Network-Focused Nursing Development of a New Concept

Abstract

Network-focused nursing--a new concept--was generated in a grounded theory study of nurses, teenager and young adults with cancer and their significant others. This article explores and clarifies the concept to prevent it from being normalized and taken for granted in everyday clinical practice and in the literature, and from being limited in growth and meanings. The integrated approach by Meleis combined with the Hybrid Model by Schwartz-Barcott and Kim are used for analysis. Antecedents, attributes and consequences are identified. Network-focused nursing has potential to advance nursing science and to be implemented in other areas of patient care.

Clinician‐patient‐family decision‐making and health literacy in adolescents and young adults with cancer and their families: A systematic review of qualitative studies

“…Several strategies to empower AYA engagement in decision‐making could be implemented as a result of this qualitative synthesis. First, system‐based approaches to incorporating social networks of AYAs may be beneficial, such as the Danish model of AYA Network Meetings, which aims to engage the social system surrounding AYAs, consider dynamics of these networks, and promote shared, coordinated, and effective care across AYA, family, and clinician triads . Second, further qualitative research with AYAs, families, and clinicians about the processes that enable AYA empowerment could provide valuable insights and validity testing of the extended model proposed in this systematic review.…”

“…First, system-based approaches to incorporating social networks of AYAs may be beneficial, such as the Danish model of AYA Network Meetings, 47 which aims to engage the social system surrounding AYAs, consider dynamics of these networks, and promote shared, coordinated, and effective care across AYA, family, and clinician triads. 48…”

The extended arm of health professionals? Relatives' experiences of patient's recovery in a fast‐track programme

“…Network‐focused nursing rests on a holistic approach to care where nurses recognize that illness and health cannot be isolated from the surrounding world. This approach argues that it is important to reach beyond the family and activate other relevant parts of patients’ informal and formal social network to help the family recover (Due , Olsen ). This is particularly relevant as the healthcare system, and not only fast‐track surgery, increasingly relies on patients’ self‐care.…”

Providing Children and Adolescents Opportunities for Social Interaction as a Standard of Care in Pediatric Oncology

“…The hospital environment can be structured to promote social interaction. For example, visitation policies that allow for family and friend visitors when feasible given medical restrictions as well as facilities that include group spaces to allow for peer‐to‐peer interactions can promote social support . Further, inclusion of adolescents in designing hospital spaces that facilitate connection and maintain a focus on social development goals is underscored …”