Nursing Strategies to Influence Adolescent Hopefulness During Oncologic Illness

Hinds, Pamela S.; Martin, Janni; Vogel, Ralph J.

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“…Hopefulness is a human characteristic that allows an individual, irrespective of age, to transcend disappointments, pursue goals, and diminish the sense of future as unbearable or futile ( Hinds et al . 1987 ).…”

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“…Hopefulness is a human characteristic that allows an individual, irrespective of age, to transcend disappoint-ments, pursue goals, and diminish the sense of future as unbearable or futile (Hinds et al 1987). Schmale (1964) and Erikson (1982) postulated that the development of hope or hopelessness takes place in early childhood.…”

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Hope as seen through the eyes of homeless children

Herth

1998

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Hope as seen through the eyes of homeless children¶Children now constitute the largest segment of the homeless population. Multiple studies have identified the adverse effects of homelessness on children’s health, development, academic success, and behaviour. Minimal literature exists that describes homeless children from the perspective of their strengths. The purpose of this study was to investigate the meaning of hope in homeless children and to identify strategies that children use in fostering and maintaining their hope. Using the technique of methodological triangulation (semi‐structured interviews and drawings) the investigator collected data on a convenience sample of 60 homeless children (6 to 16 years old) currently residing in homeless shelters. Transcriptions of the audio‐taped interviews were analysed following Colaizzi’s method of analysis. Transcript statements were compared with the drawings. Five themes representing hope emerged from the data: connectedness, internal resources, cognitive strategies, energy, and hope objects. School age children drew story book tale characters, pre‐adolescents drew real life situations, and adolescents drew future plans to represent their hopes. An understanding of hope from the perspective of homeless children could provide a basis upon which to develop interventions that engender hope and to develop programmes that build on the hopes that children had already developed.

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Hope as seen through the eyes of homeless children

Herth

1998

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…[9][10][11] However, despite recognition of the significance of the nurse's role in enabling hope and the development of instruments to measure hope, [12][13][14][15][16] little evidence has been derived from clinical research to guide nurses in selecting appropriate strategies to mobilize, enhance, and support hope or to prevent or diminish hopelessness. 17,18 Miller 19 states that "the challenge of nursing is to understand hope in depth and to use deliberate strategies to develop and maintain a generalized hope-filled state in patients and their families.…”

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Engendering hope in the chronically and terminally ill: Nursing interventions

Herth

1995

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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Nurses assume a primary role in the care of chronic and terminally ill individuals in their homes and are in a strategic position to foster or hinder hope. Using a descriptive survey design, home health care nurses and hospice nurses were asked to rate proposed hope interventions as to use and effectiveness in facilitating hope in their chronically ill and terminally ill clients. One hundred and fifty-eight registered nurses, representative of six hospice agencies and six home care agencies in a Midwestern state, completed the Hope Intervention Questionnaire. Provision of comfort and pain relief emerged as the most effective and most frequently used hope interventions by both the home health care nurses and the hospice nurses. The top 15 interventions, though ranked in slightly different order, were the same for hospice nurses and the home health care nurses and were reflective of the multi-dimensions of hope. The findings of this study have practical importance to nursing practice as they provide a framework for selecting strategies to foster hope in the chronically ill and terminally ill population.

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“…Hopefulness can be defined as an internal quality that mobilizes humans into goal-directed action that may be satisfying and life sustaining (Hinds, Martin, & Vogel, 1987). In Hinds' work with adolescents with cancer, she found that a state of cognitive distraction, defined as the extent to which the adolescent could concentrate on neutral or positive thoughts/conditions, preceded a state of hopefulness.…”

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Therapeutic Scrapbooking: A Technique to Promote Positive Coping and Emotional Strength in Parents of Pediatric Oncology Patients

McCarthy

Sebaugh

2011

Journal of Psychosocial Oncology

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Therapeutic scrapbooking is an intervention being used with parents and caregivers of children with cancer. The purpose of the group is to promote hopefulness, mobilize internal strengths, and thereby enhance the parents' and caregivers' coping abilities to benefit pediatric oncology patients. Facilitators, licensed in medical social work, provide a safe environment for participants to verbalize their stories and share their distress. Scrapbooking is a "normal" activity without the negative stigma that a "support group" may carry, minimizing the reluctance to attend this supportive group. Outcome measurements indicate this therapeutic intervention achieves positive results.

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Nursing Strategies to Influence Adolescent Hopefulness During Oncologic Illness

Cited by 33 publications

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Hope as seen through the eyes of homeless children

Hope as seen through the eyes of homeless children

Engendering hope in the chronically and terminally ill: Nursing interventions

Therapeutic Scrapbooking: A Technique to Promote Positive Coping and Emotional Strength in Parents of Pediatric Oncology Patients

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