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Uncertainty In Nursing: The Impact On Practice And Leadership, Sarah R. Orde
Uncertainty In Nursing: The Impact On Practice And Leadership, Sarah R. Orde
Theses and Graduate Projects
Nurses experience uncertainty in practice due to the fast paced, complex nature of the healthcare system. Uncertainty in nursing practice has a direct influence on patient care, as well as personal well-being of the nurse, and his or her engagement and retention in the workplace. This paper describes a project intended to help nurses identify and cope with uncertainty in practice on an adult medical inpatient unit at a major Midwestern healthcare facility. The project is illustrated through a conceptual model of coping with uncertainty as guided by Margaret Newman's Theory of Health as Expanding Consciousness (HEC). The model identifies …
Integrating Mindfulness Meditation Into Undergraduate Nursing Curricula, Michelle Yankowiak
Integrating Mindfulness Meditation Into Undergraduate Nursing Curricula, Michelle Yankowiak
Theses and Graduate Projects
Stress and anxiety impact the lives of undergraduate nursing students. Learning how to cope with the stressful demands of nursing school is essential for student success. Watson's caring and healing philosophy notes that learning to care for self is foundational in learning to care for others. Literature also reports that nursing programs across the country are lacking instruction on alternative therapies as a self-care method. A need to integrate self-care into curricula was identified by personal knowing as a nursing clinical instructor and through a self-care questionnaire to undergraduate obstetric nursing students. The integration of mindfulness meditation, as a means …