The eighth edition is designed as a key interactive reference for nursing students and
professional nurses. It has been updated and expanded to include new understandings of …

Purpose: To clarify the definition of integration and to identify universal aspects of the
experience of integration related to healing, health, and nursing care. Design: An integrative …

The authors present a reformulation of empowerment based upon historical and current
perspectives of empowerment and a synthesis of existing literature and Rogerian thought …

Background Spiritual dimensions such as hope, meaning in life and self‐transcendence
have been found to be predictors of successful ageing, life satisfaction and well‐being in …

As we approach the 50th anniversary of the first national symposium on nursing theory
development, the need to clarify nursing's disciplinary perspective is just as relevant as it …

Aims and objectives To investigate the prevalence of physical and emotional symptoms and
the associations between symptoms and meaning‐in‐life in a cognitively intact nursing …

When terms are introduced or appear with increasing frequency in the spoken and written
communications of a discipline, it is incumbent upon scholars to question the implications for …

Aims and objectives To test the effects of nurse–patient interaction on anxiety and
depression among cognitively intact nursing home patients. Background Depression is …

Aim To investigate the associations between nurse–patient interaction and meaning‐in‐life
in a nursing home population. Background Meaning has been found to be a strong …

Background Due to the shift to an older population worldwide and an increased need for 24-
h care, finding new and alternative approaches to increase wellbeing among nursing home …