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Advocating Practices of Nurses in a Military Operation.

PB2002106888

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Foley, B. J.
Page Count	44
Abstract	Advocacy is an essential component of the professional role of the registered nurse and may be an even more critical component of the nursing role in a military operation where soldiers are separated from family. While the nursing literature suggests that advocating for patients provides a model of professional nursing that is highly desirable, little is known about how this important concept is viewed by nurses in practice. This study explored the experiences of military nurses, as they engaged in advocating practices and described the shared practices and common meanings involved in advocating. Because advocacy was conceptualized as a taken-for-granted phenomenon, a qualitative research approach, using Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology provided the framework and method for this study. Sixty-two U.S. Army nurses, both active and reserve who deployed to Bosnia, Hungary, or Germany in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, were individually interviewed.
Keywords	Nurses Military operations Advocacy Registered nurses Patients Advocating practices Interviews Recommendations Military nursing Data collection Data analysis
Source Agency	Single Entry
Corporate Authors	Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Rockville, MD.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 Sep 96-31 Aug 99.
NTIS Issue Number	200216

Advocating Practices of Nurses in a Military Operation.

Advocating Practices of Nurses in a Military Operation.
PB2002106888

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Foley, B. J.
Page Count	44
Abstract	Advocacy is an essential component of the professional role of the registered nurse and may be an even more critical component of the nursing role in a military operation where soldiers are separated from family. While the nursing literature suggests that advocating for patients provides a model of professional nursing that is highly desirable, little is known about how this important concept is viewed by nurses in practice. This study explored the experiences of military nurses, as they engaged in advocating practices and described the shared practices and common meanings involved in advocating. Because advocacy was conceptualized as a taken-for-granted phenomenon, a qualitative research approach, using Heideggerian hermeneutic phenomenology provided the framework and method for this study. Sixty-two U.S. Army nurses, both active and reserve who deployed to Bosnia, Hungary, or Germany in support of Operation Joint Endeavor, were individually interviewed.
Keywords	Nurses Military operations Advocacy Registered nurses Patients Advocating practices Interviews Recommendations Military nursing Data collection Data analysis
Source Agency	Single Entry
Corporate Authors	Henry M. Jackson Foundation, Rockville, MD.; TriService Nursing Research Program, Bethesda, MD.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Final rept. 1 Sep 96-31 Aug 99.
NTIS Issue Number	200216