Publications by authors named "T Uthaman"
Aim: The International Severe Asthma Registry (ISAR; http://isaregistries.org/) uses standardised variables to enable multi-country and adequately powered research in severe asthma. This study aims to look at the data countries within ISAR and non-ISAR countries reported collecting that enable global research that support individual country interests.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Documentation of the voices of nurses provided valuable insight and a greater understanding of the nursing experience in Singapore.
Aim: To record nurses' experiences of journey of nursing profession in the acute care setting in Singapore from the early days of formalisation of nursing education to today's practice as a profession with various specialisation and career tracks.
Method: An oral history research approach was adopted, with purposive and snowball sampling to recruit nurses (both current and retired) who had trained in Singapore from 1956 which marked the beginning of the founding of the School of Nursing to current.
It is well-recognized that nurses are exposed to high levels of stress, thus resilience has been postulated as a key trait in enabling nurses to cope successfully and remain in the profession. In this qualitative study, we used Glaser's approach to grounded theory. Nine nurses who scored low and nine nurses who scored high on the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale were recruited for one-on-one semistructured interviews of the factors contributing to their work-related stress and how they overcome these stressors.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: To explore the meaning of resilience to nurses and their perceived resilience enhancing factors.
Background: With challenges faced at work, nurses' professional quality of life is adversely affected with nurses experiencing compassion fatigue, depression, burnout and even signs of post-traumatic stress disorder. Degree of resilience can determine job satisfaction and nursing attrition.