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Changing Landscapes: End-Of-Life Care & Communication At A Zen Hospice, Ellen W. Klein
Changing Landscapes: End-Of-Life Care & Communication At A Zen Hospice, Ellen W. Klein
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation examines end-of-life experiences at a small Zen hospice in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Through an exploration of how end-of-life communication, sense-making, decision-making, and care in this setting differ from that of typical clinical settings, this project highlights and interrogates the experiences of dying as spiritually, rhetorically, narratively, relationally, and communally bound events.
Keywords: Zen hospice, end of life, narrative sensemaking, medical-ethical decision making, spirituality, healing rhetoric, communities of practice
Emergency Medicine Triage As The Intersection Of Storytelling, Decision-Making, And Dramaturgy, Colin Ainsworth Forde
Emergency Medicine Triage As The Intersection Of Storytelling, Decision-Making, And Dramaturgy, Colin Ainsworth Forde
USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation presents a comprehensive qualitative study of the decision-making aspects of emergency department (ED) triage at a large urban Trauma I hospital in the Southeast. Specifically, this study addresses the following research questions: (1) What do triage nurses perceive as the primary role of the triage process? (2) How do triage nurses interpret patient performances? These questions are explored through illuminating the intricacies of triage decision-making by the use of semi-structured interviews and observations.
The findings of this study indicate: (1) a better understanding of the triage decision- making process yielding more practical insights related to the informal, emergent, …