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Examining Nursing Presence In The Acute Care Setting As An Indicator Of Patient Satisfaction With Nursing Care, Wendy Hansbrough Phd, Msn, Rn
Examining Nursing Presence In The Acute Care Setting As An Indicator Of Patient Satisfaction With Nursing Care, Wendy Hansbrough Phd, Msn, Rn
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Nursing presence is conceptualized as occurring within the nurse-patient relationship when the nurse acknowledges the uniqueness of the patient, within his or her context of being and chooses to intervene on the patient's behalf with a patient who allows the nurse into a reciprocal relationship. Nursing presence is described as occurring in varying levels and nurse expertise is suggested as one antecedent. Quantification of nursing presence would be useful in examination of nursing care outcomes, quality management and research. The Presence of Nursing Scale, PONS (Kostovich, 2002) was used in this study to test its reliability and determine its validity …
Compassionate Care, The Patient Perspective, Lori Burnell Phd
Compassionate Care, The Patient Perspective, Lori Burnell Phd
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Professional mandates call for nurses to respond with compassion (e.g., American Nurses Association [ANA] Code of Ethics, International Council of Nurses [ICN]) and countless hospital mission and vision statements prominently display compassion as their fundamental purpose. As a component of healthcare and nursing models, however, defining characteristics and standards are inconsistent. Compassion as a means of establishing a connection on a spiritual level abounds in the literature (Buck, 2006; Grant, 2004; O'Brien, 2008; Schultz et al., 2007) and is documented as a nursing requirement (e.g., ANA, ICN); however, it remains virtually uncharted from the lens of the patient. Through interpretive …