The family metaphor applied to nursing home life

Nyström, Anne; Segesten, Kerstin

doi:10.1016/0020-7489(95)00053-4

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“…To date, the use of metaphor as an analytical strategy in nursing qualitative or interpretative studies to illuminate findings has been limited (see for example, Smith 1992, Montgomery 1994, Hanneman 1996, Nystrom & Segesten 1996, Goodman 2001) but, in the studies conducted, use of a metaphor facilitated the emergence of the core category or major theme. The use of a metaphor provided a clear and succinct summary of the study and also gave additional meaning and explanation to the findings.…”

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Producing the magnum opus: a metaphor for nephrology nursing expertise acquisition

Bonner¹,

Greenwood²

2005

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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Producing the magnum opus: a metaphor for nephrology nursing expertise acquisition

Bonner¹,

Greenwood²

2005

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…For example, researchers conducting a focus group study of renal patients in Canada reported perceptions that hemodialysis units were at one time like a family, but had increasingly moved toward an "assembly line" model (Allen, Wainwright, & Hutchinson, 2011). The metaphor has been applied to nursing home life (Nyström & Segesten, 1996), identifying staff members as the "parents" and residents as the "children." However, unlike with children, staff members did not expect residents to learn new skills or grow.…”

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You Cannot Choose Your Family

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Living with end-stage renal disease is challenging and requires a great deal of self-management, but little is known about the experiences of patients and staff around the subject. We held six focus groups in three hemodialysis units, each unit hosting 1 staff and 1 patient focus group. A total of 15 staff members and 15 patients participated. We employed thematic analysis using a priori and emerging codes. Five key themes emerged: challenges, enablers, complex balancing acts, good patient/bad patient, and the hemodialysis unit as a family. We explored the family metaphor further through the work of Bourdieu, but concluded that relationships in the hemodialysis unit most closely fit the concept of sociological ambivalence. We present an explanatory framework around inherent tensions characterizing relationships within the hemodialysis unit and highlight implications for facilitating self-management and developing collaborative approaches to care.

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Psychometric testing of an instrument to measure the experience of home

Molony

McDonald

Palmisano-Mills

2007

Research in Nursing & Health

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Research related to quality of life in long-term care has been hampered by a paucity of measurement tools sensitive to environmental interventions. The primary aim of this study was to test the psychometric properties of a new instrument, the Experience of Home (EOH) Scale, designed to measure the strength of the experience of meaningful person-environment transaction. The instrument was administered to 200 older adults in diverse dwelling types. Principal components analysis provided support for construct validity, eliciting a three-factor solution accounting for 63.18% of variance in scores. Internal consistency reliability was supported with Cronbach's alpha of .96 for the entire scale. The EOH Scale is a unique research tool to evaluate interventions to improve quality of living in residential environments.

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The family metaphor applied to nursing home life

Cited by 5 publications

References 19 publications

Producing the magnum opus: a metaphor for nephrology nursing expertise acquisition

Producing the magnum opus: a metaphor for nephrology nursing expertise acquisition

You Cannot Choose Your Family

Psychometric testing of an instrument to measure the experience of home

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