title: Describing the work of nursing: the case of postsurgical nursing interventions for men with prostate cancer.
abstract: Nursing interventions were provided to older men following prostate surgery during a controlled clinical trial examining nursing care and its effects on quality of life outcomes. The Nursing Intervention Lexicon and Taxonomy (NILT), consisting of 7 categories of nursing interventions, was used to classify intervention statements extracted from 32 home care records. Two major categories of interventions were patient teaching (45%) and psychologically based interventions (20%). In a comparison of the types of interventions provided upon discharge from the hospital with those provided at the end of 1 month of home care, it appeared that patients had not yet shifted from the crisis to the chronic phase of their illness course based on Rolland's framework.
authors.affiliation: University of San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: L C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Adler
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Strumpf
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Grobe
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: McCorkle
mesh_terms: D000043:Abstracting and Indexing; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000145:classification*; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000145:classification / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009737:Nursing Records; D015399:Nursing Research / Q000379:methods; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000451:nursing*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D011788:Quality of Life; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014937:Work / Q000145:classification