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Walton, J. A. (1989). The night-time experience of elderly hospitalized adults and the nurses who care for them. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: This is a report of a study into the night-time experience of elderly hospitilised adults and the nurses who care for them. A grounded theory approach was used for the analysis of data and subsequent generation of a theoretical description an partial explanation of patient experiences, nursing actions and nurse-patient interactions.Data were gathered through observation, interview, document audit and literature review; tow general medical wards in a large regional hospital were the focus of field methods of data collection.It is argued that the night-time experiences of elderly hospitalized adults are to a large degree dependent on the individual patterns of sleep and waking behaviour of these people in their normal environments. If individualised care is given, nurses must be aware of people's usual patterns of behaviour.Nurses working at night engage in a series of complex decision sin the course of their interaction with patients. They work under constraints not present during the daytime, and are highly dependent on co-operation from colleagues on other shifts for information which would enable them to deliver optimum care at night. At the same time, night nurses have access to information from and about patients which would be invaluable to a total assessment of any patient's health state.Considerations of sleep and sleep are relevant to nurses working all shifts. The findings of the study have implications in terms of nurses' knowledge of all aspects of sleep; assessment practices; nurse-patient and nurse-nurse communication; nurse-patient relationships at night; wars management; and the independence of nurses
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Walton, J. A. (1995). Schizophrenia, a way of being-in-the-world. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Wenn, J. (1983). Hospital information systems: a nursing viewpoint. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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White, J. M. (1992). Becoming a resident. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Robertson-Green, B. (1993). Enabling choice, public health nurses' perceptions of their work with children and their families. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: This is a grounded theory study which looked at the perceptions of public health nurses regarding their work. This study focuses on their work with children within the context of their families and their communities
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McRae, B. H. T. K. (1998). Peer review: organisational learning for nurses. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Bird, A. (1979). Social withdrawal among early patients in a long-stay psychiatric ward. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Eopapong-Thongkajai, E. (1980). Effects of structured pre-operative teaching upon post-operative physical recovery and psychological welfare. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Tangamonsiri, D. (1978). Teaching coping behaviour to psychiatric patients. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Bassett-Smith, J. L. (1988). Midwifery practice: authenticating the experience of childbirth. Ph.D. thesis, , .
Abstract: The purpose of this grounded theory study was to identify, describe and provide a conceptual explanation of the process of care offered by midwives and the effects of that care on women's experiences of childbirth on hospital. Ten couple participants and their attendant midwives provided the major source of data. The primary data collection methods used in this study were participant observation during each couple's experience of labour and birthing, antenatal, hospital and postnatal interviews with couples along with formal and informal interviews with midwives.Constant comparative analysis of data eventuated in the identification, in the context of this study denotes a process that is engaged in by both midwives and birthing women in order to establish practice, and the experience of giving birth, as being individually genuine and valid.Authenticating is multifaceted and is seen to include the intertwined and simultaneously occurring phases of 'making sense', 'reframing', 'balancing' an 'mutually engaging'.The process of authenticating is proposed as a possible conceptual framework for midwifery practice. It identifies the unique contribution the midwife can make to a couple's experience of childbirth and serves in a conceptual way to unite the technical and interpersonal expertness of the midwife. The conceptual framework of authenticating legitimizes 'being with' women in childbirth and facilitates a women-centred approach to care with consequent implications for practice, education and research
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Goffe, R. (1988). Nursing practice in a hospital context: the subjective experience of four female nurses. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Russell, L. (1993). Fostering nursing through management: a critical approach. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Boddy, J. M. (1992). An ethnography of caring and control in an acute psychiatric unit. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Clare, D. J.(see also P.). (1991). Teaching and learning in nursing education: a critical approach. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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Adams, S. (1997). Nursing people with dual diagnosis in the community setting. Ph.D. thesis, , .
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