Publications by authors named "Lissette Aviles"
Approaching families to discuss deceased organ donation authorisation is considered one of the central stages of the organ donation process. In many countries, specialist nurses lead the organ donation process, approach and support families. However, how these encounters occur is not yet fully understood.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To discuss person-centred care in nursing education and the role of online pedagogy to facilitate meaninful learning.
Background: The core principles and values of person-centred care are at the centre of national and international healthcare education. Person-centred care recognises partnerships and relationships between nurses, healthcare practitioners and individual patients, carers and their families and part of the training of healthcare professionals.
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- The study investigates the challenges nurses face in clinical settings post-COVID-19, revealing significant resignation rates and an overlooked area in healthcare.
- Through focus group discussions with 33 nurses, key themes emerged: the 'Invisibility of Nurses' and the 'Moral Duty of Nursing Practice,' showcasing the tensions nurses experience in their roles.
- The research calls for policy changes to better recognize and support the nursing profession, highlighting the need for improved working conditions and fair compensation to enhance nurse retention and care quality.
Ambiguous loss in organ donor families: A constructivist grounded theory.
J Clin Nurs
September 2023
Aims And Objectives: Explore families' experiences when being approached for organ donation authorisation after brainstem death.
Background: The complexities of potential organ donor families' experiences include challenges related to emotional distress, coping with the loss and the organ donation decision-making process, and support needed. A lack of conceptual clarity was found concerning families' experiences when being approached for organ donation authorisation, which guided the study.
Aims And Objectives: To explore nurses' experiences when approaching families for organ donation authorisation to guide nursing practice.
Background: Organ donation after brainstem death implies that bereaved families are approached to discuss organ donation authorisation, and in many countries, specialist nurses do this approach. The literature describes the social, psychological and emotional challenges of health professionals in this role.