- Title
- Enhancing cardiac rehabilitation nursing through aligning practice to theory: implications for nursing education
- Creator
- McMillan, Margaret A.; Conway, Jane; Solman, Annette
- Relation
- Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing Vol. 37, Issue 5, p. 233-238
- Relation
- http://www.jcenonline.com/view.asp?rID=18523
- Publisher
- Slack
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2006
- Description
- This article presents a case study that examined the work practice of nurses in a cardiac step-down unit (CSDU). The action research included interviews, participant observation, and a self-reporting questionnaire. Nurses in the unit used a conceptual framework that was inconsistent with the rehabilitation-oriented nursing necessary to enhance patient outcomes in a CSDU. The results of this study show that a need exists for greater alignment between the practice and the educational preparation of nurses who work in a CSDU. A framework such as Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Theory of Nursing (1995) offers a conduit for nurses to deliver care appropriate to CSDU patient needs. However, there is a need for continuing education for nursing staff to align the cardiac rehabilitation nursing philosophy and the theories that underpin it (such as the Self-Care Theory) with nursing practice. Practice development provides a mechanism through which to examine the congruence between patient needs and nurse perception of those needs.
- Subject
- cardiac; nurses; rehabilitation; nursing education
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/26662
- Identifier
- uon:1018
- Identifier
- ISSN:0022-0124
- Language
- eng
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