Pandemic Influenza and Hospital Resources

Even during the peak of a pandemic, all patients requiring intensive care can be served

Waiting: The experience of persons in a critical care waiting room

The purposes of this study were to discover the essences of the experience of waiting, to provide new knowledge about what it is like to wait, and to contribute to nursing knowledge. Participants were 12 persons who were family members or friends of persons in an adult critical care unit. The Parse research method was used to answer the research question:What is the structure of the lived experience of waiting? The central ending of this study was this structure: The lived experience of waiting is a vigilant attentiveness surfacing amid an ambiguous turbulent lull as contentment emerges with uplifting engagements. The structure is discussed in relation to nursing knowledge and in relation to how it can inform future research and practice

Quality of life, exploring the perspective of patients with congestive heart failure

grantor: University of TorontoThis study explored the experience of quality of life for persons with congestive heart failure. The descriptive-exploratory design, guided by Parse's theory of human becoming, elicited 11 participants' perspectives of quality of life. Participants spoke about limitations and losses, important relationships, comforting and not comforting experiences, hope, and yielding to change. The findings consisted of three themes of shared meaning which were joined together to form the unified description of the experience of quality of life for the participants study: Loss surfaces with diminishing vitality amid patterns of communion-aloneness that are consoling-not consoling while desired anticipations mingle with acceptance of what will be. The findings were discussed in relation to the participants' descriptions, theoretical principles and concepts, and related research literature. Conclusions and recommendations for professional practice and future research are offered.M.Sc

The creative city Indicators of a creative city; a methodology for assessing urban viability and vitality

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Community Dwellers\u27 Perspectives On the Experience of Feeling Very Tired

Feeling very tired is a phenomenon experienced by all humans at some point in their life. As a means of more fully understanding the human experience of feeling very tired, this concept was explored with a group of 10 community dwelling individuals who had no expressed health concerns. The Parse research method was used to answer the research question, What is the structure of the lived experience of feeling very tired? The central finding of this study is the structure: The lived experience of feeling very tired is dissipated vigor arising with monotonous disquietude amid spirited cherished engagements. The structure was conceptually integrated with the human becoming theory as: feeling very tired is powering the languaging of valuing connecting-separating. The findings are discussed in relation to human becoming and,future research

The future of public library services Working paper 1; key themes and issues of the study

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How the arts measure up Australian research into social impact

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