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Caring Act (caring + act)
Selected AbstractsEmbodied reflection in practice,,Touching the core of caring'INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, Issue 3 2010Albertine Ranheim RN PhD-student Ranheim A, Kärner A, Arman M, Rehnsfeldt AW, Berterö C. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2010; 16: 241,247 Embodied reflection in practice,,Touching the core of caring' A study was performed with the aim of clarifying the integration of the caring act of touch with reflection on caring theory. Seven participant nurses in elderly care volunteered as ,coresearchers' and performed a caring act called Rhythmical Embrocation, together with reflective dialogues on caring theory. The project lasted for 6 months and at the end qualitative interviews with participants were used to evaluate the study. The findings showed an opening of awareness, embodied moments of presence and an extended ability to act creatively in caring. In this study, the movement between theory and practice was the integration of the caring act with reflection on basic caring concepts. Implications for praxis development are that implementation and reflection by teams over certain caring acts might open the door to an expanded view of one's own caring ability that in the long run will benefit the patient. [source] The outcome of tactile touch on oxytocin in intensive care patients: a randomised controlled trialJOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, Issue 19 2008Maria Henricson Aim., To explore the effects of five-day tactile touch intervention on oxytocin in intensive care patients. The hypotheses were that tactile touch increases the levels of oxytocin after intervention and over a six-day period. Background., Research on both humans and animals shows a correlation between touch and increased levels of oxytocin which inspired us to measure the levels of oxytocin in arterial blood to obtain information about the physiological effect of tactile touch. Design., Randomised controlled trial. Method., Forty-four patients from two general intensive care units, were randomly assigned to either tactile touch (n = 21) or standard treatment , an hour of rest (n = 23). Arterial blood was drawn for measurement of oxytocin, before and after both treatments. Results., No significant mean changes in oxytocin levels were found from day 1 to day 6 in the intervention group (mean ,3·0 pM, SD 16·8). In the control group, there was a significant (p = 0·01) decrease in oxytocin levels from day 1 to day 6, mean 26·4 pM (SD 74·1). There were no significant differences in changes between day 1 and day 6 when comparing the intervention group and control group, mean 23·4 pM (95% CI ,20·2,67·0). Conclusion., Our hypothesis that tactile touch increases the levels of oxytocin in patients at intensive care units was not confirmed. An interesting observation was the decrease levels of oxytocin over the six-day period in the control group, which was not observed in the intervention group. Relevance to clinical practice., Tactile touch seemed to reduce the activity of the sympathetic nervous system. Further and larger studies are needed in intensive care units to confirm/evaluate tactile touch as a complementary caring act for critically ill patients. [source] Embodied reflection in practice,,Touching the core of caring'INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING PRACTICE, Issue 3 2010Albertine Ranheim RN PhD-student Ranheim A, Kärner A, Arman M, Rehnsfeldt AW, Berterö C. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2010; 16: 241,247 Embodied reflection in practice,,Touching the core of caring' A study was performed with the aim of clarifying the integration of the caring act of touch with reflection on caring theory. Seven participant nurses in elderly care volunteered as ,coresearchers' and performed a caring act called Rhythmical Embrocation, together with reflective dialogues on caring theory. The project lasted for 6 months and at the end qualitative interviews with participants were used to evaluate the study. The findings showed an opening of awareness, embodied moments of presence and an extended ability to act creatively in caring. In this study, the movement between theory and practice was the integration of the caring act with reflection on basic caring concepts. Implications for praxis development are that implementation and reflection by teams over certain caring acts might open the door to an expanded view of one's own caring ability that in the long run will benefit the patient. [source] Clinical caring , the diary of a nurseJOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, Issue 8 2005Carola Skott RN Aims and objectives., The aim of this study was to explore the content of individual acts of nursing care and to discuss how these context-specific acts relate to the concept of caring. Design and methods., The point of departure was a diary kept by a nurse on an oncology ward over a period of six months. Hermeneutic interpretation, including content analysis of verb phrases, was carried out to inspire reflection and discussion rather than to generalize. Results., The verbs that occurred in the diary text represented three categories of acts: physical care, speech and reflection. Conclusions and discussion., The diary text expresses the carer's acts as situated in a specific space and time through her presence, communication and reflection. The absence of bodies in this text points to the discourse of nursing as subjected to dualism and to the medical rules of knowledge. Caring emerges as experience-near action that through history is connected to situated knowledges, actual discourse and universal human condition. Relevance to clinical practice., This study demonstrated that caring acts are situated and conditioned and that they should therefore be researched in relation to the carers' acts and thoughts. This confirms the need for cooperation between researchers and clinical nurses in the quest of deepening our understanding of caring. [source] | ||||||||||