The dying process: its manifestation in nursing records

[Meaning of the death/dying process for entering nursing students].

This is a qualitative study, based on Heidegger's existential phenomenology, with the purpose of revealing the meaning of death/dying for freshmen students of the nursing program. The study was developed in a public university in the northwest of Paraná, Brazil between August and October 2010, and 33 entering students from a Nursing program were interviewed. The following existential themes eme...

the u.s. policy in central asia and its impact on the colored revolutions in the region (the case study of tulip revolution in kyrgyzstan)

چکیده ندارد.

The due process of dying.

Nursing care of patients during the dying process: a painful professional and human function.

OBJECTIVE This work sought to describe the care functions of nurses with patients during the dying process. METHODOLOGY This was a qualitative study with ethnographic approach stemming from the analysis of the culture of nurses; it was conducted in the city of Medellín, Colombia. Theoretical saturation was obtained with 23 interviews. RESULTS Nurses feel the duty to care for patients throug...

Dying with advanced dementia in the nursing home.

BACKGROUND Nursing homes are important providers of end-of-life care to persons with advanced dementia. METHODS We used data from the Minimum Data Set (June 1, 1994, to December 31, 1997) to identify persons 65 years and older who died with advanced dementia (n = 1609) and terminal cancer (n = 883) within 1 year of admission to any New York State nursing home. Variables from the Minimum Data ...