More moments in time : images of exemplary nursing / Beth Perry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perry, Beth, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cancer--Nursing.

Cancer.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Athabasca University Press 2009

Edmonton, Alberta : AU Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Within most disciplines, there are those who are recognized by their colleagues as being exceptionally competent practitioners. These individuals do their work in such a remarkable way as to become a model for others. This book is based on a study of the beliefs, actions, and interactions of a group of extraordinary oncology nurses—the people their peers would choose to have care for them if they were diagnosed with cancer. Perry’s weaving of interviewee’s stories and her own field notes and poetry creates a very personal perspective on nursing that leaves the reader with a greater understanding of the experience, and rewards, of caring for others.

Contents:

Preface

Situating Exemplary Nursing in Health Care Today

Exemplary Nurses and Career Satisfaction

Time to Care

Nurses Respond to Moments in Time: Images of Exemplary Nursing Care

Chapter 1:The Power and Promise of Exemplary Nursing Care - Significance for Nurses - Significance for Others - Discovering Meanings - The Organization of this Book

Chapter 2:The Multi-layered Landscape - Caring for People with Cancer - My Memories

Chapter 3:The Dialogue of Silence - Learning to Use Silence - Times When Silence is Useful - The Gifts of Silence - Forms of Silence - Reflections on the Dialogue of Silence

Chapter 4:Mutual Touch - Mutual Touch Defined - The Importance of Touch in Health Care - The Nature of Touch - Types of Touch - Touch and Silence

Chapter 5:Sharing the Lighter Side of Life - The Light-hearted Attitude Defined - The Value of Sharing Lightness - Humour Comes in Many Forms - Developing the Attitude - The Trilogy Reviewed

Chapter 6:The effects of care - Reconnecting affirming the value of the patient affirming - The value of the nurse - Joint transcendence: living the extraordinary

Chapter 7:lessons learned - What nurses should know - Messages addressed to everyone - What i learned about exemplary nursing

Appendix: research design and methodology - Qualitative inquiry - Hermeneutic phenomenology - Research method -References.

Notes:

Updated version of : More moments in time : images of exemplary nursing care, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9786612819704

9781282819702

1282819704

9781897425527

189742552X

OCLC:

318667998