Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing
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This work describes the experiences of work empowerment among nurses engaged in elderly care in southern Finland. The data were collected with a questionnaire that included items on demographic background as well as verbal, behavioral, and outcome empowerment. The data were analyzed statistically. ⋯ All fields of empowerment showed a statistically significant correlation with each another. Education and work experience were also related to behavioral empowerment. The results provide important clues for the development of elderly care.
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Multicenter Study Clinical Trial Controlled Clinical Trial
The impact of a palliative care educational component on attitudes toward care of the dying in undergraduate nursing students.
Nurse educators have identified that historically nurses have not been prepared to care for dying patients. Research also has identified that nursing students have anxieties about death, dying, and caring for dying patients. Several factors have been identified as affecting nurses' and nursing students' attitudes toward care of the dying. ⋯ Results of this study indicate that education can have a positive effect on nursing students' attitudes toward care of the dying. Nursing students in the intervention group had a significant positive increase in their attitudes toward care of the dying after the intervention. The attitude change increased slightly after a 4-week period.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Decision making of psychiatric nurses in Finland, Northern Ireland, and the United States.
The purpose of this study was to describe the decision-making process of 339 psychiatric nurses in Finland, Northern Ireland, and the United States and to discuss any differences observed among nurses in these countries. The instrument used in the study was a 56-item, Likert-type questionnaire tested in several previous studies that have confirmed its validity and reliability. ⋯ Overall, it may be concluded that the decision-making process of psychiatric nurses is broadly based, but it varies between countries. Nurses from Northern Ireland used only analytical decision-making models; nurses from Finland made decisions strongly favored analytical decision-making models but also used some intuitive models; and American nurses used intuitive decision-making and analytical-processing models.
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Characteristics of patient visits to nurse practitioners and physician assistants in hospital outpatient departments.
Many authors have described differences between nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Most studies have compared physician with nonphysician providers' practice. Few studies have compared nurse practitioners and physician assistants, and none has used a national data base. ⋯ Results of multivariate logistic regression suggest that nurse practitioners were the most likely nonphysician provider for outpatients receiving more health promotion and counseling (therapeutic) services and for those needing women's and children's services. Outpatients in rural areas predicted visits to physician assistants. As more nonphysician providers enter the work force, the results of this research may assist with understanding the utilization of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in primary care.