This article reflects on Estonian practitioners’ voices to researchers and other practitioners by sharing their experiences of the solution-focused technique, ‘the miracle question’, they found ...useful in constructing solutions. This technique promoted thinking about becoming a better practitioner, empowerment, and the need to move away from traditional approaches in order to enhance improved outcomes for clients and to promote their well-being.
Purpose This study aims to examine the influence of perceived supervisor support (PSS) for strengths use on knowledge sharing (KS) intentions, mediated through work engagement and knowledge ...self-efficacy, based on the job demand-resources theory and the broaden and build theory. Design/methodology/approach Structural equation modeling and bootstrap analyses were performed to examine the research model using data derived from a two-wave questionnaire survey of 162 employees from five health-care organizations. Findings The results indicate that PSS for strengths use promoted KS intentions fully mediated through work engagement and subsequently through knowledge self-efficacy. However, there was no direct relationship between PSS for strengths use and KS intention. Originality/value The contribution of this research to the literature on KS is to find the effectiveness of a strengths-based approach in promoting KS intentions across boundaries and identifying mediating factors that link PSS for strengths use to KS intentions.
Background: In traditional dual diagnosis treatment, the primary aim is to attend the substance use problem and tackle the mental health issues with little attention to the positive aspects of ...clients' lives. This deficit-based approach, however, may bring about an ignorance of clients' potentials. The present study primarily aimed at investigating practitioners' views of their clients; acquiring information on how to improve a previously designed positive psychology intervention for dual diagnosis, and finding ways of integrating positive psychology with current approaches.
Methods: A positive psychology intervention developed for dual diagnosis individuals was delivered to two groups of psychosocial intervention workers (n = 17) at a drug and alcohol service. The study employed a mixed methods approach with a quantitative and a qualitative element (focus group).
Results: Participants reported a number of personal and professional benefits gained from the intervention, but also discussed the structure of the intervention, practitioner qualities, and difficulties of incorporation into existing treatment as challenges that may arise in terms of feasibility with this client group.
Conclusions: Through a strengths-based positive approach, a more balanced treatment would enable the recognition and appreciation of both the vulnerabilities and the emerging potential of clients. This would lead to better outcomes with clients achieved by a healthier workforce.
The scope of practice for nurses caring for families has evolved to meet the challenges presented by societal changes and increasing needs. In 2015, early childhood nurses from a Swiss region decided ...to implement a new model of care to guide their practice. The aim of this study was to explore the changes to early childhood nurses' practices following the implementation of the strengths-based nursing and healthcare (SBNH) approach to care.
This study of early childhood nurses' (N = 61) practices used a pre-post intervention design and a mixed-method approach. Nurses' competencies and changes in practice were measured using the Nurse Competence Scale (NCS). The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistics, Kruskal Wallis tests and logistic regression. Thematic analysis was used to derive themes from the qualitative data.
After the intervention, frequency of competency use increased in all domains of the NCS except the "teaching-coaching" domain; perceived levels of competencies also increased in all areas except "helping role" and "diagnostic functions". Age and length of employment at the current post hindered improvement in the "teaching-coaching" competency. Interviews revealed themes related to the implementation process: "adaptability", "implementation process", "ambivalence" and "engagement to change". Other themes were related to practice changes: "developing a disciplinary identity", "path with families" and "strengths".
This study showed that the use of perceived competencies changed over time after the introduction of SBNH into practice. Nurses questioned and adapted their routines based on SBNH. Nurse's vision of care also changed; they felt that their care was congruent with their values. For families, this approach allowed a change of vision with a resource-centred approach. Implementation of models of care such as the SBNH in the early childhood context is innovative, as little research in the literature addresses the early childhood community home-visiting context is still modest. This research underlines the added value of this approach on early childhood nurses' competencies.
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CEKLJ, DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
A better understanding of the expectations and needs of the families of nursing home residents is needed for a constructive and sustainable relationship of mutual trust. The objective of this study ...was to understand the expectations of families of nursing home residents described in the literature. A systematic integrative review of the literature was conducted. After a rigorous selection made by two researchers, independently, 53 articles were selected out of 1,094 results. The expectations of families are quality care, consideration complying with human dignity of the resident, collaboration, honesty, and mutual confidence that ties together families, staff, and physicians. This study reveals that families consider themselves as a strength for a resident’s support services, in line with Gottlieb’s strength-based approach. This approach offers promising implications for practice and for a new type of management in nursing homes based on strong values.
Background The strengths-based approach (SBA) was initially developed for people living with mental health issues but may represent a promising support option for community participation of people ...living with a traumatic brain injury (TBI). A community-based organisation working with people living with TBI is in the process of adapting this approach to implement it in their organisation. No studies explored an SBA implementation with this population. This study explores the implementation of key components of the SBA in a community-based organisation dedicated to people living with TBI. Methods A qualitative descriptive design using semi-structured interviews (n = 10) with community workers, before and during implementation, was used. Transcripts were analysed inductively and deductively. Deductive coding was informed by the SBA fidelity scale. Results Group supervision and mobilisation of personal strengths are key SBA components that were reported as being integrated within practice. These changes led to improved team communication and cohesiveness in and across services, more structured interventions, and greater engagement of clients. No changes were reported regarding the mobilisation of environmental strengths and the provision of individual supervision. Conclusion The implementation of the SBA had positive impacts on the community-based organisation. This suggests that it is valuable to implement an adaptation of the SBA for people living with TBI.
The current paper aimed to explore the linkage between employee strengths mindset and voice behavior, and considered the mediating roles of general self-efficacy and leader–member exchange (LMX) in ...the relationship. We collected data from 556 participants from various Chinese organizations with a multi-wave design. The results of structural equation modelling analysis showed that employee strengths mindset has a positive association with voice behavior, and employee general self-efficacy and LMX, respectively, mediate the relationship between strengths mindset and voice behavior. More importantly, employee general self-efficacy and LMX also simultaneously mediate the relationship between strengths mindset and voice behavior. The current study is the first to investigate the employee strengths mindset–voice behavior linkage, and reveals the cognitive and relational mechanisms underlying the strengths mindset and voice behavior relationship.
The demands arising from the COVID-19 pandemic have amplified the importance of resilience not only for students, but also for academics. This narrative review examines a phenomenon which has ...received little research attention, despite its significance during the pandemic, namely the resilience of academics in higher education. We refer to this as 'academic resilience'. The review investigates how academic resilience in higher education has been addressed in scholarship, with particular attention to the five major pandemics from 2001 to 2020. A review of fourteen relevant papers shows a lack of attention to the resilience of university teaching staff. Uncovering how academics overcome and withstand adversity on the one hand, and how higher education institutions have managed and supported the resilience of their staff on the other, this paper offers a conceptualisation of academic resilience that goes beyond the individual/environmental binary in scholarship.
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BFBNIB, DOBA, IZUM, KILJ, NUK, PILJ, PNG, SAZU, SIK, UILJ, UKNU, UL, UM, UPUK
Tribal Nations experience substance misuse at high rates often attributed to historical and contemporary traumas. In response, several Tribal Nations are addressing these issues through efforts to ...promote recovery and prevention to substance misuse. Study objectives were to partner with a Tribal Nation to develop a study to explore factors that contribute to the wellbeing of families to children with prenatal substance exposure and disseminate findings that can be translated back into the community. We applied Community-based participatory research (CBPR), strengths-based, and community-driven approaches during this two-year study development phase. We experienced challenges and identified solutions to partnering with one Tribal Nation on an epidemiological mixed-methods study centered on families with children that have prenatal substance exposure. Key inputs were becoming familiarizing with the community setting, structural supports for CBPR research, incorporating Indigenous CBPR principles, and developing a Community Advisory Team. We successfully collaborated with the Confederated Salish Kootenai Tribes Early Childhood Services program to develop a robust study design and a dissemination plan to ensure translation of study findings to the community. The robust study design consisted of common themes specific to a highly stigmatized study population, substance-abusing pregnant women, to protect participant confidentiality. Research alignment with community goals, allotting meaningful time to develop a research partnership, and incorporating culturally sensitive and community-relevant measures contributed to the successful development of an effective and rigorous study to better serve the Tribal Nation on addressing substance misuse.
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