The Terminally Ill: SERENITY NURSING INTERVENTIONS FOR HOSPICE CLIENTS

Messenger, Theresa; Roberts, Kay T.

doi:10.3928/0098-9134-19941101-06

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“…Qualitative studies have supported the spiritual nature of hope. [42][43][44] in her study of 45 individuals with cancer and 45 individuals with other chronic illnesses found that the most commonly supported sources of hope were family, friends, and religious beliefs. Wake and Miller's 33 multinational study of hope-inspiring strategies found that US nurses were the only respondents suggesting spiritual strategies as a means of fostering hope.…”

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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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Engendering hope in the chronically and terminally ill: Nursing interventions

Herth

1995

Am J Hosp Palliat Care

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“…Roberts and colleagues have begun the seminal work with serenity by conducting a concept analysis, providing an instrument to measure serenity [3][4][5][13][14][15] and have studied aspects of serenity in helping older adults and hospice patients. 4,5 Following Parse's methods, [16][17][18] Kruse 19 studied the meaning of serenity for survivors of cancer. With the exception of a theoretical analysis of personal experience of how lesbian women recover from alcoholism, 20 no other research has addressed the experience of serenity in recovery from addiction, particularly from the perspective of unitary life patterns.…”

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“…Serenity has been defined as a desirable spiritual state of "sustained inner peace," 3 and "independent of external events," 3 that is thought to decrease stress and improve physical and emotional health. [3][4][5] For those whose lives have been shattered by addiction, serenity is experienced, perceived, and expressed as a regenerating, inspiriting, strengthening, healing change in life orientation in a journey toward recovery and wholeness.…”

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The Unitary Life Pattern of Persons Experiencing Serenity in Recovery From Alcohol and Drug Addiction

Rushing

2008

Advances in Nursing Science

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People recovering from addiction to alcohol or drugs often acknowledge the need for complete change in life pattern orientation in a journey toward healing. Serenity is the hallmark of recovery according to the tenets of 12-step programs, but little is known about the actual experience of serenity in healing from addiction. From a perspective of unitary pattern appreciation and a method of unitary appreciative inquiry, this study explored the experience of serenity among 9 people recovering from alcohol and/or drug addiction. Results are portrayed in both individual and group profiles, depicted in a format that integrates empirical findings as poetry.

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“…For hospice interventions targeting patients at the end of life, therapeutic touch has been found to be one of the highest ranked interventions in terms of effectiveness and frequency (Messenger & Roberts, 1994). As Sandelowski (2002) argues, physical encounters are especially dramatized in touch and remind both the health care provider and the patient that to know the patient means to have knowledge of the "particularity of the patient's body.…”

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“Smart Homes” for Patients at the End of Life

Demiris

Hensel

2009

Journal of Housing For the Elderly

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well-documented health related challenges that often come with aging, such as falls, limited mobility, sensory impairment, and isolation. Technological solutions are featured that promote well-being and enable monitoring of one's health status in his or her home; therefore, technology is often perceived as one such tool that can support aging. The number of "smart home" applications has been increasing worldwide in response to rising health care costs, older adults' desire to remain independent and advancing sensor, mobile, and computing technology. The term "smart home" refers to a residence equipped with technology that facilitates monitoring of residents or promotes independence and increases residents' quality of life (Demiris & Hensel, 2008). In this context, the technology is integrated into the infrastructure of the residence and does not require training of or operation by the resident, distinguishing thereby smart home applications from stand alone devices that can be used in the home setting and need to be operated by the end-user (e.g., blood pressure cuffs or web-based applications). This emerging field has also introduced new terms to describe the possibilities of this new era of home based technology. The term "gerontechnology" was coined to describe an interdisciplinary field of scientific research of technological applications (including smart homes) that are directed "towards the aspirations and opportunities for the elderly person" (Bouma, 1998, p. 95). The term "domotics" (combining the words domus, Latin for home, and informatics) describes the study of information technology applications that become part of the residential structure.Smart home applications are designed to support elderly and people with chronic conditions or disabilities and increase their well being and safety in their home. This approach aims to provide a support mechanism as people age and approach the end of their life. Information about residents' activity levels, restlessness at night, or adverse trends, such as dehydration, lack of personal hygiene, or challenges in pain management, can trigger specific interventions that will increase palliation at the end of life.The aim of this article is to explore ethical considerations associated with smart home applications for patients at the end of life and present a framework for the ethical components that need to be investigated in the context of home based assistive technology for the dying. Moran (1993) was one of the first to pose crucial questions about the social impact of smart technologies. She stated the following:The introduction of advanced technology into the home has the potential to change qualitative and quantitative aspects of relationships between household members, as well as the role and function of the home and its relationship with the wider environment. Such technologies consequently have important implications for our health and quality of life. (p. 1) 108 G. Demiris and B. Hensel We define and discuss a series of concepts that constitute ethical ...

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The Terminally Ill: SERENITY NURSING INTERVENTIONS FOR HOSPICE CLIENTS

Cited by 16 publications

References 13 publications

Engendering hope in the chronically and terminally ill: Nursing interventions

Engendering hope in the chronically and terminally ill: Nursing interventions

The Unitary Life Pattern of Persons Experiencing Serenity in Recovery From Alcohol and Drug Addiction

“Smart Homes” for Patients at the End of Life

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