Research Progress of Humanistic Care Nursing

The importance of communication in pediatric oncology palliative care: focus on Humanistic Nursing Theory.

OBJECTIVE to investigate and analyze communication in palliative care contexts from the perspective of nurses, based on Humanistic Nursing Theory. METHOD this is a field study with a qualitative approach, in which ten nurses working in the pediatric oncology unit of a Brazilian public hospital participated. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data. The testimonies were qualitative...

Point-of-care research: a new series for Nursing Research.

What images come to mind when you hear the phrase “point of care”? Do you visualize a nurse advising a mother about her child’s minor ailment in the clinic or a nurse helping a patient get out of bed in the ICU? Whatever you envision, some intersection of patient, nurse, place, and time is likely part of the picture. In the past, the point of care was taken to be a setting—hospital, clinic, inf...

Physical restraint in acute care psychiatry: a humanistic and realistic nursing approach.

Despite the many advances in psychiatry, violence in acute care settings continues and may be increasing. This is particularly problematic, considering the desire of mental health professionals to attain the goal of a restraint-free environment. Respecting the inherent worth, dignity, and autonomy of the patient is necessary if a therapeutic outcome is to be achieved; however, protecting the sa...

Primary care research network progress in Scotland.

Many developed industrialized countries perceive considerable value in developing practice based research networks. In this paper, the development of the Scottish Primary Care Research Network (SPCRN) from 1924-2013 is described. After a false start in the early twentieth century and some local developments 10-15 years ago, the Scottish Primary Care Research Network was finally built upon exist...

Nursing research: a key to quality care.