Student nurses experience significant stress during their education, which may contribute to illness and alterations in health, poor academic performance, and program attrition. The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility and potential efficacy of an innovative stress management program in two baccalaureate nursing programs in Connecticut, named NURSE (Nurture nurse, Use resources, foster Resilience, Stress and Environment management), that assists nursing students to develop stress management plans. An explanatory sequential mixed-methods design was used to evaluate the effects of the intervention with 40 junior nursing students. Results from this study provide evidence that the NURSE intervention is highly feasible, and support further testing to examine the effect of the intervention in improving stress management in nursing students.
In this essay, several nurse scholars who are particularly concerned about the contemporary state of nursing science present their specific concerns (dark clouds) about the advancement of our discipline and the ways in which the concerns have been addressed (bright lights). This essay is the first of two essays that were catalyzed by Barrett's paper, "Again, What Is Nursing Science?" The second essay will be published in the next issue Nursing Science Quarterly.
Although intentionality has been implicated as a causal variable in healing research, its definition has been inconsistent and vague. The objective of this grounded theory study is to develop a substantive theory of intentionality in a naturalistic encounter between nurse-healers and their healee-clients, and to consider the implications for practice and research. Six expert nurse-healers and six healee-clients were interviewed as individuals and in dyads before and after treatments. Interviews and observational data were analyzed using the constant comparative method and synthesized analysis. Participants described their experience of intentionality in healing as an evolutionary process characterized by distinctive shifts. The theory of intentionality: the matrix for healing (IMH) includes definitions of intentionality and a conceptual framework of three developmental phases of intentionality (generic, healing, and transforming intentionalities). The predominant attribute, development, is described. The theory contributes to knowledge about healing and intentionality and has implications for practice and future research.
The purpose of this article is to amplify the results section of a grounded theory study on how men in nursing view and experience intention, intentionality, caring, and healing. This is the second grounded theory study addressing intentionality in healing. The first study included a female population. The theory that was generated-Intentionality: The Matrix of Healing (IMH)-is examined with these new data. The results are compared with issues generally faced by men in nursing and how they described their beliefs and experiences with intentionality and healing. The theory (IMH) is supported; the importance of action in this cohort was an additional emphasis. This article provides an expanded view of men in nursing and their experiences as nurses and with intentionality, caring, and healing and has implications for the development of holistic nursing theory as well.
Intentionality, focused mental attention on another, shapes transpersonal healing. Beginning with a desire to help another person, the intentional caregiver becomes "centered," using relaxation, meditation, self-induced trance, or active imagery. In this mental stillness, the healer's level of awareness is transformed to one that is open, sensitive, and keenly focused on the patient. Often perceptions of time and space are altered. An intentional goal develops and becomes more focused as the healer assesses and begins to treat. Central to ancient Shamanic healing, intentionality is now a key factor in many contemporary approaches and modalities. These include such traditional approaches as caring, being with, and presence in a therapeutic relationship and those considered alternative and complementary healing practices such as Therapeutic Touch. A clear conceptual framework of intentionality, supported by empirical data, will enhance theory development, enabling those in the helping professions to more systematically capture, direct, and teach the healing process. PURPOSEThe focus of this paper is research perspectives of caregivers' intentionality in transpersonal healing. Intentionality is used synonymously with intention and intent. After defining relevant terms, the concept of intentionality is explored using results of quantitative and qualitative research. Most specific research on intentionality has been quantitative, addressing the effects of directed mental processes. First, controlled laboratory studies (Braud & Schlitz, 1991; Jahn, 1995) which examine the effects of intentionality as mental influence are described. These provide an empirical backdrop to clinical studies. Next, two qualitative studies (Cooperstein, 1992;Heidt, 1990) describe intentionality in the transpersonal healing process. Since literature in Therapeutic Touch (TT) theory emphasizes intentionality (Krieger, 1979(Krieger, , 1997, both qualitative and quantitative research studies in that particular modality are reviewed (Heidt, 1990;Quinn, 1982Quinn, , 1989Quinn, , 1996. The seminal quantitative works in TT by Heidt (1979), andQuinn (1982) are then explored. Finally, since TT was chosen as the predominant modality which incorporates intentionality, a meta-analysis of five controlled studies in TT (Wirth, Richardson & Eidelman, 1996) is critiqued. The strengths and difficulties encountered in both research approaches, implications for future research, and implications for nursing research and practice are presented in the conclusion and summary.
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