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Clark, Elizabeth-Ellen Hills.

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Quality of life: Psychiatric nurses hearing the voices of individuals with severe mental illness.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Quality of life: Psychiatric nurses hearing the voices of individuals with severe mental illness./
Author:	Clark, Elizabeth-Ellen Hills.
Description:	194 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-06, Section: B, page: 2787.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International63-06B.
Subject:	Health Sciences, Nursing. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3057574
ISBN:	0493729038

Quality of life: Psychiatric nurses hearing the voices of individuals with severe mental illness.
Clark, Elizabeth-Ellen Hills.

Quality of life: Psychiatric nurses hearing the voices of individuals with severe mental illness. - 194 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 63-06, Section: B, page: 2787.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of Maine, 2002.

This grounded theory study sought to describe how the concept of quality of life guides the practice of psychiatric nurses caring for individuals with severe mental illness. Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with informants who met Benner's criteria for expert nurses.

ISBN: 0493729038Subjects--Topical Terms:

1017798
Health Sciences, Nursing.

Quality of life: Psychiatric nurses hearing the voices of individuals with severe mental illness.
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520 $a Quality of life was viewed as a philosophy of care, and described as a lens that made the nurse's role clearer, a basis for understanding relationships, and a goal or outcome. Quality of life was seen holistically within the context of the person's past, present and future. Nurses could not give a specific definition of quality of life, but could identify its properties and dimensions. They came to understand it through "knowing the patient" and "letting the patient tell the story." Because quality of life was subjective, it could only be understood in the language and perspective of the individual.
520 $a Informants viewed quality of life as being a multidimensional concept which included, in addition to more commonly cited domains, the dimensions of balance, respect, freedom, normalization, and spirituality. For informants, almost any intervention could be construed as promoting quality of life, but only if validated by the individual's perceptions. Nursing actions specific to quality of life included providing the vision of a better quality of life and acting to remove its barriers. Nurses used cultural relativism in their assessments, and their approaches were consistent with Leininger's theory of transcultural nursing. Although many barriers to quality of life were societal barriers, nurses acted primarily at the individual level. Critical theory did not have a major presence in the narratives.
520 $a More research is needed to identify how individuals with mental illness perceive their quality of life and their expectations of their nurses in assisting them to a greater life quality. Since nurses rarely cited their education as shaping their understanding of quality of life, more research needs to be done to determine how concepts of quality of life can best be introduced to the novice and how he or she can resolve ethical tensions faced when working with people who have different values and beliefs related to quality of life.
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