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Student Paper: Understanding Patient Satisfaction and Nursing Care
Authors: Chenard Jilisa M.
Published: September 2018

Registered nurses (RNs) play a critical role in patient satisfaction. Affective support, health information, professional/technical competencies, and decisional control are imperative factors in ensuring satisfaction. However, bureaucratic organizational structure of hospitals is straining nurses’ ability to provide care that meets patients’ expectations. To overcome these challenges, Ray’s theory of bureaucratic caring provides a framework that integrates caring into complex hospital systems. This document will focus on the impact that social, economic, and legal elements have on patient satisfaction and the implications these trends have on RNs and their future practice.
Ray’s Theory of Bureaucratic Caring: A Conceptual Framework for APRN Primary Care Providers and the Homebound Population
Authors: Johnson, Pamela V.
Published: September 2018

More advanced practice registered nurses (APRN) are making primary care house calls to homebound patients. Coordinating primary care services for people confined to their place of residence is complex and requires multiple systems working in congruence to assure basic health needs of patients are met. Marilyn Rays theory of bureaucratic caring (Alligood & Tomey, 2010; Ray, 1998; Turkel, 2007) is being used as a conceptual framework for APRN primary care providers operating systems of care.
Critique of Nursing as Caring Theory: Aesthetic Knowing and Caring in Online Learning
Authors: Shearer, Jennifer E.
Published: September 2018

The expansion of online nursing education with learner-centered pedagogy provides opportunity to build knowledge as well as demonstrate caring toward learners. A learning strategy using a criterion-based critique model is presented as an exemplar of a caring learning activity. Nursing as caring theory is critiqued using the model as a didactic tool. This application stimulates aesthetic knowing for learners and demonstrates respect and value for learners’ contribution to nursing knowledge.
Enriching Caring Pedagogy Through Faculty-Librarian Partnerships
Authors: Correlli, Bethany , Hanneke, Rosie
Published: September 2018

Nursing faculty at Notre Dame of Maryland University and librarians at Loyola/Notre Dame Library have partnered to strengthen the caring science curriculum through the incorporation of information literacy instruction in the RN-to-BSN program. In this article, the authors explain how partnering to teach information literacy empowers students toward autonomy as they become active participants in the learning process. The authors reflections align with Hills and Watsons (2011) 3 major elements of caring relationshipscollaboration, power/empowerment, and participationwhich are used as a framework to demonstrate this partnership.
Nurses’ Caring Behaviors in Ireland and the United States
Authors: Weathers, Elizabeth , McCarthy, Geraldine , Landers, Margaret , Porter, Carol , Cortese, Marisa A. , Fitzpatrick, Joyce J.
Published: September 2018

Minimal cross-national comparisons of nurse caring behaviors are available. A descriptive correlational study was conducted to describe and compare caring behaviors between nurses in Ireland (n = 74) and the United States (US) (n = 74). Significant differences were found between the samples on both educational background and years of nursing experience. US nurses had higher mean caring behavior scores compared to Irish nurses. However, when controlling for the two background variables, the difference was not statistically significant. This study is the first to compare nurses’ caring behaviors in these two countries. The findings have research, education, and practice implications.
Development of a Dignity-Enhancing Model of Caring for Older Adults
Authors: Grimaldi Carol
Published: September 2018

Older people are at risk of losing their sense of dignity as a result of dependency corresponding to disability and frequent hospitalizations. Dignity-promoting care is a central aspect of nursing and essential for enabling people to thrive after the hospital period. Nurses and dependent older adults can cocreate the environments in which dignity is valued and well-being is enhanced. The purpose of this article is to present a model of dignity-enhancing caring for older adults using the theory of nursing as caring.
Dignity, Dependence, and Relational Autonomy for Older People Living in Nursing Homes
Authors: Tolo Heggestad, Anne Kari , Høy, Bente , Sæteren, Berit , Slettebø, Åshild , Lillestø, Britt , Rehnsfeldt, Arne , Lindwall, Lillemor , Lohne, Vibeke , Råholm, Maj-Britt , Aas Trygve
Published: September 2018

Dignity is a core concept in nursing care. In earlier theories on dignity, close links have been drawn between dignity and autonomy, and autonomy has been closely related to independence. These traditional understandings of dignity and autonomy may be challenged when an individual moves into a nursing home. Our findings show that negative views about dependence, institutional frames and structures in the nursing home, and the attitudes and actions of healthcare personnel may diminish independence and lead to a lack of autonomy. Each of these areas can be experienced as a serious threat to the residents’ dignity. Findings are interpreted and discussed in the light of a theory of relational autonomy, which represents an alternative to the traditional individualistic understanding of dignity and autonomy.
Defining Professionat Nurse Caring: Against a Backdrop of 200 Years of Neglect
Authors: Williams, Leonie Mosel
Published: September 2018

More than five generations of nurses have been educated and have practiced as caring professionals in Australia’s recent history. Nursing education has evolved from the cultures of those who migrated to Australia over the last 200 years with very little attention being paid to the culture which developed and thrived on the continent since time began. Few of the five generations of nurses know or have sought to know about Aboriginal peoples, the original inhabitants of Australia. Contemporary education is endeavoring to address this omission, however it is attempting to do so against 200 years of institutionalized racism.
The Caaring Conversation- Talking About Suffering. A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Study in Psychiatric Nursing
Authors: Fredriksson, Lennart
Published: September 2018

The aim of this study was to describe the essence and the meaning of the caring conversation in psychiatric nursing. The methodological basis was the hermeneutic phenomenology described by Van Manen and data was collected in several open-ended interviews with three registered psychiatric nurses and three patients. As a result of the study nine essential themes were identified which together make up the description of the phenomenon. The patient’s suffering is the basic theme of the caring conversation. The conversation is the act that gives concrete form to the nurse’s compassion. Communion is the place where the conversation starts and ends. The caring conversation room is the relationship between the participants in the conversation. By presence, listening, and getting in touch with the story about suffering, the nurse and the patient can understand how the suffering relates to the patient’s life story.
Aesthetic Expression
Authors: Picard, Carol , Sickul, Caryl , Natale, Shannon
Published: September 2018

This paper examines the relationship of suffering, the need for care, and the healing power of aesthetics in human science. The authors live in the world of art and healing as scholars, educators, performers, and healers. In examining suffering in a cooperative mode of inquiry, the authors reflected on aesthetic works of suffering and beauty, as well as science, nursing literature, and illness narratives. Implications for nursing practice, education, and research are discussed. Recommendations for the possibilities of healing art in hospitals will be addressed as a restorative process in postmodern healthcare. The hospitals have been described as concentrated centers of human suffering, very much in need of its healing sister, art.
Parents’ Perceptions of Caring Characteristics of Physicians and Nurses
Authors: Wei Holly , Wei Trent , Brown Karla J. , Buck Scott H. , Mill Michael R.
Published: September 2018

The purpose of this study is to describe parents’ perceptions of the caring characteristics of physicians and nurses who take care of their children with CHD undergoing heart surgery. This is a qualitative descriptive study with interviews guided by Swanson Theory of Caring. According to parents’ descriptions, the top four caring characteristics of physicians and nurses are competence, altruism, responsibility, and empathy. Caring physicians and nurses not only treat patients’ physical illnesses with medical knowledge but also care for their psychological and emotional needs. Physicians’ and nurses’ caring characteristics facilitate the dissemination of professional expertise and make advanced technologies meaningful.
Patient Engagement Through Informed Nurse Caring
Authors: Welch Joanne , Fournier Ann
Published: September 2018

Caring in nursing is well established as fundamental to the nurse–patient relationship. Swanson (1991) defines caring as a “nurturing way of relating to a valued other toward whom one feels a personal sense of commitment and responsibility” (p. 165). The care provided by nurses should be informed (Swanson, 1993). The Nursing Alliance for Quality Care suggests that engaged patients enter into a partnership with nurses though which there is a mutual sharing of information (Sofaer & Schumann, 2013). Efforts to increase patient engagement may be enhanced through informed nurse caring. The purpose of this article is to discuss the promotion of patient engagement as informed caring practice, within the framework of a middle range theory of caring (Swanson, 1991, 1993) well suited for practical application.
Advancing the Synergy of Benedictine Values and Caring in Online Graduate Nursing Education
Authors: Jezuit Deborah , Carter Richey Margaret , Ridge Alison , Ritt Elizabeth
Published: September 2018

Watson’s Caring Theory and Caritas combined with Catholic Benedictine values expressed as Hallmarks are integral to the mission of the nursing program. It can be anticipated that faculty who live out the values and express caring serve as role models for the students in the online learning environment. Specific activities make explicit to students that caring is at the core of professional nursing practice and their role as nursing leaders. These processes can be incorporated in nursing programs at all levels and modes of delivery across secular, faith-based, or other academic settings.
Developing Caring Behaviors in Undergraduate Nursing Students Through Simulation
Authors: Persaud Sabita , Thornton Marleen
Published: September 2018

Caring behaviors are a critical aspect of nursing practice. In order to effectively integrate these behaviors, nurses must be offered the opportunity to explore and perfect their caring practice in nursing education programs. Simulation offers a unique opportunity for nurse educators to integrate caring into nursing curricula. This project explored students’ perceived ability to demonstrate caring in the simulated environment using the Simulated Clinical Experience Caring Evaluation Tool. Results indicate that students were capable of demonstrating and reflecting on their own caring behaviors in a simulated learning environment. Written reflections support these findings.
Mental Health: The Caribbean Immigrant Experience
Authors: Shaw Hope M.
Published: September 2018

In a multicultural environment like the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada, mental health-care system must serve the needs of increasingly diverse populations. Today, there is much discussion around the concept of “global” mental health. This movement has stimulated a countermovement, proposing that mental health is a local matter and that systems for promoting mental health must take on board the traditions of local communities and what they want from health.
Relational Caring Inquiry: Nurses’ Perspective on How Management Can Promote A Caring Practice
Authors: Cara, Chantal M.
Published: September 2018

The caring role of nurses is not impervious to obstacles that might be present in today’s health care systems. Such obstacles might occur when nurses do not feel cared for by their nurse managers. Through the “Relational Caring Inquiry”, 16 staff nurses were asked to answer two questions pertaining to their personal experiences with a nurse manager and how these experiences influenced their caring practice. Concerning managerial practices, the staff nurses’ stories revealed the presence of a “Dialectic of Power”, involving two contradictory forces: subjugation and empowerment. These findings can assist managers to better create a caring environment within the institution and help sensitize nurses to patients’ suffering.
Aesthetic Expression: An Aesthetic of Caring
Authors: Tsakiridou, Cornelia A.
Published: September 2018

This paper uses hermeneutics and language analpis to explore similarities between works of caring and works of art in different contexts and figures of speech. It proposes a way of reviewing and rethinking the human relationship to language and world that gives to art, philosophy, and nursing a common ground.
Within the Circle of Death: Transpersonal Poetic Reflections on Nurses’ Stories the Quality of the Dying Process
Authors: Wagner, A. Lynne
Published: September 2018

The aim of this qualitative study was to explore with 18 nurses, through openended interviews, their reflections of family impact on the dying experience. An interpretive, descriptive methodology was combined with an heuristic approach of reflective poetry-writing as a way of knowing subjectively and intersubjectively the fullest meaning of the data. Nurses described family’s “presence” or “absence” as key to a positive or negative dying experience. “Being present” was perceived as transpersonal being there, doing for, and accepting. “Being absent” engendered a separation of spirits due to absence, suddenness, or nonacceptance. The researcher’s poetic reflections further expanded the meaning of human experience, caring, and the quality of the dying process.
A Heideggerian Hermeneutic Study of Correctional Nurses’ Experiences of Caregiving
Authors: Brewer, M. Kathleen , Nelms, Tommie P.
Published: September 2018

Prison inmates are a growing population with complex medical/social needs and nursing care has been cited as important in correctional settings. The purpose of this study was to come to understand prison nurses’ experiences of caregiving. Greater understanding of nursing experiences within the correctional system might encourage others to choose this area of practice, as well as extend nurse caring literature. Eleven nurses employed in a maximum-security prison were interviewed about the scope of their nursing practice and their caring experiences. Data were hermeneutically analyzed against a background of Heideggerian philosophy. Four relational themes, The Scope of Prison Nursing Practice, Prison as Home, Prisoners as Patients, and The Context for Caring supported one constitutive pattern, The Primacy of Caring, and revealed practices that have implications for human caring theory.
Measuring Intervention Outcomes: Impact of Nurse Characteristics
Authors: Snyder, Mariah , Brandt, Cheryl L. , Tseng, Yueh-Hsia
Published: September 2018

Increased attention is being placed on measuring outcomes from specific interventions. Within nursing, nurse-sensitive patient outcomes are being used to measure outcomes of interventions. Less attention has been given to the impact that characteristics of the caregiver, such as caring behaviors, may have on outcomes. Identification of caring behaviors, challenges encountered in measuring the impact of nurse characteristics on outcomes, and implications for research and practice are presented.
Caring Presence: A Case Study
Authors: Engebretson Joan
Published: September 2018

Caring presence, especially the use of silence, is a difficult concept to teach. The use of case study or story is an excellent method to teach this aspect of nursing care. This case, describing an event in a clinical rotation of an undergraduate student, has served as an exemplar for other students. A pedagogical discussion of caring presence as a nursing dynamic and the impact on the patient, nurse, and the environment of care is presented. This story also serves to illuminate the values of the culture of the health care system and the impact that the action of one nurse can have on the care environment.
Creative Strategies for Teaching Caring Leadership
Authors: Johnson, Rene
Published: September 2018

One of the challenges of teaching nursing in a rural area is developing a creative way to define and express leadership abilities. The Art and Nursing departments of Oklahoma Panhandle State University addressed this challenge by pairing a nursing student and art student, who worked together to create a tangible expression of caring. To meet the challenge of mentor shortage in rural areas, the author developed an e-mail mentor program for nursing-leadership students. The art of story as an intervention was used to help students define their leadership roles by interviewing a historic nursing leader in their geographic area. Students were also encouraged to correspond with their legislators and begin a dialogue about nursing and health care.
Infusing the Nursing Curriculum With Literature on Caring: An Idea Whose Time Has Come
Authors: Schoenhofer, Savina O.
Published: September 2018

This analysis was guided by 2 questions: Should nursing curricula be infused with caring? How might literature on caring contribute to the curricular infusion? To address the 1st question, the author examined nursing as a discipline, drawing on concepts from A. J. King and J. A. Brownell (1976), and on research and informal empirical information. The author concluded that (a) caring is a significant idea in nursing’s communities of discourse; (b) teaching about caring has positive outcomes; and (c) caring should be a formal component of nursing curricula. To answer the 2nd question, the author explored the literature on caring, concluding that significant scholarship exists to support infusion. The author illustrates practical approaches to infusion, such as enhancing faculty knowledge of relevant literature and using current periodical literature across program levels.
Creating a Quilt: An Aesthetic Expression of Caring for Nursing Students
Authors: Barry, Charlotte D.
Published: September 2018

An assignment for beginning nursing students provides the milieu for reflection on a nursing situation, appreciation of a caring relationship between the nurse and nursed, and expression of the caring through an aesthetic project. Each student represented a unique situation on a square, and the squares were sewn together to form a quilt. The quilt is apprehended as a whole but closer scrutiny reveals squares of many colors that have been sewn together. The distinct squares represent the work of students and teachers on a journey of understanding. Each of the squares reveals a unique story of caring from nursing practice. The aesthetic project provides the opportunity for the individual and collective experience of caring as the students share their stories of caring with each other and the larger community of nurses.
Sacred Rituals and Healing Rites: Nursing’s Link to Ministry
Authors: Flanagan, Jane
Published: September 2018

This paper explores the Catholic rites around ministry of care to the sick in need of healing and how they are reflected in nursing’s return to its more humanistic roots of caring. The Catholic rituals associated with the Rite of Anointing and viaticum, including prayer, the laying on of hands, and anointing of the sick with oil, are reviewed and paralleled with nursing’s rituals of care. Nursing theory that encompasses this more holistic type of care, which recognizes the unique and sacred role nurses play once they have begun the sacred journey of caring for another, also is discussed.
A Theory of the Art of Nursing Discovered in Rogers’ Science of Unitary Human Beings
Authors: Alligood, Martha Raile
Published: September 2018

More nurses today than ever before are delivering primary care. As they address the contemporary challenges in the delivery of care, the relationship between the manner of nursing and the quality of care is recognized. The purpose of this project was to formalize a theory of the art of nursing from the writings of Martha Rogers, who recognized the vital nature of interpersonal human caring. Using a qualitative hermeneutic research approach, the author discovered a theory of the art of nursing that specified relationships among respect, responsibility, and empathy. The theory proposes that the art of nursing is the ability to balance responsibility for the welfare of others with respect for their human freedom and individual rights through empathic, knowing participation in the moral action we call nursing practice.
Life Pattern of Native Women Experiencing Breast Cancer
Authors: Kiser-Larson, Norma
Published: September 2018

This article explores the life patterns of 10 Native American women experiencing breast cancer. Margaret Newman’s research protocol of pattern recognition was used. Each woman’s life pattern was unique and yet revealed similarities with the patterns of the other women. Deprivation, discrimination, and loss were common elements beginning early in life. There were periods of high stress, additional losses of friends and family members throughout life, and the uncertainty of their own future. Many felt spiritually strengthened during their cancer episode. Support from significant people in their lives was an important part of recovery and a crucial aspect of healing.
Perceived Caring and Risky Behavior Among Urban Blacks: An Ethnographic Exploration
Authors: Plowden, Keith O.
Published: September 2018

Inner-city blacks are disproportionately infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus associated with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). While incidence and mortality appear to be decreasing in some populations, they continue to remain steady with inner-city blacks. Following a constructionist epistemology, this study used ethnography to explore social structure factors that influence high-risk behaviors among inner-city blacks. Leininger’s (1984) Culture Care Diversity and Universality theory guided the study and qualitative interviews were conducted with inner-city HIV-positive individuals and others in the community to explore understanding, attitudes and beliefs about HIV; specifically, social factors associated with high-risk behavior. Within the social factors identified, perceived caring was a strong motivator of behavior. Specific caring behaviors included being present for another, resource availability within the community and acceptance of individuality. The data showed a relationship between risk behavior and perceived caring environments.
A Standard of Care for Caring: A Delphi Study
Authors: Wolf, Zane Robinson , Miller, Margaret , Freshwater, Dawn , Patronis Jones, Rebecca A. , Sherwood, Gwen
Published: September 2018

This three-round Delphi study generated an international standard of care for caring for potential use by nurses and other health care providers in health care agencies and communities. The caring elements, based on related literature, were surveyed from members of the International Association for Human Caring (IAHC) and attendees of the IAHC meeting held in Boca Raton, Florida (USA), in 2000. The standard was constructed from questionnaire responses and provides a starting point for developing a practice model and subject matter for debate among clinicians, educators, and researchers from diverse cultures.and quantitative analysis indicated that student caring behavior significantly improved.
Time to Care: The Evolution and Meaning of Family Visiting Policies in the Intensive Care Unit
Authors: Gottlieb, Jo Ann Kelly
Published: September 2018

More liberalized visiting policies have not become universal and many hospital intensive care units (ICUs) still have restrictive visiting hours even though the benefits of more lenient visiting hours outweigh the negative effects. This article describes the meaning and effects of flexible visiting policies upon family coping for the author and her family when a family member is a patient in an ICU. The article includes a historical review of visiting policies in the ICU, a description of the philosophy of the time, and a description of the change in nursing beliefs about the concept of caring. The influence of Leininger’s and Watson’s theories of caring on nursing and nursing education are discussed and connected with the trend toward less restrictive visiting policies.
With Head and Heart: Surveying Global Culture Since September 11th
Authors: McKever-Floyd Preston L.
Published: September 2018

The events of September 11th, 2001 are etched indelibly in our national consciousness and we have been made painfully aware of our connection to and place in the global village. Our government has formulated and is conducting a military response. This article is seeking to bring to the forefront the need for a new paradigm for international engagement built on the recognition of an every-changing world scene, the fragility of geographical and cultural boundaries, the poverty of human dignity, and a call for action grounded in intelligent understanding. This essay suggests that anything less will lead to the continual creation of ideologies that enshrine prejudices and foster injustices based on fallacious argument. Subsequently, a balanced response to September 11th must incorporate head and heart.
Connectedness in Chronic Illness: Women’s Journeys
Authors: Predeger, Elizabeth , Mumma, Christina
Published: September 2018

The purpose of this inquiry was to explore connectedness in the lives of women living with chronic illness. Narrative data gathered from multiple qualitative studies over a 13-year period describing experiences of women with multiple sclerosis (MS) and women with breast cancer provided the basis for this secondary analysis. Guided by an interpretive-descriptive approach (Thorne, Kirkham, & MacDonald Emes, 1997), the essence of connectedness in the lives of the participants emerged. Women reported that chronic illness provided an awareness of their pattern, connection with others, and movement toward health. Glimpsing into the essence of connectedness provides insights into women’s chronic illness experience and poses questions to guide nurses’ caring research and practice possibilities in this important area of women’s health.
The Dying Soul of Nursing: A Personal Reflection
Authors: Arsdale, Ellen Van
Published: September 2018

This article summarizes the author’s reflections on the 25th Annual International Human Caring Conference held in Boulder, Colorado, on June 1 to 4, 2003. The author reflects on the themes that lead her to believe that the “soul” of nursing may in fact be dying and she reflects on “care of the soul” that may be critical to the survival of this care giving profession.
Reflection on Caring for a Home Care Client Using Kristen M. Swanson’s Theory of Caring
Authors: Beatty, Karen D.
Published: September 2018

After attending a class on caring and the Boulder, Colorado Caring Conference in 2003, the author and graduate student applied Swanson’s Caring Theory to an at-risk family receiving nursing care in the Nurse Family Partnership program of La Salle’s Neighborhood Nursing Center. She used the theory as a lens to analyze her care of the family.
Suffering and Chronic Sorrow: Characteristics and a Paradigm for Nursing Interventions
Authors: Melvin Christina S.
Published: September 2018

The purpose of this article was to differentiate between suffering and chronic sorrow. A literature review provided the information necessary to define these two concepts. Definition of the concepts provides a better understanding of the world of suffering persons and those who suffer from chronic sorrow. By understanding this world, healthcare providers are better able to intervene with caring interventions. Nurses spend more time at the bedside, in the clinic, or in the home than any other healthcare providers; thus, we believe that we can offer the caring that heals and is the heart of nursing practice. The goal of this article is to develop a framework for understanding chronic sorrow and suffering. A paradigm for nursing interventions will be introduced
Aesthetic Expression
Authors: Gramling Kathryn Louise
Published: September 2018

A story is an aesthetic treasure, a unique expression of viewpoint, standpoint, emotion, and memories. In qualitative research, snippets of individual stories are reported as supporting data for themes derived from a group of stories. Thematic analysis is important work for knowledge development. However, “hearing” the full story may give the reader a chance to journey into life as it was lived (Gadow, 1995). Reason and Hawkins (1988) urge the researcher/reader to aesthetically respond to a story as a way to “deepen” meaning. This paper presents one complete story in two voices—patient and researcher—in response to the research question, “When is nursing art?” Subsequently, the researcher offers a reflection on the privilege of having been “given” this story.
Development of Ethical Expertise: A Question of Courage
Authors: Delmar Charlotte
Published: September 2018

This article originates in my doctoral dissertation, Trust and Power: A Moral Challenge, published by Munksgaard, Copenhagen, in 1999. The dissertation, an exploratory study, contributes to a practical understanding of a philosophy of care and ethics. This article builds on the previous research, develops theory, and stands as a philosophical and theoretical contribution. With practical understanding of an ethic of care and its limitations, I have worked to develop some aspects of Patricia Benner’s formulations of how to act skillfully and ethically in nursing practice. Using a phenomenological/hermeneutic approach, I focus on the development of moral competence and, in this context, on specific personal qualifications such as significance of experience, situational understanding, sensing the concrete, and the need for courage.
Being and Creating Caring Change in a Healthcare System
Authors: Bent, Katherine N. , Burke, Judith A. , Eckman, Amanda , Hottmann, Tammy , McCabe, Jane , Williams, Rebecca N.
Published: September 2018

Nursing leaders from the VA Eastern Colorado Health Care System (VAECHCS) developed an evolving model of caring theory-guided practice. As leaders and administrators with multiple roles, functions, and perspectives in a large healthcare system, the authors create and hold space for human caring and relationship-centered care within a clinical practice setting. This article contributes an overview of their action research framework and how they use this framework to link practice, theory, and inquiry in the delivery of healthcare services.
The Relevance of the Ethics of Understanding of Life in Nursing
Authors: Rehnsfeldt, Arne
Published: September 2018

The ultimate, universal goal of caring is described by the ethics of understanding of life. The ultimate goal of alleviating suffering is the progression of suffering as an existential sign of development of the understanding of life. The progression of suffering means to create meaning in suffering together with a caregiver. The aim of this study was to elaborate on the ethics of understanding of life in relation to phenomenological aspects of nursing care ethics. Inward and outward ethical decisions affect the patient’s understanding of life through practical ethical care. When the patient and caregiver encounter one another with different understandings of life, there is no development in the understanding of life and the patient may even be abused.
Mersin ilindeki sağlık kurumlarında çalışan sağlığı ve güvenliği uygulamalarının değerlendirilmesi
Authors: ERSÖZ Gülden , KENZİMAN Ali Koray , AKTAŞ Hakkı , KURT A. Öner
Published: September 2018

Amaç: Bu çalışmada Mersin İlinde hizmet sunan kamu ve özel sağlık kurumlarında, çalışan sağlığı ve güvenliği uygulamalarının değerlendirilmesi amaçlandı. Yöntem: Tanımlayıcı tipteki bu çalışmanın verileri Eylül 2015 tarihinde bir anket formu aracılığıyla toplandı. Araştırmaya Mersin İl merkezi ve ilçelerinde hizmet veren ikinci ve üçüncü basamak 34 sağlık kurumu alındı. Bulgular: İşçi sağlığı ve iş güvenliği hizmetleri çalışan sayısına göre değerlendirildiğinde sağlık çalışanlarının %10.1’i yeterli süre işyeri hekimliği hizmeti ve %0.8’i yeterli süre iş sağlığı ve güvenliği uzmanı hizmeti alabiliyordu. Hem işyeri hekimi hem de iş güvenliği uzmanı birlikte değerlendirildiğinde, sağlık çalışanlarının sadece %0.8’i yeterli süre hizmet alabiliyordu. Çalışanların %52.9’unun 2014 yılı içinde periyodik muayeneleri yapılmıştı. Kurumlarının %94.1’inde risk değerlendirmesi yapılmıştı. Sonuç: Mersin İlinde sağlık çalışanlarının sadece yüzde birine işyeri hekimi ve iş güvenliği uzmanınca yeterli süre işçi sağlığı ve iş güvenliği hizmetinin sunulması büyük bir eksikliktir.
Nernst Voltage Loss in Oxyhydrogen Fuel Cells
Authors: Lyu Jinzhe
Published: September 2018

Normally, the Nernst voltage calculated from the concentration of the reaction gas in the flow channel is considered to be the ideal voltage (reversible voltage) of the oxyhydrogen fuel cell, but actually it will cause a concentration gradient when the reaction gas flows from the flow channel through the gas diffusion layer to the catalyst layer. The Nernst voltage loss in fuel cells in most of the current literature is thought to be due to the difference in concentration of reaction gas in the flow channel and concentration of reaction gas on the catalyst layer at the time when the high net current density is generated. Based on the Butler-Volmer equation in oxyhydrogen fuel cell, this paper demonstrates that the Nernst voltage loss is caused by the concentration difference of reaction gas in flow channel and on the catalytic layer at the time when equilibrium potential (Galvanic potential) of each electrode is generated.
A Molecular Basis of Olfaction: Odorant‑Specific Electric-Field Emission
Authors: LaBella Frank , Fernandes Filipe
Published: September 2018

The olfactory system is capable of distinguishing individual odorants from among  a virtually unlimited number. Fish, for example, detect changes in the electric field environment induced by prey and other sources.   Floral electric fields exhibit variations in pattern and structure, which can be discriminated by bumblebees.  We have constructed an electric field sensor, which, in the course of focussing on achieving maximum sensitivity and consistency, ultimately resembles features of the insect sensorium. A “fingerprint” 3D plot ( time, frequency range, voltage amplitude), representing the emitted electric field profile, is presented for each of a variety of odorants and other chemicals. The substance-specific electric-field emission and identification is not impeded by containers or barriers or distance.
Conformal Coating by Liquid Route on Three-Dimensional Topology
Authors: Nathalie Poirot , Pierre-Ivan Raynal
Published: September 2018

We demonstrated a new approach to the production of three-dimensional-coated patterns using liquid route. Metallic perovskite oxides were coated onto three-dimensional (3D) microstructured substrates with different aspect ratios. The success of the method relies on the solution viscosity monitored by adding viscous liquid. The process of oxide thin films consists in three steps: preparing the precursor solution, coating the solution by spin-coating process onto three-dimensional-Si substrates and post-annealing. The chemical solution 3D-coating is conformal.
Garlic as Alternative Therapy to Treat Uropathogene Bacteria in Women with Urinary Tract Infection in Lomé, Togo
Authors: Gambogou Banfitebiyi , Ouattara Abdoul Karim , Taale Essodolom , Karou Simplice D. , Ameyapoh Yaovi A. , Simpore Jacques
Published: September 2018

The urinary tract infection (UTI) is the most common bacterial infection, especially in women. The increased incidence of UTIs, at the last decades have paralleled with the growing emergence of antibiotic resistance. The aim is to evaluate aqueous garlic extract (AGE) susceptibility against multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria isolated in urine of women. The investigation of antibacterial propriety and time kill effect of AGE was performed by the well method, microdilution method and spectrophotometer assay. Antibiotics susceptibility assay revealed that the nine MDR bacteria had high resistance against Amoxicillin/ clavulanic acid (100%) and Erythromycin (100%), Cefotaxime (83.33%) and Ceftazidime (83.33%). AGE exhibited potent antibacterial activity against the nine MDR bacteria tested. In Gram-negative bacteria, the inhibition diameters ranged from 20 ± 3 to 32 ± 4 mm, with Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations (MICs) ranging from 10% to 12.5% (w/v) and Minimum Bactericidal Concentration (MBCs) was 12.5 % (w/v). Gram-positive bacteria exhibited diameters ranging from 38 ± 2 to 45 ± 1 mm; MIC and MBC values ranged from 05 to 10 % (w/v) and were found more susceptible than Gram-negative bacteria. To conclude, this investigation shown that AGE have high potential antibacterial to use as an alternative to treat women UTIs.
El consumo de hidratos de carbono y lípidos incluidos en una matriz alimentaria previo a una sesión de entrenamiento modifi ca la masa grasa en adultos sanos físicamente activos: un ensayo clínico controlado y aleatorizado
Authors: Arias Téllez María José , Carrasco Navarro Gabriela Noemí , Plaza Díaz Julio
Published: September 2018

Introducción: el efecto del ejercicio sobre la oxidación de los ácidos grasos depende de la intensidad y la duración. La ingesta de hidratos de carbono (HC) previo a una rutina de entrenamiento disminuye la tasa de oxidación de los ácidos grasos (FATmax). En contraste, el efecto del consumo de ácidos grasos monoinsaturados (AGMI) es poco concluyente.Objetivos: comparar el efecto de dos colaciones isocalóricas consumidas una hora antes de una sesión de ejercicio físico estandarizado durante nueve semanas sobre FATmax y la disminución de la masa grasa en adultos sanos físicamente activos.Metodología: ensayo clínico aleatorizado controlado. Un total de 19 sujetos entre 20 y 39 años fueron distribuidos al azar en tres grupos: grupo HC, con una colación alta en HC complejos; grupo lípidos, con una colación alta en AGMI; y grupo control, con ayuno mínimo de tres horas previo a la sesión de ejercicio. Se realizaron mediciones de FATmax, análisis de composición corporal y entrenamiento de resistencia aeróbica, con modalidades continuas e interválicas.Resultados: el grupo control mostró una tendencia a la disminución de masa grasa después de nueve semanas de entrenamiento. El FATmax fue mayor en los grupos HC y control en condiciones de pre y postintervención. Sin embargo, no se observaron diferencias signifi cativas para FATmax entre los grupos.Conclusiones: el FATmax y la disminución de masa grasa podrían no estar infl uenciados por el tipo de alimentos previamente consumidos antes del ejercicio.
Déficit de glicerol kinasa en el adulto: hipertrigliceridemia resistente a tratamiento dietético y farmacológico
Authors: Arrieta Francisco , Ojeda Silvia , Rueda Ángel , Stanescu Sinziana , Belanger-Quintana Amaya , Martínez-Pardo Mercedes
Published: September 2018

Caso clínico: presentamos un paciente varón de 85 años con polidipsia, poliuria e hipertrigliceridemia severa de 27 años de evolución, sin pancreatitis, persistente y resistente a tratamientos dietético y farmacológico. Se diagnosticó de hiperglicerolemia por défi cit de glicerol kinasa (GKD) en base a: suero transparente no lipémico, aumento de glicerol en plasma y orina, sin aumento de glicerol 3 fosfato y deleción, no descrita previamente, en el gen de la glicerol kinasa.Discusión: un tratamiento dietético correcto con comidas frecuentes y rico en carbohidratos complejos, sin medicación, mejoró la sintomatología.
Cribado nutricional y eficiencia
Authors: Ulibarri Perez J. Ignacio de
Published: September 2018

El editorial de Nutrición Hospitalaria vol. 35, número 2 (2018) refl eja el criterio de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral (SENPE) sobre el cribado nutricional, expuesto por su autora, Dra. Julia Álvarez, que defi ende el uso de los métodos de cribado nutricional propuestos por la Sociedad Europea de Nutrición Clínica y Metabolismo (ESPEN).El objetivo del cribado es la detección precoz de un evento negativo cuando está todavía en la etapa presintomática, antes de que se produzca y desarrolle el evento en cuestión. De esta manera, sí se pueden poner en marcha mecanismos de prevención.El gran error de las sociedades científi cas como ESPEN (1) desde principios de siglo fue abandonar los índices de riesgo desarrollados en años anteriores y orientar los métodos de cribado nutricional hacia procedimientos de diagnóstico de desnutrición simplifi cados.
Assessment of micronutrients intakes in the Spanish population: a review of the findings from the Anibes study
Authors: Partearroyo Teresa , Samaniego-Vaesken M.ª de Lourdes , Ruiz Emma , Varela-Moreiras Gregorio
Published: September 2018

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Effects of moderate beer consumption on health
Authors: Redondo Noemí , Nova Esther , Díaz-Prieto Ligia E. , Marcos Ascensión
Published: September 2018

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Relevansi Pokok Bahasan MKDK dengan Kompetensi Pedagogik Mahasiswa PKM di SMK Bidang Keahlian Teknologi dan Rekayasa
Authors: Septy Fatmala Kurnia , Murtinugraha R.Eka , Iriani Tuti
Published: September 2018

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui relevansi pokok bahasan Mata Kuliah Dasar Kependidikan (MKDK) Program Studi Pendidikan Teknik Bangunan (Prodi PTB) yang dibina oleh Fakultas Teknik (FT) dengan kompetensi pedagogik mahasiswa PKM dalam peranannya sebagai calon guru di SMK, berdasarkan tinjauan terhadap pokok bahasan MKDK yang terdapat di Rencana Pembelajaran Semester (RPS) dan standar kompetensi pedagogik guru SMK menurut Peraturan Menteri Pendidikan Nasional Nomor 16 Tahun 2007 (Permen Diknas No. 16 Tahun 2007). Objek penelitian ini adalah Prodi PTB FT UNJ dan SMK Negeri di Jakarta yang menyediakan Program Keahlian Teknik Bangunan. Waktu penelitian dilaksanakan bulan Juni sampai dengan Juli 2017.

Metode penelitian menggunakan mixed methods atau metode kombinasi antara metode kuantitatif dan kualitatif dengan desain sequential explanatory. Populasi dalam penelitian ini adalah guru SMKN 1 Jakarta, SMKN 4 Jakarta, SMKN 26 Jakarta, SMKN 35 Jakarta, SMKN 52 Jakarta, SMKN 56 Jakarta, SMKN 58 Jakarta sebanyak 533 orang dan sampel sebanyak 44 orang yang diambil menggunakan teknik sample purposive. Terdapat dua instrument yang digunakan. Pertama, menggunakan teknik analisis isi yang dilakukan oleh peneliti dan dibantu oleh dosen MKDK untuk memperoleh data relevansi pokok bahasan MKDK dengan sub-kompetensi pedagogik guru SMK. Kedua, menggunakan teknik wawancara untuk memperoleh informasi sejauh mana pokok bahasan MKDK Prodi PTB diperlukan untuk memenuhi kebutuhan kompetensi pedagogik guru SMK.

Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa pokok bahasan MKDK yang dibina oleh FT sebagian besar relevan dengan kompetensi pedagogik guru SMK, dengan presentase sebesar 83,33% untuk mata kuliah Perencanaan Pembelajaran, 81,82% untuk mata kuliah Evaluasi Pembelajaran, dan 100% untuk  mata kuliah Kompetensi Pembelajaran.
Kualitas Layanan Akademik Mahasiswa di Program Studi Pendidikan Vokasional Konstruksi Bangunan Universitas Negeri Jakarta
Authors: Putra Anggana Septione , Handoyo Santoso Sri , Rochadi Doddy
Published: September 2018

Abstrak

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui kualitas layanan akademik mahasiswa di Progam Studi Pendidikan Vokasional Konstruksi Bangunan Universitas Negeri Jakarta. Penelitian ini dilaksanakan di Program Studi Pendidikan Vokasional Konstruksi Bangunan Fakultas Teknik Universitas Negeri Jakarta Gedung L Kampus A UNJ, Jalan Rawamangun Muka, Jakarta 13220. Pelaksanaan penelitian pada bulan Februari 2018 sampai dengan Agustus 2018. Metode penelitian ini adalah penelitian deskriptif kuantitatif. Teknik pengambilan data dengan angket kepada mahasiswa Program Studi Pendidikan Vokasional Konstruksi Bangunan Universitas Negeri Jakarta Angkatan 2014, 2015, 2016 dan 2017.

Hasil penelitian adalah sebagian besar mahasiswa merasa puas dengan kualitas layanan akademik mahasiswa di Program Studi Pendidikan Vokasional Konstruksi Bangunan Universitas Negeri Jakarta.

Kata kunci : Kualitas Layanan, Layanan Akademik Mahasiswa.

 

 

QUALITY OF STUDENT ACADEMIC SERVICE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CONSTRUCTION BUILDING STATE UNIVERSITY OF JAKARTA

Anggana Septione Putra1, Santoso Sri Handoyo2, Doddy Rochadi3

1Alumni of PVKB FT UNJ, angganas12@mail.com

2Lecturer of PVKB FT UNJ, santoso_handoyo@unj.ac.id

3 Lecturer of PVKB FT UNJ, drohadi@unj.ac.id

Abstract

This study ais to determine the quality of academic services of students in the Vocational Building Construction Study Program State University of Jakarta. This research was carried out in Vocational Education Study Program Building Construction Engineering Faculty, State University of Jakarta Building L Campus A, Jalan Ramawangun Muka, Jakarta 13220. Research implementation in February 2018 until August 2018. This research method is quantitative descriptive research. Data collection techniques with questionnaires to stundets of Vocational Education Study Program Building Construction Jakarta State University for 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

The results of this study were that most of the students were satisfied with the quality of the academic services of students in the Vocational Education Program in Building Construction, State University of Jakarta.

Keywords: Service Quality, Student Academic Service.
PENGEMBANGAN PEMBELAJARAN E-LEARNING MATA KULIAH PTM/JALAN RAYA PENDIDIKAN VOKASIONAL KONSTRUKSI BANGUNAN FAKULTAS TEKNIK UNIVERSITAS NEGERI JAKARTA
Authors: Mubarok Abdul Azis , Arthur Riyan , Handoyo Santoso Sri
Published: September 2018

Abstrak
 
Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian pengembangan yang bertujuan untuk mengembangkan pembelajaran khususnya dalam bentuk E-Learning pada mata kuliah PTM/Jalan Raya.
 
Penelitian pengembangan ini merupakan metode penelitian Research and Development dengan model penelitian Borg and Gall. Penelitian ini pada dasarnya dilakukan melalui lima tahap utama, yaitu Penelitian dan pengumpulan informasi (Research and Information Collecting), Perencanaan (planning), pengembangan bentuk awal produk (develop preliminary form of product), uji lapangan dan revisi produk (filed testing and product revision), revisi produk akhir (final product revision) dan proses penyebaran dan impementasi (disseminate and implementation). Penelitian ini sampai tahap Revisi produk akhir karena hanya mengembangkan pembelajaran E-Learning. Penelitian ini menggunakan angket sebagai alat untuk menguji kelayakan melalui validasi ahli instruksional, ahli media dan ahli materi serta melihat tanggapan dari mahasiswa.
 
Hasil pengembangan didapatkan produk pembelajaran E-Learning Penilaian oleh dosen ahli instruksional menggunakan skala likert skor 1-4 mendapatkan nilai 2,5 yang dikategorikan â€œlayakâ€. Penilaian oleh dosen ahli media dan ahli materi menggunakan skala guttman skor 0-1 mendapatkan nilai 0,83 yang dikategorikan â€œlayakâ€ untuk penilaian ahli media. Penilaian dosen ahli materi mendapatkan nilai 0,86 yang dikategorikan â€œlayakâ€.
Kata kunci : Desain instruksional, E-Learning, PTM/Jalan Raya