http://nsq.sagepub.com Nursing Science Quarterly RSS feed -- current issue July 2008 Nursing Science Quarterly 0894-3184 http://nsq.sagepub.com:80/icons/banner/title.gif http://nsq.sagepub.com http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/21/3/193?rss=1 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408319273 3 21 193 2008-07-01 193 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/21/3/194?rss=1 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408319411 3 21 194 2008-07-01 194 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/195?rss=1 The purpose of this column is to set forth the humanbecoming mentoring model, which offers an alternative to the traditional perspective of mentoring. The model is built on the ontology of humanbecoming and contains assumptions, essences, and processes.

]]> 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408319412 3 21 198 2008-07-01 195 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/199?rss=1 In this column, Biggs updates the state of the science of Orem's self-care model and attendant theories, focusing primarily on research completed between 1999 and 2007. She notes that many of the problems identified in the 2000 state of the science column by Taylor and colleagues persist, such as failure to follow through in using Orem's work to inform the total research study, not just mentioning a theory or concept in passing. However, there is a clear indication of a substantial body of research appropriately framed within Orem's theories that bodes well for ongoing use and development of her work.

]]> 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408320139 3 21 199 2008-07-01 199 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/21/3/200?rss=1 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408320140 3 21 206 2008-07-01 200 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/207?rss=1 The concept of human dignity is a term commonly used in professional codes and standards for biomedical healthcare disciplines and professional nursing practice. What is the definition of this ethical concept? This column offers a unique definition from a nursing disciplinary perspective. Common straight thinking or ethical questions emerging with the application of the concept in practice are offered along with a discussion of misunderstandings regarding the use of the concept in nursing practice and in professional healthcare arenas.

]]> 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408320142 3 21 210 2008-07-01 207 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/211?rss=1 The following column explores the timelessness of nursing theory by highlighting Florence Nightingale's and Rosemarie Parse's theoretical underpinnings related to understanding the person's perspective on health and quality of life. Following this, a concept inventing process conducted by Barbara Condon explores a humanbecoming definition of feeling misunderstood.

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]]> 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408320150 3 21 221 2008-07-01 218 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/222?rss=1 Perspectives on time are relevant to knowledge development and professional practice within a discipline. Two scholars present their work on time as related to their programs of nursing research, theory development, and professional practice.

]]> 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408320152 3 21 223 2008-07-01 222 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/21/3/223?rss=1 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408320153 3 21 225 2008-07-01 223 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/21/3/225?rss=1 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408320154 3 21 227 2008-07-01 225 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/228?rss=1 The purpose of this study was to enhance understanding about the lived experience of suffering. Parse's phenomenological-hermeneutic method was used to answer the research question: What is the structure of the lived experience of suffering? Participants were 12 elderly persons residing in two longterm care facilities. Data were collected through dialogical engagement. Through the extraction-synthesis process, three core concepts were identified. When joined, they formed the structure: Suffering is unbounded desolation emerging with resolute acquiescence with benevolent affiliations. The finding was linked with the human becoming theory through heuristic interpretation, and is discussed in light of participants' descriptions and relevant literature.

]]> 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408319274 3 21 237 2008-07-01 228 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/238?rss=1 Medication use by community-dwelling elderly accounts for a significant portion of all U.S. drug use. Many elderly manage over three prescriptions a day. Recent evidence indicates that non-adherence to prescribed drug regimens can lead to symptoms that result in hospitalizations. The study's purpose was to explore self-management of medications as perceived by community-dwelling elderly. Guided by Orem's Self-Care Deficit Nursing Theory, 19 older adults were interviewed about their medication self-management practices. Inductive data analysis revealed three major themes: successful self-management of medications, living orderly, and aging well. Success in establishing individual management systems may be the result of developing and maintaining orderly lifestyles.

]]> 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408319276 3 21 246 2008-07-01 238 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/247?rss=1 The researchers examined the relation of power and well-being in a sample of 881 men and women living in South Korea. Rogers' science of unitary human beings, Barrett's theory of power, and Gueldner's theoretical perspective of well-being served as the theoretical rationale. The hypothesis was supported by a significant positive correlation between power and well-being (r = .52, p < .001). Reliabilities by Cronbach's alpha were .96 for the Power as Knowing Participation in Change Tool and .84 for the Well-Being Picture Scale. Well-being can be facilitated by enhancing person's power as knowing participation in change.

]]> 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408319277 3 21 254 2008-07-01 247 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/255?rss=1 In 1999, the Boston-Based Adaptation in Nursing Research Society associates published their analysis of Roy adaptation model—based research. This earlier analysis supported the model's conceptual framework, its adaptive processes, and the influences that effect human responses. The purpose of this article is to describe more recent research within the context of the Roy adaptation model's structural framework, and ongoing developments that include expanded research programs, middle-range theory construction, and research that is related to the philosophic assumptions. An additional aim is to present an expanded worldview or an integrated paradigm that includes both sets of the Roy adaptation model's assumptions (scientific and philosophic), as well as a holistic-adaptation inquiry that could be used to derive Roy adaptation model-based nursing knowledge in future research investigations.

]]> 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408319289 3 21 259 2008-07-01 255 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/260?rss=1 The use of stories in nursing education and in life is briefly considered in this introduction to an article evaluating a nursing course on caring theory as it is talked about by nurses who have recently graduated from their undergraduate nursing program in Hong Kong.

]]> 2008-06-10 info:doi/10.1177/0894318408319290 3 21 261 2008-07-01 260 Article http://nsq.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/21/3/261?rss=1 This column provides a report of the effectiveness of a nursing program in Hong Kong that used narrative pedagogy. The comments of 12 recent graduates from a postgraduate baccalaureate nursing degree program who were willing to participate in a series of focus group meetings were included. The findings show that nursing education based on a human science paradigm helped form the professional nursing identity of the graduates, as they continued retelling, reliving, and reflecting on their caring narratives. A pragmatic approach to theory-enhanced practice is helpful for nursing graduates to sustain their caring practice.

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