Daily-living management of urinary incontinence: A synthesis of the literature This is a comprehe... more Daily-living management of urinary incontinence: A synthesis of the literature This is a comprehensive review of the research literature on daily-living management of urinary incontinence by people who live in the community. While most self-management literature investigates how people self-manage clinical treatments and therapies, this review focuses on how urinary incontinence symptoms are managed in everyday living to maintain social functioning. Control of urinary incontinence in everyday living is achieved using a range of strategies, which were identified and conceptualised as: Containing, Restricting, Concealing, and Modifying. Understanding the strategies people use to manage UI in daily life will enable health professionals to provide more appropriate and personally tailored advice to clients.
Purpose Prisoners are vulnerable to tobacco addiction and have a smoking prevalence significantly... more Purpose Prisoners are vulnerable to tobacco addiction and have a smoking prevalence significantly higher than that of the general community. The context of this study was the implementation of a “smoke-free prisons” policy, which imposed forced smoking cessation onto the Queensland, Australian prison population. The study asked the question: “What are the psychosocial processes in which male prisoners engage during smoking cessation in a smoke-free environment?” Design/methodology/approach Qualitative interviews were conducted with 15 prisoners in South-east Queensland smoke-free correctional centres. Grounded theory methodology was applied to construct a theory of the processes of smoking cessation. Findings The constructed theory was named Engaging with Quitting. In this model, prisoners proceed through a cycle of evaluations, adjustments and reflections on their reality as related to the smoke-free prison. The study gives first-hand accounts of the prisoners’ use (and abuse) of n...
ABSTRACT Evidence is meaningless unless it is informs practice. This paper examines evidence-base... more ABSTRACT Evidence is meaningless unless it is informs practice. This paper examines evidence-based continence practice. The principles, approaches and processes of using evidence to inform clinical continence care practice are examined, together with debates, barriers and issues. Sources for current evidence in continence care are examined, together with approaches clinicians can use to base practice on evidence. No Yes
Contemporary Nurse a Journal For the Australian Nursing Profession, Feb 1, 2012
The aim of this grounded theory study was to investigate strategies used by school-based nurses t... more The aim of this grounded theory study was to investigate strategies used by school-based nurses to promote adolescent boys' access to and engagement with school-based health services. Interviews were conducted with 10 school nurses in South-East Queensland, Australia. The central process identified was creating connections, encompassing three inter-related sub-processes: facilitating communication, mediating contextual issues and bridging cultural issues. These processes incorporate strategies that highlight ways school nurses can engage with boys, individually and collectively, to promote and facilitate help-seeking from school-based health services. Findings inform practice and guidelines for improving boys' access to school-based health services.
The purpose of this study was to explore how traditional ritual practices are incorporated into t... more The purpose of this study was to explore how traditional ritual practices are incorporated into the context of contemporary healthcare. An ethnographic study was conducted, using observations and interviews with 27 first-time mothers and 3 nurses at a postpartum nursing center in Taipei, Taiwan. Nursing routines, policies and care provision at the center affected the way traditional ritual practices were conducted. New mothers in this study constructed their everyday activities at the center by incorporating and modifying the ritual practices inside and outside the postpartum nursing center setting. Social changes have an influence on traditional postpartum ritual practices so a postpartum nursing center becomes a choice for postpartum women. Thus, health care professionals should value their own functions and roles at the postpartum nursing center since the new mothers regard them as the primary support resource to help them recover from giving birth. Therefore, they need to re-examine their practices from the postpartum women's perspective to provide better support and sensitive care to postpartum women and their families.
Daily-living management of urinary incontinence: A synthesis of the literature This is a comprehe... more Daily-living management of urinary incontinence: A synthesis of the literature This is a comprehensive review of the research literature on daily-living management of urinary incontinence by people who live in the community. While most self-management literature investigates how people self-manage clinical treatments and therapies, this review focuses on how urinary incontinence symptoms are managed in everyday living to maintain social functioning. Control of urinary incontinence in everyday living is achieved using a range of strategies, which were identified and conceptualised as: Containing, Restricting, Concealing, and Modifying. Understanding the strategies people use to manage UI in daily life will enable health professionals to provide more appropriate and personally tailored advice to clients.
Purpose Prisoners are vulnerable to tobacco addiction and have a smoking prevalence significantly... more Purpose Prisoners are vulnerable to tobacco addiction and have a smoking prevalence significantly higher than that of the general community. The context of this study was the implementation of a “smoke-free prisons” policy, which imposed forced smoking cessation onto the Queensland, Australian prison population. The study asked the question: “What are the psychosocial processes in which male prisoners engage during smoking cessation in a smoke-free environment?” Design/methodology/approach Qualitative interviews were conducted with 15 prisoners in South-east Queensland smoke-free correctional centres. Grounded theory methodology was applied to construct a theory of the processes of smoking cessation. Findings The constructed theory was named Engaging with Quitting. In this model, prisoners proceed through a cycle of evaluations, adjustments and reflections on their reality as related to the smoke-free prison. The study gives first-hand accounts of the prisoners’ use (and abuse) of n...
ABSTRACT Evidence is meaningless unless it is informs practice. This paper examines evidence-base... more ABSTRACT Evidence is meaningless unless it is informs practice. This paper examines evidence-based continence practice. The principles, approaches and processes of using evidence to inform clinical continence care practice are examined, together with debates, barriers and issues. Sources for current evidence in continence care are examined, together with approaches clinicians can use to base practice on evidence. No Yes
Contemporary Nurse a Journal For the Australian Nursing Profession, Feb 1, 2012
The aim of this grounded theory study was to investigate strategies used by school-based nurses t... more The aim of this grounded theory study was to investigate strategies used by school-based nurses to promote adolescent boys' access to and engagement with school-based health services. Interviews were conducted with 10 school nurses in South-East Queensland, Australia. The central process identified was creating connections, encompassing three inter-related sub-processes: facilitating communication, mediating contextual issues and bridging cultural issues. These processes incorporate strategies that highlight ways school nurses can engage with boys, individually and collectively, to promote and facilitate help-seeking from school-based health services. Findings inform practice and guidelines for improving boys' access to school-based health services.
The purpose of this study was to explore how traditional ritual practices are incorporated into t... more The purpose of this study was to explore how traditional ritual practices are incorporated into the context of contemporary healthcare. An ethnographic study was conducted, using observations and interviews with 27 first-time mothers and 3 nurses at a postpartum nursing center in Taipei, Taiwan. Nursing routines, policies and care provision at the center affected the way traditional ritual practices were conducted. New mothers in this study constructed their everyday activities at the center by incorporating and modifying the ritual practices inside and outside the postpartum nursing center setting. Social changes have an influence on traditional postpartum ritual practices so a postpartum nursing center becomes a choice for postpartum women. Thus, health care professionals should value their own functions and roles at the postpartum nursing center since the new mothers regard them as the primary support resource to help them recover from giving birth. Therefore, they need to re-examine their practices from the postpartum women's perspective to provide better support and sensitive care to postpartum women and their families.
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