Debriefing as a Supportive Component for Registered Nurses in Transition.

Debriefing is considered a positive approach used to evaluate learning, support communication, and explore emotions following simulation or a clinical experience. This article discusses the use of debriefing as an evolving strategy for new graduate nurses and focuses on the importance of structured clinical debriefing as a component to relieve stress while providing periods of reflection and cohesion.

Nursing...focused on tasks or people?

Through being a patient, this nurse experienced healthcare professionals can be limited regarding the deeper issues within a patient's soul. Nurses cannot give what they do not have; but responding to personal spiritual needs equips nurses to meet patients' soul needs. The biblical account of sisters Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) provides insight on the importance of Christian discipleship and dilegent work, suggesting Christian nurses may need to be like Mary--sitting at Jesus' feet, and Martha--working for Christ.

Unexpected grace: a case study in prayer.

A nurse uses prayer as part of the therapeutic nursing intervention with a young mother in acute crisis and the patient outcome is unexpectedly changed.

Minimally invasive aortic valve replacement.

During a consecutive 12-month period from January 1996 to January 1997 inclusive, 108 aortic valve replacements were performed by one group of surgeons in two community hospitals The majority of the valve replacements were done in combination with other procedures or were redo surgeries. Thirty-one patients had primary isolated aortic valve replacement. Fourteen patients underwent aortic valve replacement via a standard sternotomy, and seventeen patients underwent aortic valve replacement using a minimally invasive parasternal approach, as described by Dr.

Video-assisted thoracic surgery: applications and outcome.

Thoracoscopy has been revived and expanded by recent improvements in endoscopic technology. The enhanced application and outcome of VATS (video assisted thoracic surgery) was retrospectively studied. Between 1992 and 1995, 82 patients underwent diagnostic thoracoscopy or interventional VATS.