JAN DISCUSSION PAPER JOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING The use of theory in qualitative approaches to research: application in end-of-life studies Hung-Lan Wu & Deborah L. Volker Accepted for publication 24 July 2009 Correspondence to D.L. Volker: e-mail: dvolker@mail.nur.utexas.edu Hung-Lan Wu PhD RN Nursing Instructor Meiho Institute of Technology, Pingtung, Taiwan Deborah L. Volker PhD RN AOCN Associate Professor The University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, Austin, Texas, USA W U H . L
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Introduction Palliative care (PC) provides a better comprehensive health care for patients with cancer and their families. Supportive care, pain management and symptom control at the end of life are valuable and common services provided by the PC team (World Health Organization [WHO], 2002). However, there are many challenges and barriers for PC in developing countries such as: health care and public literacy about PC, opioid phobia, policies and regulations to access and prescribe opioid, limited
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Importance of Nursing Theory We can define nursing theory as a group of concepts that describe and present current knowledge in nursing. Nursing theory looks to provide an overall vision and understanding of the profession of nursing. It helps to organize knowledge obtained and advances the way a discipline is practiced (Shea & Cavan, 2014). Before this course I had little exposure to nursing theory and its application in the clinical realm. I knew things were done a certain way but truly did not know
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THE CASE FOR A MODEL OF CARE Contemporary health care systems are constantly challenged to revise traditional methods of health care delivery. These challenges are multifaceted and stem from: 1. novel pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments; 2. changes in consumer demands and expectations; 3. fiscal and resource constraints; 4. changes in societal demographics in particular the ageing of society; 5. an increasing burden of chronic disease; 6. documentation
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with Care at the End of Life Sydney Morss Dy, MD, MSc,Ã wz Lisa R. Shugarman, PhD,§ Karl A. Lorenz, MD, MSHS,§ k Richard A. Mularski, MD, MSHS,# and Joanne Lynn, MD, MA, MS,§ for the RANDFSouthern California Evidence-Based Practice Center (See editorial comments by Dr. Jean S. Kutner, pp 160–162) The objective of this study was to systematically review the literature to better understand the conceptualization of satisfaction with end-of-life care and the effectiveness of palliative care interventions
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11 Timeline and Cost Considerations……………………………………………………….12 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………….13 Concept Model………………………………………………………………..Appendix A Sample Questions……………………………………………………………..Appendix B References……………………………………………………………………………….18 Research Proposal Research Proposal Introduction Intensive care units (ICUs) were designed to provide highly skilled, lifesaving nursing care to viable patients with acute illnesses or injuries. Patients with chronic and/or terminal illness were not
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primary aim of my assignment is to look at the issue of end of life care in dialysis satellite units, as these areas tend to be nurse led units. My interest in palliative and end of life care has arisen from the growing number of poorly patients we continue to dialyse, this has proved distressing especially for the patient, who often has unmanaged symptoms and for their families, it is also upsetting for the staff involved in their care, as it is felt nobody is acting as the patients’ advocate and helping
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challenging the delivery of health care and the health care profession are new. As we confront the legal, moral, and ethical aspects of health care, we are seldom faced with decisions that require or are resolved by simple right or wrong answers (Edge & Kreiger, 1998). In the Breadth component of KAM VI, I focus on several ethical theories and how those theories influence the way ethical issues and concerns are addressed and managed in the allocation and delivery of health care services. I critically assess
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Cancer Control Knowledge into Action WHO Guide for Effective Programmes Diagnosis and Treatment Cancer Control Knowledge into Action WHO Guide for Effective Programmes Diagnosis and Treatment WHO Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data Diagnosis and Treatment. (Cancer control : knowledge into action : WHO guide for effective programmes ; module 4.) 1. Neoplasms – diagnosis. 2. Neoplasms – therapy. 3. Early detection. 4. National health programs. 5. Guidelines. I.World Health
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organization. She was awarded the American Academy of Nursing award termed as a Living Legend in the year 2013 (Jug, D, 2015). Jean is known because of her Theory of Human Caring and ten Caritas processes which act as a blueprint for the nursing practice. She was born in West Virginia in the year 1940 (Alligood, 2013). She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing in the year 1964 from the University of Colorado. She continued with her Ph.D. in Education Psychology and Counseling in the same
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