Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Level of Evidence "Ethnography"
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Academic nurse educator attitudes regarding their role educating ethnically and racially diverse nursing students: A focused ethnography
The purpose of this research was to explore academic nurse educator attitudes, specifically beliefs and values, regarding their role educating ethnically and racially diverse students through the lens of culturally relevant ... -
Cardiovascular knowledge, beliefs and healthcare practices of the Amish in Northern Indiana
Background. The Amish are a conservative ethno-religious Christian subculture who are doubling in number every 14 years. There are now more than 249,000 located in 28 states and Ontario, Canada. To our knowledge, no previous ... -
The caregiving practices of Korean-American families: A descriptive study using an ethnographic approach
This ethnographic study examined caregiving practices of Korean-American families, using interpretive approach and analysis. The findings were categorized into caregiving as burden, stress, career, and cultural caregiving. ... -
Clinical nurses transitioning in a faculty role: A cultural analysis of the nursing profession, the academic discipline of nursing, and the academic professorate
Nursing faculty are initially socialized into the culture of the nursing profession and then must transition into the culture of the academic discipline of nursing as they assume their new professorial role. This study ... -
Communication of prognostic information in an ICU at end of life: Practices among and between nurses, physicians and family members
Design. Ethnographic study analyzing prognostic communication at end of life in ICU between/among family members of patients at high risk for death and critical care physicians and nurses. Study questions. (1) What are ... -
Culture care values, beliefs and practices observed in empowerment of American Indian community health representatives
The World Health Organization (WHO) primary health care model emphasizes intervention at the home and family level, partnerships with the community, collaboration with lay community health workers, and prevention. Thus, ... -
Domains of nursing practice: Application of Benner's Model
The purpose of this study was to use hermeneutical phenomenology to describe the clinical knowledge embedded within the everyday practice of senior nursing students and registered nurses. This study employs Benner's (1984) ... -
Down home: An ethnography about community process and health of older persons in a rural setting
The purpose of this study was to understand how rural-dwelling elderly people describe their health and to gain an understanding of rural community processes as they relate to the health of older residents. Although community ... -
El corazon de la cebolla: A mini-ethnographic study of Mexicana/o symptom interpretation and management
The purpose of this urban mini-ethnographic qualitative study was to examine Mexicana/o symptom interpretation and management utilizing the Common Sense Model of Illness Representation as a guiding framework. Latina/os are ... -
An emergency department patient's perception of safety
Purpose: Because the patient's perception of safety in the healthcare system has not been adequately examined, the purpose of this study was to discover an Emergency Department patient's perception of safety so as to add ... -
Ethnic identity as a mediator of mental health in New Mexico's Genizaro population at the Pueblo of Abiquiu, New Mexico, 1930-2017: A critical ethnography
The usefulness of the qualitative research paradigm of Critical Ethnography in health disparities research is viewed in this doctoral study as being of paramount importance within the praxis of nursing, specifically, in ... -
An ethnographic study of pre-graduate precepted nursing student clinical placements in long-term care homes
Long-Term Care (LTC) home recruitment challenges and nursing student disinterest in such clinical placements and careers, underscore this study’s urgent need. This qualitative focused ethnography explored preceptor, faculty ... -
An ethnomethodological examination of the decision-making process psychiatric nurses use when deciding whether to use seclusion
This replication and expansion of Mason's work on seclusion used an ethnomethodological approach to examine the decision-making process of five Canadian registered nurses. Each nurse read two patient vignettes and then ... -
Examining the role of social context in nurses' pain assessment practice with postoperative clients
Pain is a significant symptom in the postoperative period. Inadequately managed pain has been associated with additional postoperative complications and prolonged hospitalization, yet empirical data demonstrate that nurses ... -
The experience of "doing well" in older nursing home residents: Bringing the past to the present
Though discussions of well-being and quality of life for older adults in American nursing homes have flourished over the past decade, relatively few studies have explored these notions from the perspective of older residents ... -
Experiences and perceptions of rural postpartum women with substance use disorders inclusive of opioids regarding their care
Perinatal opioid use and neonatal withdrawal continue to rise rapidly in the face of the growing epidemic of opioid addiction in the United States, with rural areas more severely impacted. Despite several decades of research ... -
The experiences of Black American older adults managing pain: A nursing ethnography
Introduction: Pain can negatively affect quality of life for Black elders. They are less likely to report pain concerns and have voiced pain needs adequately met. To better understand the pain management experiences and ... -
Factors influencing Latino/Hispanic caregivers' perception of the experience of caring for a relative with Alzheimer's disease
CONTEXT: The role that culture and language has on a person’s perception of the caregiving experience has not been explored. Neither have appropriate instruments been developed to explore the concept of burden that ... -
Factors influencing the development of advanced practice nursing in Singapore
The development of advanced practice nursing (APN) roles has become a worldwide trend as healthcare planners explore innovative options for the provision of healthcare services. The integration of these new nursing roles ... -
A focused ethnographic study of nurses' role in the Early Mobilization Program in the pediatric intensive care unit
Early Mobilization (EM) in Pediatric Intensive Care Units (PICU) is safe and feasible, but there are issues preventing the adoption of EM into clinical practice. The objective of this study was to describe the patient ...