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摘要
Aims: The purpose of this study was to describe nurses' critical appraisal of their family nursing practice and experience of interaction and reciprocity in the nurse-family relationship.
Background: Nursing practice that is inclusive of family during hospitalizations of older adults with chronic illnesses benefits patients and families, as well as nurses. There is, however, a limited amount of research that has focused on nurses' perceptions of caring for older adult patients and their families who are managing chronic illness.
Design: The Calgary Family Intervention Model guided this descriptive mixed-methods study.
Methods: Registered nurses working on four medical-surgical units completed the Family Nursing Practice Scale (n = 60), which includes a quantitative scale and three open-ended questions.
Results: The results showed positive perceptions from nurse participants overall with significant variation across study units in nurses' perceptions of interactions in the nurse-family relationship. Additionally qualitative results revealed several themes concerning the advantages and disadvantages of working with families, in addition to how nurses are currently including families in their practice.
Conclusions: This study provides details concerning the advantages and disadvantages of working with families and how nurses currently strive to include families in their nursing practice. Although nurses in this study did espouse the importance of family nursing practice, they did point out a number of disadvantages. It is essential to understand the problems that can arise when working with families so that nurses are better able to manage these issues.
- 出版日期2018-6
