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Accident Analysis & Prevention, Mar 1, 2010

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences, Feb 15, 2011

International Journal of Palliative Nursing, Sep 1, 2008

Families living with a dying relative face existential challenges which need to be met by caregiv... more Families living with a dying relative face existential challenges which need to be met by caregivers in a dialogue. To describe couples&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#39; experiences of participating in nurse-initiated health-promoting conversations about hope and suffering during home-based palliative care. Data comprised semi-structured evaluative interviews with six couples. Each couple together had previously participated in three health-fostering conversations with nurses. Data were analyzed by content. Talking with nurses about existential issues such as hope and suffering made couples feel that they were part of a trustful relationship, and that it was a healing experience. It gave them the opportunity to unburden themselves, as well as a way of learning and finding new strategies for managing daily life. Health-promoting conversations about hope and suffering should be implemented as a natural part of the caring relationship between caregivers and families in the palliative context.

Journal of Family Nursing, Feb 1, 2010

This article offers a synthesis of the significant developments and progress of family nursing in... more This article offers a synthesis of the significant developments and progress of family nursing in Sweden. A review was conducted to locate Swedish family nursing research produced over the past 10 years. CINAHL, Medline, and PubMed were the primary databases used to locate approximately 75 family nursing studies conducted in Sweden. The majority of the studies used descriptive methods with data collected from surveys and interviews involving nurses and family members either together or individually. Only a few of the studies examined family nursing interventions. This article also reports the results of a recent survey of Swedish nurses that examined how family nursing is used in practice. After 10 years of creating a strong foundation for family-focused nursing in Sweden, there is still a need for nurse researchers, educators, and administrators to collaborate in the implementation of family nursing to practice.

Journal of Family Nursing, 2000

Reviews the videotape ‘How to do a 15 minute (or less) family interview’, produced by Lorraine M.... more Reviews the videotape ‘How to do a 15 minute (or less) family interview’, produced by Lorraine M. Wright and Maureen Leahey

City Research Online (City University London), 2019

Social support and its relationship to health related quality of life among people 65 years and o... more Social support and its relationship to health related quality of life among people 65 years and older with chronic heart failure.

Journal of Family Nursing, Aug 1, 2011

The instrument Families’ Importance in Nursing Care–Nurses’ Attitudes (FINC-NA) was developed to ... more The instrument Families’ Importance in Nursing Care–Nurses’ Attitudes (FINC-NA) was developed to measure nurses’ attitudes toward the importance of families in nursing care. The low variations in item responses, which affect the discrimination ability and unstable internal consistency, have been considered as limitations. The aim of this study was to refine and revalidate FINC-NA regarding score distribution, homogeneity, dimensionality, differential item functioning for gender, stability, and internal consistency. There were 246 registered nurses studying at advanced levels who answered the revised FINC-NA. The FINC-NA had five response alternatives. The findings showed that although some subscales still deviated from a normal distribution, the variability of the scores and the homogeneity was improved. In addition, the dimensionality was reproduced and minor problems with differential item functioning for gender were detected. All FINC-NA scales showed good reliability. The results allow the use of the revised FINC-NA in studies where an assessment of nurses’ attitudes toward families’ importance in nursing care is desired.

Validation of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire in a group of elderly persons... more Validation of the Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire in a group of elderly persons with chronic heart failure