Trends in Nursing Research

This book focuses on the latest research in the field of nursing. Nursing is the protection, promotion, and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities, and populations. Definitions of nursing have evolved to acknowledge six essential features of professional nursing: \* Provision of a caring relationship that facilitates health and healing \* Attention to the range of human experiences and responses to health and illness within the physical and social environments \* Integration of objective data with knowledge gained from an appreciation of the patient or group's subjective experience \* Application of scientific knowledge to the processes of diagnosis and treatment through the use of judgement and critical thinking \* Advancement of professional nursing knowledge through scholarly inquiry, and \* Influence on social and public policy to promote social justice Exploring the meaning of nurse-patient intimacy in oncology care settings : utilisation of phenomenology and feminism / Mura Dowling Hospitalized patients' expectations of spiritual care from nurses / Lisa A. Davis Factors associated with racially & ethnically diverse children and adolescent immunization rates in a community health center / Richelle T. Magday Asselstine, Victoria P. Niederhauser Quality of life and coronary artery bypass surgery : a longitudinal study / Geraldine A. Lee Research to support data-driven decisions : the 3-D health services research model for nursing / Mary Beth Zeni Current issues in translation science / Laura Cullen, Susan Adams Chronic pain among older people / Ulf Jakobsson Nursing education in Spain / Zabalegui A., Cabrera E Nurse-physician communications : the impact of disruptive behaviors of factors affecting decision making affecting patient outcomes of care / Alan H. Rosenstein and Michelle O'Daniel A preliminary survey of health related dietary habits in nursing students, registered nurses, and older persons in Hong Kong / Mimi M.Y. Tse, Iris F.F. Benzie.