For all its richness and potential for discovery, qualitative research has been critiqued as too often lacking in scholarly rigor. The authors summarize a systematic approach to new concept ...development and grounded theory articulation that is designed to bring “qualitative rigor” to the conduct and presentation of inductive research.
Sustainability represents a ‘grand challenge’, which can often not be addressed by actions of individuals or single organizations alone. To understand collaborative sustainability activities, in this ...article we propose the concept of open sustainability. We derive open sustainability from literature in the areas of sustainability, open approaches, and open innovation, and define the concept based on key tenets as follow: open sustainability refers to an orchestrated distributed process in which a focal company interacts with partners across organizational boundaries in order to better achieve its own (micro-level) sustainability objectives, its direct nets' (meso-level) sustainability objectives, and the broader networks' (macro-level) sustainability objectives, both short and long term. Based on this definition, we introduce the articles of our special section on open sustainability.
The relationship between health and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) has been a major topic in the field of healthcare. In recent years, the study ACEs and health has expanded internationally.
...The purpose of this study was to further develop the concept of ACEs using a global perspective.
Rodgers' Evolutionary Model guided the study. PubMed, CINAHL, and PsychINFO databases were searched. A total of 39 publications were selected for review.
Development of the concept was achieved using a wide global lens. ACEs are influenced by diverse cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors that affect individuals' health worldwide.
The developed ACEs concept described in this paper includes a global perspective, adding context to the existing definition, thus broadening its application, and expanding its usefulness in international research. A clear concept for ACEs is valuable to nurses who care for children, adolescents and young adults around the world, who have suffered from ACEs and seek health care.
•Adverse childhood experiences have been a major topic in the field of healthcare•The study of ACEs and health has expanded internationally, indicating global concerns for their effects on health•This paper adds to the body of knowledge by providing further development of the concept of ACEs using a wider global lens•An expanded definition is provided, ACEs are influenced by multiple factors that affect individuals' health worldwide
Empathy is a topic of continuous debate in the nursing literature. Many argue that empathy is indispensable to effective nursing practice. Yet others argue that nurses should rather rely on sympathy, ...compassion, or consolation. However, a more troubling disagreement underlies these debates: There's no consensus on how to define empathy. This lack of consensus is the primary obstacle to a constructive debate over the role and import of empathy in nursing practice. The solution to this problem seems obvious: Nurses need to reach a consensus on the meaning and definition of empathy. But this is easier said than done. Concept analyses, for instance, reveal a profound ambiguity and heterogeneity of the concept of empathy across the nursing literature. Since the term “empathy” is used to refer to a range of perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral phenomena, this conceptual ambiguity and heterogeneity is hardly surprising. Our proposal is simple. To move forward, we need to return to the basics. We should develop the concept from the ground up. That is, we should begin by identifying and describing the most fundamental form of empathic experience. Once we identify the most fundamental form of empathy, we will be able to distinguish among the more derivative experiences and behaviors that are addressed by the same name and, ideally, determine the place of these phenomena in the field of nursing. The aim of this article is, consequently, to lay the groundwork for a more coherent concept of empathy and thereby for a more fruitful debate over the role of empathy in nursing. In Part 1, we outline the history of the concept of empathy within nursing, explain why nurses are sometimes warry of adapting concepts from other disciplines, and argue that nurses should distinguish between adapting concepts from applied disciplines and from more theoretical disciplines. In Part 2, we show that the distinction between emotional and cognitive empathy—borrowed from theoretical psychology—has been a major factor in nurses’ negative attitudes toward emotional empathy. We argue, however, that both concepts fail to capture the most fundamental form of empathy. In Part 3, we draw on and present some of the seminal studies of empathy that can be found in the work of phenomenological philosophers including Max Scheler, Edmund Husserl, and Edith Stein. In Part 4, we outline how their understanding of empathy may facilitate current debates about empathy's role in nursing.
This paper presents a project for the reorganization and conservation of the cultural heritage site "A.N. Kraft's Estate at Kostino, early 20th century" and analyses the historical and analytical ...aspects of the design. The project, involving restoration and further development of a significant historical part of the city of Korolev, Moscow Oblast, seeks to reorganize the space and adapt the cultural heritage objects located in the area to modern use. The project was evaluated by means of the resource planning method, which enables a qualitative assessment of the concept to be implemented. In conclusion, the authors outline basic approaches to the development of a concept for reorganization of an area with existing cultural heritage objects.
Global challenges call for timely social–ecological transformation. There is a substantial amount of literature on social–ecological transformation, increasingly replacing and going beyond ...‘sustainability’. However, the concept itself is used very inconsistently. This paper aims at identifying and systematizing the strains of argumentation that encompass the social–ecological transformation. Adding German‐speaking literature to the Anglophone debate, we systematize as we follow the concept's genesis to its varieties of use within context‐based (spatial, temporal, and societal) disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary debates. Building on the various strands of contemporary use, this paper aims at contouring the epistemologies of the concept. Lastly, we illustrate the roles of geographical research approaches and the assigned methodology. We argue that the strands tend to drift apart and cannot be seen nor used as a singular uniform approach. We identify the key dimensions of how scholars use social–ecological transformation, unearthing underlying epistemologies. To conclude, we delineate key elements that geographical research on social–ecological transformation must address, laying the foundation for further scholarly debate.
Change fatigue in nurses: A qualitative study McMillan, Kim; Perron, Amélie
Journal of advanced nursing,
October 2020, 2020-10-00, 20201001, Letnik:
76, Številka:
10
Journal Article
Recenzirano
Aims
To provide a conceptual update on change fatigue in nursing as it relates to rapid and continuous change implementation. This doctoral dissertation examined nurses’ experiences of rapid and ...continuous organizational change, with a core component of the study examining the concept of change fatigue.
Background
Change fatigue is understood as the overwhelming feelings of stress, exhaustion and burnout fuelled by feelings of ambivalence and powerlessness associated with rapid and continuous change in the workplace. Change fatigue may cause workers to become withdrawn and greatly influences their decision to leave the workplace and even their profession. Little research to date has explored change fatigue in nurses.
Methods
Were qualitative in nature.
Design
A critical hermeneutic approach was used. Face‐to‐face interviews were conducted with 14 Registered Nurses. Open‐ended questions were used. Theoretical thematic analysis and inductive analysis of data were completed using Brown and Gilligan's voice‐centred relational method. The study spanned from 2015 ‐ 2018.
Results
Nurses did experience many of the core elements of change fatigue noted in the non‐nursing literature, including exhaustion, apathy, powerlessness, and burnout. Two additional themes emerged pertaining to nurses’ understandings of why they were experiencing change fatigue. These themes included the intensification of nursing work and repeated and ongoing self‐sacrifice.
Conclusion
Participants offered important insight into an emergent concept in the discipline of nursing.
Impact
The negative experiences associated with change fatigue are important for administrators and other stakeholders to recognize and acknowledge, as they must work to alleviate change fatigue in their institutions to preserve the well‐being of the nursing workforce. This knowledge is also important to nursing scholars, who may further research the topic and embed it into nursing curricula.
目的
提供有关护理中的改变疲劳的概念性更新，因为它涉及快速和连续的变化实施。该博士论文研究了护士在快速而连续的组织变革中的经历，其中的一个核心部分是研究改变疲劳的概念。
背景
改变疲劳被理解为一种压倒性的压力感、疲惫感和倦怠感，与工作场所的快速和持续变化相关的矛盾感和无力感所推动。改变疲劳可能导致员工变得孤僻，并极大影响他们离开工作场所甚至职业的决定。迄今为止，很少有研究探索护士的改变疲劳。
方法
本质上是定性的。
设计
采用了批判性的诠释学方法。对14名注册护士进行了面对面的访谈。使用了开放式问题。使用布朗（Brown）和吉利根（Gilligan）的语音中心关系法完成了数据的理论主题分析和归纳分析。该研究的时间跨度为2015至2018年。
结果
护士确实经历了非护理文献中提到的改变疲劳的许多核心要素，包括疲惫、冷漠、无力和倦怠。另外两个主题是关于护士对他们为什么经历改变疲劳的理解。这些主题包括加强护理工作和反复不断的自我牺牲。
结论
参与者对护理学科中的一种新兴概念提供了重要见解。
影响
与改变疲劳相关的负面经历对于管理者和其他利益相关者来说是非常重要的，因为他们必须努力减轻机构中的改变疲劳，以维护护理人员的福利。这些知识对护理学者也很重要，他们可能会进一步研究该主题并将其纳入护理课程中。
•Visuo-haptic exploration impacts children’s cross-sectioning abilities.•Children with visual-tactile exposure outperformed visually exploring peers in SBST.•Visual-haptic improvement emerges after ...5 years old.•Sensory-motor and multisensory skills are pivotal for children’s geometric learning.
Cross-sectioning is a shape understanding task where the participants must infer and interpret the spatial features of three-dimensional (3D) solids by depicting their internal two-dimensional (2D) arrangement. An increasing body of research provides evidence of the crucial role of sensorimotor experience in acquiring these complex geometrical concepts. Here, we focused on how cross-sectioning ability emerges in young children and the influence of multisensory visuo-haptic experience in geometrical learning through two experiments. In Experiment 1, we compared the 3D printed version of the Santa Barbara Solids Test (SBST) with its classical paper version; in Experiment 2, we contrasted the children’s performance in the SBST before and after the visual or visuo-haptic experience. In Experiment 1, we did not identify an advantage in visualizing 3D shapes over the classical 2D paper test. In contrast, in Experiment 2, we found that children who had the experience of a combination of visual and tactile information during the exploration phase improved their performance in the SBST compared with children who were limited to visual exploration. Our study demonstrates how practicing novel multisensory strategies improves children’s understanding of complex geometrical concepts. This outcome highlights the importance of introducing multisensory experience in educational training and the need to make way for developing new technologies that could improve learning abilities in children.
Abstract
With the progress of science and technology, big data technology has penetrated into all aspects of life. The topic of this paper is how to develop students’ concept innovation and learn to ...learn in Chinese painting teaching under the background of big data, mainly focusing on how to develop and guide students’ concept change in their activity process. This paper uses the research method of case analysis. The research object is the students of a university in our city. I get the necessary data through the questionnaire survey data collected before the course, the communication data with students after class and the creation of works of two parallel classes. Then the questionnaire answers to the data list, after class talk statistics, comparative description and analysis of students’ works. The purpose of this paper is that through the practice of Chinese painting, students can learn to learn, use their brains spontaneously, improve their ability of autonomous learning and innovative ideas, and make different works. Teachers can use their own knowledge and creative experience and Research on the implementation strategy of Chinese painting class to improve their ability to better guide students’ concept innovation.
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