Publications by authors named "Hung Yun-Ying"
Objectives: This study aimed to develop and validate scales to assess attitudes towards patient' s use of TCM (APUTCM) and to measure a communicative competence in TCM (CCTCM) among nurses.
Methods: The instrument development process was conducted from Sep 2013 to Jul 2014, using the following steps: 1) item development; 2) internal review and refinement; 3) face and content validation; 4) instrument administration to a development sample; and 5) evaluation of validity and reliability. A convenience sample was used to recruit registered and advanced practice nurses who worked in different regions throughout Taiwan.
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- - This study explores the influence of cultural values on teamwork among doctors and nurses in China's emergency departments (EDs), highlighting how diverse backgrounds can create challenges in collaboration.
- - Interviews with 20 healthcare professionals revealed four main themes impacting teamwork: leadership, communication, mutual support, and staffing, along with various cultural sub-themes that affect interactions.
- - The findings suggest that improving teamwork in EDs requires understanding these cultural influences, and future research should focus on identifying key factors that can enhance cohesion between medical staff.
Background: Most senior veterans who live in veterans' homes in Taiwan are single and have few intimate, interpersonal relationships. Aging is often accompanied by solitude and illness, which causes senior veterans to doubt the meaning of life and to lose confidence in the value of life.
Purpose: This study investigated the personal characteristics that influence interpersonal intimacy and the meaning of life as well as the relationship between interpersonal intimacy and the meaning of life among senior veterans living in veterans' homes.
It is important to take advantage of advancements in information technology, computers, and the Internet to analyze, manage, and process nursing data to improve the delivery of high quality patient care. Nursing informatics (NI)--which combines nursing, computer, and information sciences--has been recognized as a nursing specialty in the United States since 1992, but is still considered a very new field in Taiwan. The authors introduce the concept by offering a definition of NI and giving descriptions of NI practices, education, and professional groups.
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