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Self-care Agency (self-care + agency)
Selected AbstractsLife Change Events, Hope, and Self-care Agency in Inner-City AdolescentsJOURNAL OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRIC NURSING, Issue 1 2001Janie Canty-Mitchell PhD [source] Self-care agency and factors related to this agency among patients with hypertensionJOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, Issue 4 2007Asiye Durmaz Akyol Aims and objectives., The aim of this study is to assess the self-care agency and factors regarding this agency among patients with hypertensions. Design., This study, descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional in nature, was conducted to evaluate the self-care agency of 120 hypertensive patients at the Cardiology and Internal Diseases Polyclinic of University of Ege, Faculty of Medicine; ,zmir Atatürk State Hospital; University of Selçuk, Faculty of Medicine; and Karaman State Hospital between July and August 2003. Methods., The data were collected by using the self-care agency scale and a questionnaire designed to determine the socio demographic features, and evaluated by means of percentage calculation and chi-square tests. Results., The mean self-care agency rate of the patients in general was moderate. It was determined that educational situation and social insurance affected self-care. Conclusion., Self-care agency and health are related to economic, social and educational factors. Relevance to clinical practice., Data obtained could be used for policy formulation, health planning, outcome evaluation of instruments, better health education strategies and, ultimately, to demonstrate the worth of nursing in the marketplace. [source] Frequency of and indications for wholly compensatory nursing care related to enteral food intake: a secondary analysis of the Belgium National Nursing Minimum Data SetJOURNAL OF ADVANCED NURSING, Issue 1 2000Georges Evers PhD RN Frequency of and indications for wholly compensatory nursing care related to enteral food intake: a secondary analysis of the Belgium National Nursing Minimum Data Set This study describes the frequency of and indications used for total feeding assistance and tube feeding in a national representative sample of Belgian hospital patients (n = 421 314). Data from the 1990 national minimum nursing data registration was used. Orem's self-care model was used to describe and categorize types of nursing care and related indications. The scope of wholly compensatory nursing care was limited to total feeding assistance and tube feeding. This type of nursing care is indicated when self-care agency is undeveloped or cannot be used and when self-care demands are significantly increased. Based on review of the literature, hypotheses to indicate nursing care were formulated and tested. Wholly compensatory nursing care related to enteral food intake is given to 14·4% of the total patient population in Belgian hospitals. If self-care demand increases due to malnutrition, then this is an indication for total feeding assistance. If self-care agency decreases due to blindness, mental retardation, disorientation or upper extremity dysfunction, then this is also an indication for total feeding assistance. If self-care agency decreases due to impaired chewing, then this is an indication for tube feeding. This study has generated the first representative national nursing statistics about total feeding assistance and tube feeding in hospitals. [source] Self-care agency and factors related to this agency among patients with hypertensionJOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING, Issue 4 2007Asiye Durmaz Akyol Aims and objectives., The aim of this study is to assess the self-care agency and factors regarding this agency among patients with hypertensions. Design., This study, descriptive, analytical and cross-sectional in nature, was conducted to evaluate the self-care agency of 120 hypertensive patients at the Cardiology and Internal Diseases Polyclinic of University of Ege, Faculty of Medicine; ,zmir Atatürk State Hospital; University of Selçuk, Faculty of Medicine; and Karaman State Hospital between July and August 2003. Methods., The data were collected by using the self-care agency scale and a questionnaire designed to determine the socio demographic features, and evaluated by means of percentage calculation and chi-square tests. Results., The mean self-care agency rate of the patients in general was moderate. It was determined that educational situation and social insurance affected self-care. Conclusion., Self-care agency and health are related to economic, social and educational factors. Relevance to clinical practice., Data obtained could be used for policy formulation, health planning, outcome evaluation of instruments, better health education strategies and, ultimately, to demonstrate the worth of nursing in the marketplace. [source] | ||||||||||