholders involved with home care. Observations were also made with regard to the status of the resources, its availability and accessibility to the stakeholders. From the empirical phase, various expectations were expressed related to resources, namely, physical structures, knowledgeable human resources, financial and logistics, information, safe water supply, transport and communication means, support systems and mechanisms at home and community levels, food and nutrition. It was clear that resources were lacking as well as the support systems for home care.

Thesis (MCur (Nursing Science))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Nursing documentation is the written evidence of nursing practice and reflects the accountability of nurses to patients. Accurate documentation is an important prerequisite for individual and safe nursing care. It is a severe threat for the individuality and safety of patient care if important aspects of nursing care remain undocumented. Nursing staff cannot rely on information that is not documented. Every patient is important and unique hence every patient’s care is individualised and different according to his/her needs. This is why important aspects of his/her care need to be documented. Ultimately, the documentation practices reflect the values of the nursing personnel (Isola, Muurinen and Voutilainen, 2004:79-80). The goal of this study was to investigate documentation of nursing care with reference to current practices and perceptions of nurses in a teaching hospital in Saudi Arabia Specific objectives of the study were:  to identify whether the hospital policies are being carried out  to identify whether the procedures regarding current documentation are being carried out and  to explore the perceptions of the nurses regarding the current documentation practices. Research Methodology For the purpose of this study, a non-experimental descriptive design with a quantitative approach was used. The study was carried out at King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia. The total population of 90 registered nurses were used in this study. Questionnaires were distributed to the participants and they were answered with no identities written on the questionnaires. After the questionnaires were completed, it was posted in a box and was collected by the researcher. The questions are straightforward, easily understood, unambiguous, non-leading, objectively set and aimed at obtaining views, experiences and perceptions of documentation of nursing care. . Involvement of participants was voluntary and non-coercive. Data analysis were carried out with the support of a statistician, expressed in tables, frequencies and statistical associations were done between various variables based on a 95% confidence interval. The study revealed that:  Hospital policies are being carried out N=76 (95%)  Procedures pertaining to documentation of nursing care are being carried out N=67(83,7%).  Nurses N=45(56,3%) indicated that paper documentation included a lot of paperwork.  The Cerner (computer system) is regarded as the best system ever used for documentation of nursing care N=44(55%)  The Mycare system (medication ordering system) is regarded as the most reliable, user-friendly system and nurses are happy with it N=68(85%) Recommendations are:  Nurses still need to be taught about the hospital policies  Nurses should be taught the correct procedure on documenting the patient data  Nurse clinicians and managers should check the Cerner for compliance with regard to documentation of physical assessment when conducting audits  Use of paper for nursing documentation should be minimized by shifting some of the nursing documentation procedures from paperwork to electronic version  Continuous updating, in-service training and monitoring to keep nurses abreast with the dynamic nature of computer usage  Reviewing of the system, troubleshooting and suggestions from users need to be attended to on a continuous basis  It is recommended that a backup system (generator) is in place to ensure continuity of documentation. / AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die dokumentering van verpleegsorg is die skriftelike bewys van die verpleegpraktyk en weerspieël die toerekenbaarheid van verpleegsters teenoor pasiënte. Noukeurige dokumentering is ’n belangrike voorvereiste vir individuele en veilige verpleegsorg. Dit is ’n ernstige bedreiging vir die individualiteit en veiligheid van pasiënte-sorg, indien belangrike aspekte van verpleegsorg nie gedokumenteer word nie. ’n Mens kan nie inligting vertrou wat nie gedokumenteer is nie. Die versorging van elke pasiënt is belangrik en uniek. Dit is waarom belangrike aspekte aangaande haar/sy versorging gedokumenteer behoort te word. Uiteindelik weerspieël die dokumenteringspraktyke, die waardes van die verpleegpersoneel (Isola, Muurinen en Voutilainen, 2004: 79-80). Die doel van die studie was om dokumentasie van verpleegsorg met verwysing na huidige praktyke en persepsies van verpleegkundiges in ‘n opleidingshospitaal in Saudi Arabia te ondersopek. Spesifieke doelwitte was  om vas te stel of die hospitaal se beleidsrigtings toegepas word  om vas te stel of die prosedure t.o.v die huidige dokumentering uitgevoer is  en’n ondersoek na die persepsies van verpleegsters aangaande die huidige dokumenteringspraktyke Vir die doel van hierdie studie is ’n nie-eksperimentele beskrywingsontwerp met ’n kwantitatiewe benadering gevolg. Hierdie studie was in King Faisal Specialist Hospital in Jeddah, in Saudia Arabia gedoen. ’n Totale bevolking van 90 geregistreerde verpleegsters was betrokke. Vraelyste was versprei na die deelnemers en is naamloos beantwoord, sonder dat hulle identiteite op die vraelys aangebring is. Na voltooiing van die vraelyste, is dit in ’n houer geplaas en deur die navorser afgehaal. Die vrae is direk, eenvoudig, maklik verstaanbaar, ondubbelsinnig, nie-afleibaar, objektief opgestel en is daarop gemik om gesigspunte, ervaringe en persepsies oor dokumentering van verpleegsters te verkry. Betrokkenheid van deelnemers was vrywillig en nie afdwingbaar nie. Data is getabuleer en in histogramme en frekwensies voorgestel. Deur die Chi-square- toets te gebruik, is statisties betekenisvolle assosiasies tussen veranderlikes bepaal. Bevindinge sluit die volgende in:  Die hospitaalbeleid word toegepas N= 76(95%)  Prosedure t.o.v. dokumentering aangaande verpleegsorg word uitgedra N=67(83,7%)  Verpleegsters het aangedui dat dokumentering op papier, baie papierwerk behels N=45(56,3%)  Die Cerner (rekenaarstelsel) word beskou as die beste stelsel ooit in gebruik vir die dokumentering van verpleegsorg N==44(55%)  Die Mycare stelsel (medisyne bestellingstelsel) word beskou as betroubaar en gebruikersvriendelik, en een waarmee verpleegsters gelukkig is N=68(85%). Aanbevelings is gemaak, gebaseer op die volgende bevindinge:  Dit is steeds nodig dat verpleegsters die hospitaal se beleidsrigtinge geleer moet word  Verpleegsters moet die korrekte prosedure aangaande die dokumentering van die pasiënt se data geleer word  Verpleegklinici en bestuurders moet die Cerner nagaan ter voldoening van die dokumentering van fisiese waardebepalinge tydens ouditeringe  Die gebruik van papier vir verpleegdokumentering behoort afgeskaal te word deur van die praktyk van papierwerk na elektroniese dokumentering te skuif  Voortdurende bywerking van data, indiensopleiding en monitering van verpleegsters om hulle op die hoogte te hou van die dinamiese aard van rekenaargebruik  Hersiening van die stelsel, foutspeurdery en voorstelle van gebruikers moet op ’n voortdurende basis aandag geniet.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Thomas J. Watson School of Engineering and Applied Science, Department of Systems Science and Industrical Engineering, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

The purpose of this project is to develop a self-administered developmental care program that will be utilized by the staff of the neonatal ICU at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, CA.

Improvement of patient care in any hospital depends primarily on the quality of nursing care. Nursing care is enhanced by the nursing process, which outlines the nursing activities to be provided for a patient. The purpose of this study was to determine to what extent the nursing process could improve the quality of nursing care, and to explore the knowledge limitations of nursing staff in implementing the nursing process, nursing care planning and proper documentation. Quantitative research, making use of an exploratory, descriptive and contextual design was conducted, utilising a structured questionnaire for data collection. Registered nurses (n=120) employed at a Referral Hospital in Tanzania served as the respondents. The findings revealed a lack of knowledge in understanding and applying the concepts of the nursing process, especially in formulating the nursing diagnosis. Recommendations pertaining to a focused in-service training programme, integrating theory and practice, were made to enhance the effective implementation of the nursing process. / Health Studies / MA (Health Studies)

Orientadores: Roberta Cunha Rodrigues Colombo, Maria Cecilia Jayme Bueno Gallani / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciencias Medicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-04T16:08:54Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Pinto_CristianoJoseMendes_M.pdf: 11508571 bytes, checksum: 3c11ab6f502e13fad691910fcd7f1e96 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2004 / Resumo: Este estudo teve como objetivo identificar, a partir da Teoria do Comportamento Planejado (TPB), os fatores que contribuem para a formação da intenção comportamental do enfermeiro para realizar o estudo hemodinâmico por meio do cateter de artéria pulmonar (CAP). Os dados foram obtidos por meio de entrevista semi-estruturada junto a 23 enfermeiros de Unidades de Terapia Intensiva de dois hospitais públicos e um privado do município de Campinas-SP. A natureza exploratória deste estudo com o emprego de questões abertas permitiu uma análise de caráter qualitativo dos dados coletados, que foram apresentados de acordo com as Unidades Temáticas Centrais: Crenças de Atitude, Normativas, de Controle e Gerais. A análise das entrevistas evidenciou que entre as Crenças de Atitude destacam-se as crenças afetivas negativas e positivas em relação ao comportamento e aquelas relativas às vantagens e desvantagens da realização do estudo hemodinâmico. Na unidade Crenças Normativas, foram evidenciados os referentes sociais positivos para a execução do comportamento: médico, enfermeiro, paciente, bem como os fatores estimuladores do comportamento: "responsabilidade do enfermeiro no cuidado do paciente" e "interesse na recuperação do paciente"; como referentes negativos: equipe médica e serviços de educação continuada, e, como fatores que desestimulam: "déficit de conhecimento", "dificuldades para execução do procedimento" e "pequena utilização dos dados do estudo hemodinâmico pela equipe médica". Dentre as Crenças de Controle, destacaram-se os fatores facilitadores e/ou dificultadores: material, equipamento, número de profissionais, conhecimento, tempo, sobrecarga de atividades, equipe de enfermagem e médica. Os dados obtidos subsidiarão a construção de uma escala psicométrica para a compreensão e predição do comportamento em estudo / Abstract: The purpose of this study was to identify, by means of the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), the elements leading to the development of nurses' behavioral intention when performing a hemodynamic study in patients through pulmonary artery catheter (PAC). Data were obtained by using semi-structured interviews made with 23 Intensive Care Unit nurses from two public and one private hospitais in the city of Campinas, São Paulo state, Brazil. The exploratory nature of this study allowed a qualitative sort of analysis of the data collected, which were then presented according to the following Central Theme-based Units: Attitude, Normative, Control and General Beliefs. The analysis of the interviews highlighted that, conceming the Attitude Beliefs, there are positive and negative aftective beliefs regarded to both behavior and to the advantages and disadvantages in carrying out the hemodynamic study. As to the Normative Beliefs Unit it is possible to emphasize some positive social references present in the behavioral response such as the physicians, nurses and patients, as well as some elements proved to stimulate behavior: nurses' responsibility towards the patients' care and interest in the patients' recovery; among the negative references are: the medical staft and continuing education services; regarding the non-stimulating elements we can mention: knowledge deficit, difficulties in carrying out the procedures and low use of the hemodynamic study data by the medical staft. The Control Beliefs displayed some elements which can either facilitate and I or make the behavior difticult: material, equipment, number of professional people, knowledge, time, tasks overload, nurse and medical staft. The data obtained will enable the creation of a psychometric scale which will be used to understand and predict the behavior presently studied. / Mestrado / Enfermagem e Trabalho / Mestre em Enfermagem