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Perceived Effects Of Faith Community Nursing On Quality Of Life And Overall Health, Vicie Renee Rutherford Jan 2019

Perceived Effects Of Faith Community Nursing On Quality Of Life And Overall Health, Vicie Renee Rutherford

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

Faith Community Nursing (FCN) is a nursing practice specialty that focuses on the intentional care of the spirit, the promotion of an integrative model of health, and the prevention and minimization of illness. The FCN nursing specialty is believed to be an effective specialty to reverse the trend for declining health by aiding in the improvement of quality of life (QoL) and overall health for increasing numbers of people with multiple health problems; however, minimal research data and literature was available to substantiate the claim. This MSN thesis explored the relationship between FCN ministries and QoL and health by conducting …


Stress And Social Media: Implications For Nurses' Quality Of Life, Crystal A. Goodman Jan 2017

Stress And Social Media: Implications For Nurses' Quality Of Life, Crystal A. Goodman

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

This study sought to explore relationships between nurse stress, social media use, and emotional wellbeing. Social media being such a popular trend, has been studied a lot in recent years to determine impacts on health. Nurses are also impacted by this societal trend and research has not focused on this particular group to see how it impacts their emotional wellbeing. The framework for this research was Cognitive-Relational Theory and Margaret Newman’s Theory of Expanding Consciousness. A review of literature was performed to gather data on direct care nurse stress, social media use, coping mechanisms, quality of life, and strategies for …