The magnitude of antigen-induced histamine release from actively sensitized rat tissues in vitro was compared with the amount of specific reagin in the serum. There was no quantitative correlation between either, suggesting that the antigen-induced histamine release from sensitized tissues might depend on the ability of sensitized target cells to release histamine. In addition, the magnitude of antigen-induced histamine release was different in each tissue of sensitized rats. This also suggested that there might be some differences in the ability of sensitized target cells in each tissue to release histamine by antigen.
Despite the continuous advances in cancer treatment, many patients undergoing cancer treatment still suffer because of inability to find
meaning
in their treatment experiences. Nurses involved also suffer because they prioritize the implementation of treatment protocols rather than providing holistic care. Therefore, special care is needed in clinical settings. This report aimed to demonstrate helpfulness and possibility of “caring partnership” with patients in the treatment phase on the basis of Margaret Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness.
Caring partnership
is a nursing intervention in a unitary and relational perspective that helps patients and nurses make a difference. For this intervention, patients need to recognize their own pattern in the relationship to exert their
own strengths
in finding
meaning
to their cancer treatment experience and so their lives, while nurses are encouraged to partner with them, trusting patients' own power and becoming a
rich environment
for them. Hence, dialog is necessary to facilitate patients'
pattern recognition
in process of
the patient-nurse partnership
. Three cases are presented for each treatment phase (perioperative, chemotherapy treatment, and prolonged postoperative self-care management). Through
caring partnership
with an oncology certified nurse, the patients found
meaning
in their treatment experiences and exerted their
own inner strength
to establish a new way of life, and the nurses reconfirmed what nursing was. From the theoretical viewpoint,
caring partnership
was helpful for patients in distress and was possible in clinical settings even with partial involvement during a treatment phase.
The purpose, on the basis of Margaret Newman's theory of health as expanding consciousness in a unitary perspective, was to practice the caring partnership with a client who could not share their desires and find their future direction at a gear change period and document the process of their relational changes within this process. The design was research as praxis. The participant was a patient with cancer and her family in the midst of a difficult health situation. Through caring partnership, a nurse researcher asked to tell “the meaningful events and relationships in their lives” over four in-depth dialogue meetings. Data were collected from the tape-recorded dialogue transcriptions. In the process of caring partnership, the patient and each family member recognized their own pattern and family pattern of “being closed off,” their approach to the situation, and found a new direction through this process. The finding suggested that caring partnership as a nursing intervention would be helpful for nurses as well as for patients and their families in difficult health situations.
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