The 2014 National Nursing Research Roundtable: The science of caregiving

Abstract

The National Nursing Research Roundtable (NNRR) meets annually to provide an opportunity for the leaders of nursing organizations with a research mission to discuss and disseminate research findings to improve health outcomes. In 2014, the NNRR addressed the science of caregiving, a topic of increasing importance given that more people are living with chronic conditions and that managing chronic illness is shifting from providers to individuals, their families, and the communities where they live. The NNRR consisted of scientific presentations in which leading researchers discussed the latest advances in caregiving science across the life span and breakout sessions where specific questions were discussed. The questions focused on the policy and practice implications of caregiving science and provided an opportunity for nursing leaders to discuss ways to advance caregiving science. The nursing community is ideally positioned to design and test caregiver health interventions and to implement these interventions in clinical and community settings.

Competence, Compassion, and Care of the Self

“…In 2014, the National Nursing Research Roundtable met to discuss priorities for advancing the science of caregiving and will be forthcoming with specific recommendations. 31 Importantly, unnecessary hospital readmissions of HF patients now result in penalties to hospitals. Data from this study can be integrated into programs that promote caregivers' well-being and thereby enable them to continue to provide safe, quality care to their loved one with HF.…”

The Physical Health of Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer and the Psychological Health of Their Family Caregivers When Newly Enrolled in Hospice

“…The caregiver and extended family are aware of the poor prognosis with this disease and that death of the patient often occurs fairly quickly with relatively little time to prepare. 13 Despite numerous studies of caregivers and caregiving in general and within the context of cancer, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 few investigators have studied the caregiving experience of patients with pancreatic cancer. The purpose of this study was to describe patients' most commonly occurring symptoms and level of associated patient distress, as well as the perceived social support, perceived health, and depressive symptoms of caregivers of hospice patients with advanced pancreatic cancer.…”

Nursing research priorities based on CINAHL database: A scoping review

“…Improving the quality of life of individuals with chronic conditions (Grady & Gullatte, ), patient‐level outcome measures (Davis, Morgans, & Stewart, ), patient self‐management (Grady, ), personalized health strategies, health promotion and patient education are topics that need further research (Foster et al, ; Grady & Gough, ). Grady and Gullatte (; also Grady, ) state that increasing numbers of people are currently living with chronic conditions and managing long‐term illnesses is shifting from health professionals to individuals and their families; consequently, these nursing phenomena ought to be investigated in greater depth. Zwakhalen et al () proposed a research programme to be developed that aims to create awareness and expand knowledge of evidence‐based basic nursing care by addressing four basic nursing areas: bathing and dressing, communication, mobility and nutrition.…”

“…Regarding the first phenomenon, long-term care (Brazil, Maitland, Ploeg, & Denton, 2012;Deschodt, Zunica, & Wellens, 2017;Keller, Beck, & Namasivayam, 2015;McGilton et al, 2016;Walsh & Yon, 2012), nursing home settings (Morley et al, 2014;Simmons et al, 2016;Walsh & Yon, 2012), palliative care (Combs, Kluger, & Kutner, 2013;Hanson & Winzelberg, 2013;Henoch et al, 2016;Lunney, 2015;O'Quinn & Giambra, 2014;Ritchie & Zulman, 2013;Schulz, 2013) and basic/fundamental care (Walsh & Yon, 2012) Improving the quality of life of individuals with chronic conditions (Grady & Gullatte, 2014), patient-level outcome measures (Davis, Morgans, & Stewart, 2016), patient self-management (Grady, 2017), personalized health strategies, health promotion and patient education are topics that need further research (Foster et al, 2018;Grady & Gough, 2015). Grady and Gullatte (2014;also Grady, 2017) state that increasing numbers of people are currently living with chronic conditions and managing long-term illnesses is shifting from health professionals to individuals and their families; consequently, these nursing phenomena ought to be investigated in greater depth. Zwakhalen et al (2018) proposed a research programme to be developed that aims to create awareness and expand knowledge of evidence-based basic nursing care by addressing four basic nursing areas: bathing and dressing, communication, mobility and nutrition.…”