Nursing decision making and the science of the concrete

Article Abstract:

New technologies hold promise for providing better information systems for making nursing decisions, but developing them depends on a better understanding of how abstract and concrete knowledge interact in decision making. Concrete knowledge derives from discovering what works in practice. Abstract knowledge is theoretical, broader based, and more generalizable. Studying nursing role performance and how role performance changes as the nurse gains experience would help information system developers learn what is needed in an information system.

Analysis, Concrete operations (Psychology)

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The family's experience of vigilance: challenges for nursing

Article Abstract:

The involvement of families in patients' hospital care has become more noticeable as people become more educated consumers of health care. Nurses have always worked with families, but with relaxation of visiting rules and family members acting as advocates, the relationship between caregiver and family is more important than ever. Families of neurologically impaired patients were studied to evaluate their vigilance and involvement in the patient's situation.

Health aspects, Social aspects, Hospital patients, Family, Nurse and patient, Nurse-patient relations, Family health, Holistic medicine

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Looking To Care or Caring To Look? Technology and the Rise of Spectacular Nursing

Article Abstract:

Technology has provided new means for nurses to observe their patients, and these have in turn affected nursing practice. Ultrasound imaging, critical care units and other "hands off" techniques raise significant questions about ethical, political and esthetic dimensions of nursing. Nurses now have a choice to have direct contact with patients, and this suggests the possibility they may no longer care to do so.

Methods, Usage, Ultrasound imaging, Observation (Psychology), Critical care medicine

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