Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001148
Rachel E Phelps, Ellen B Buckner
Abstract: Providing high-quality heart failure education through smartphone applications (apps) empowers patients to more successfully manage their disease process outside the hospital setting. The purpose of this project was to evaluate the addition of nurse navigators to increase engagement of newly-diagnosed heart failure patients with the GetWell Loop (GWL) technology program that assists patient learning and monitoring for self-care. Adding navigators increased patient engagement with the GWL over the use of the GWL without navigators.
{"title":"Improving Heart Failure Patient Engagement with Mobile Apps Using Nurse Navigators.","authors":"Rachel E Phelps, Ellen B Buckner","doi":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001148","DOIUrl":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001148","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>Providing high-quality heart failure education through smartphone applications (apps) empowers patients to more successfully manage their disease process outside the hospital setting. The purpose of this project was to evaluate the addition of nurse navigators to increase engagement of newly-diagnosed heart failure patients with the GetWell Loop (GWL) technology program that assists patient learning and monitoring for self-care. Adding navigators increased patient engagement with the GWL over the use of the GWL without navigators.</p>","PeriodicalId":44165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Christian Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022916","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Abstract: The "Spirit of the Second Mile Nursing" (SSMN) has been cultivated in nurses who graduated from McCormick Faculty of Nursing, Thailand. These nurses were taught and they practice to care for clients, family members, and colleagues with compassion, consideration, love, enthusiasm, and willingness throughout the program. This study aimed to explore the SSMN concept using a Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM). The findings show that the SSMN concept is based on "Loving and Giving for others" principles. It consisted of three categories: the Spirit of the Second Mile nurse characteristics, nursing care, and consequences of the SSMN. Knowledge from this study provides nurses with a better understanding of the SSMN concept within the context of a Thai and American Christian view.
{"title":"Loving and Giving to Others: The Spirit of the Second Mile Nursing.","authors":"Rattanaporn Tanasirijiranont, Sarinthip Chawaphanth, Panida Sennun, Prathana Langkarpint, Peeranuch LeSeure, Poonpilat Rojanasupot, Theepprapin Sukkheo","doi":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001166","DOIUrl":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001166","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>The \"Spirit of the Second Mile Nursing\" (SSMN) has been cultivated in nurses who graduated from McCormick Faculty of Nursing, Thailand. These nurses were taught and they practice to care for clients, family members, and colleagues with compassion, consideration, love, enthusiasm, and willingness throughout the program. This study aimed to explore the SSMN concept using a Grounded Theory Methodology (GTM). The findings show that the SSMN concept is based on \"Loving and Giving for others\" principles. It consisted of three categories: the Spirit of the Second Mile nurse characteristics, nursing care, and consequences of the SSMN. Knowledge from this study provides nurses with a better understanding of the SSMN concept within the context of a Thai and American Christian view.</p>","PeriodicalId":44165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Christian Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022918","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001150
Soraya Chinloy
Abstract: In my experience of caring for a lesbian couple suffering a miscarriage, I disengaged my bias about their sexual orientation and compassionately cared for their needs. After praying with the couple, I felt a deep connection with them and a palpable peace. Joy shone on their faces and they verbally expressed gratitude. God used me as a caring presence. Christian nurses are vessels for God's love to bring peace and healing.
{"title":"A Lesbian's Miscarriage: Disengaging Bias and Caring Through Presence and Prayer.","authors":"Soraya Chinloy","doi":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001150","DOIUrl":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>In my experience of caring for a lesbian couple suffering a miscarriage, I disengaged my bias about their sexual orientation and compassionately cared for their needs. After praying with the couple, I felt a deep connection with them and a palpable peace. Joy shone on their faces and they verbally expressed gratitude. God used me as a caring presence. Christian nurses are vessels for God's love to bring peace and healing.</p>","PeriodicalId":44165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Christian Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001156
Rowan Harper
{"title":"Only God Can Provide.","authors":"Rowan Harper","doi":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001156","DOIUrl":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001156","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Christian Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022920","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001152
Christine E Weeks, Julee Waldrop, Ann Jessup
Abstract: African Americans (AA) experience a disparate effect of type II diabetes (T2D). For this nurse-led pilot study, a pre-validated 6-week diabetes self-management education (DSME) program was implemented in a faith community setting and tailored to the participants' faith and culture by using short scriptural lessons, prayers, and individual sharing. Participants demonstrated improvements in fasting blood glucose (p = .042), diabetes knowledge (p = .002), and psychosocial self-efficacy (p = .001). Although generalizability of findings is limited, the structure and methods used in tailoring this DSME program could be transferable to other faith-based settings.
{"title":"Tailoring African American Faith Community-Based Diabetes Self-Management Education.","authors":"Christine E Weeks, Julee Waldrop, Ann Jessup","doi":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001152","DOIUrl":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001152","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Abstract: </strong>African Americans (AA) experience a disparate effect of type II diabetes (T2D). For this nurse-led pilot study, a pre-validated 6-week diabetes self-management education (DSME) program was implemented in a faith community setting and tailored to the participants' faith and culture by using short scriptural lessons, prayers, and individual sharing. Participants demonstrated improvements in fasting blood glucose (p = .042), diabetes knowledge (p = .002), and psychosocial self-efficacy (p = .001). Although generalizability of findings is limited, the structure and methods used in tailoring this DSME program could be transferable to other faith-based settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":44165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Christian Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001157
Kris Mauk
{"title":"Lessons From a Health Fair.","authors":"Kris Mauk","doi":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001157","DOIUrl":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001157","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Christian Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001160
Stephanie Wynn
{"title":"Spiritual and Mental Health Wellness.","authors":"Stephanie Wynn","doi":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001160","DOIUrl":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Christian Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022925","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001155
Barbara Ann Parfitt
{"title":"Transforming Health in Impoverished Communities.","authors":"Barbara Ann Parfitt","doi":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001155","DOIUrl":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001155","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Christian Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022929","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001164
Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, Brenda Boyle
{"title":"How Do I Care for those Burdened by Religious Scrupulosity?","authors":"Elizabeth Johnston Taylor, Brenda Boyle","doi":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001164","DOIUrl":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001164","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Christian Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022915","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-01Epub Date: 2024-03-04DOI: 10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001162
Lynn Musto, Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham
{"title":"Responding to Ethical Complexity.","authors":"Lynn Musto, Sheryl Reimer-Kirkham","doi":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001162","DOIUrl":"10.1097/CNJ.0000000000001162","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":44165,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Christian Nursing","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140022924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}