International Journal of NURSING STUDIES LIST OF CONTENTS AND AUTHOR INDEX VOLUME THIRTY-FOUR, 1997 © Pergamon INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Professor ROSEMARY CROW European Institute of Health and Medical Sciences University Campus, Stag Hill, Post-grad School (Nursing) Guildford, Surrey GU2 5XH U.K. ASSISTANT EDITORS Dr Jo ALEXANDER Prof. D. THOMPSON Department of Midwifery Studies The University of Hull University of Portsmouth School of Health St. Mary’s Hospital Education Centre Hull HU6 7RX, U.K. Portsmouth PO3 6AD, U.K Prof. HOLLY SKODOL WILSON University of California, San Francisco Prof. MARGARET CLARKI 6 The Spinney School of Nursing Department of Mental Health Hammer Lane, Haslemere Surrey GU17 3QD, U.K. C ommunity & Administrative Nursing San Francisco, CA 94143-0608, U.S.A. Prof. GEORGE EVERS Dr M. SqQut Faculteit Geneeskunde EIHMS, University Campus Centrum Voor Ziekenhuis-EN Stag Hill Verpledgingswetenschap Post-grad. School (Nursing) Kapucijnenvoer 35 Guildford B-3000 Leuven, Brussels Surrey GU2 5XH, U.K. Prof. B. J. McELMURRY Prof. A. WHILE The University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Nursing Studies Office of International Studies King’s College London (KQC) College of Nursing Cornwall House Annex 845 South Damen Avenue Waterloo Road Chicago, IL 6062-7350, U.S.A. London SE1 8TX, U.K. Prof. M. NOLAN Prof. J. WiLSON-BARNETI The University of Sheffield Department of Nursing Studies School of Nursing and Midwifery King’s College London (KQC) Samuel Fox House, Northern General Hospital Cornwall House Annex Herries Road Waterloo Road Sheffield SS 7AU, U.K. London SE1 8TX, U.K. Editorial Assistant SIOBHAN CALFE (Tel/fax: 01932-400710) 15 Caillard Road, Byfleet, Weybridge, Surrey KT14 7JA, U.K. Aims and Scope The primary purpose of the /nternational Journal of Nursing Studies is to enhance the practice of nursing through the promotion of international debate. 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The /nternational Journal of Nursing Studies (ISSN 0020-7489) is published 6 issues per year in February, April, June, August, October and December, by Elsevier Science Ltd., The Boulevard, Langford Lane, Kidlington, Oxford OX5 1GB, U.K. The annual subscription in the U.S.A. is $555. The International Journal of Nursing Studies is distributed by Mercury Airfreight International Ltd., 2323 Randolph Avenue, Avenel, NJ 07001-2413, U.S.A. Postmaster: please send address changes to /nternational Journal of Nursing Studies, c/o Elsevier Science R.S.O., Customer Support Dept., 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010, U.S.A. © 1997 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES LIST OF CONTENTS NUMBER 1 L. Commons and S. Baldwin Ethical policy guidelines development for general hospital nurses C. Bertero, B.-E. Eriksson and A.-C. Ek A substantive theory of quality of life of adults with chronic leukaemia F.-J. Shih Perception of self in the intensive care unit after cardiac surgery among adult Taiwanese and American—Chinese patients P. Callery Maternal knowledge and professional knowledge: co- operation and conflict in the care of sick children A. Richardson and E. Ream Self-care behaviours initiated by chemotherapy patients in response to fatigue E. Ream and A. Richardson Fatigue in patients with cancer and chronic obstructive air- ways disease: a phenomenological enquiry J. Buchan, |. Seccombe and S. Thomas Overseas mobility of U.K. based nurses J. M. Wilson and A. P. Retsas Personal constructs of nursing practice: a comparative analysis of three groups of Australian nurses C. Ofosu Continuing education: are conferences and workshops the link for hospital employed nurses? S. L. Dudley-Brown The evaluation of nursing theory: a method for our madness Call for Abstracts Book Reviews NUMBER 2 A. McGrory 87 Eye injuries: a review of the literature with nursing implications J. M. J. F. Nissen, N. P. G. Boumans and 93. ~=Primary nursing and quality of care: a Dutch study J. A. Landeweerd Cc. E. Hallett Learning through reflection in the community: the relevance of Schon’s theories of coaching to nursing education S. Tilley, P. Runciman and L. Hockey Research-based nurse education: understandings and personal accounts G. Rolfe and L.-M. Phillips The development and evaluation of the role of an Advanced Nurse Practitioner in dementia—an action research project H. Ha-ping Yung Ethical decision-making and the perception of the ward as a learning environment: a comparison between hospital- based and degree nursing students in Hong Kong INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES K. Cash Social epistemology, gender and nursing theory K. Libbus, T. A. Bush and N. M. Hockman Breastfeeding beliefs of low-income primigravidae M. J. Stewart, A. M. Hirth, G. Klassen, Stress, coping, and social support as psychosocial factors L. Makrides and H. Wolf in readmissions for ischaemic heart disease Chan Wai-Han, Chow Kit-Wai, Which pressure sore rick calculator? A study of the effective- P. French, Lai Yim-Sheung and ness of the Norton scale in Hong Kong Tse Lai-Kwan Call for Abstracts Report Book Review NUMBER 3 D. Tolson and J. Mcintesh 173 Listening in the care environment—chaos or clarity for the hearing-impaired elderly person F. Clarke and R. Newell Perceptions of the body interior by children with asthma and children with no known chronic disease E. M. Jackson Dimensions of care in five United States nursing homes: identifying invisible work in care-giving M. Johnson and C. Cook Bowman Occupational prestige for registered nurses in the Asia- Pacific region: status consensus L. Bowers Constructing international professional identity: what psy- chiatric nurses talk about on the Internet T. Jaarsma, H. H. Abu-Saad, R. Halfens ‘Maintaining the balance’—nursing care of patients with and K. Dracup chronic !:eart failure J. M. Fitzpatrick, A. E. While and Measuring clinical nurse performance: development of the J. D. Roberts King’s Nurse Performance Scale D. Raphael, |. Brown, R. Renwick, Measuring the quality of life of older persons: a model with M. Cava, N. Weir and K. Heathcote implications for community and public health nursing Announcements NUMBER 4 T. VV.. McCance, H. P. McKenna and 241 Caring: dealing with a difficult concept J. RR.. P. Boore K. SSs.. Kauffman and D. H. Myers 249 The changing role of village health volunteers in Northeast Thailand: an ethnographic field study S. Collingsworth, D. Gould and Patient self-administration of medication: a review of the S. P. Wainwright literature T. Hakulinen, M. Paunonen, M. A. White Dynamics of families during the third trimester of pregnancy and M. E. Wilson in southwest Finland C. Brooker, K. Collins, R. Akehurst and Mapping the difficulties experienced by clinicians and J. Repper managers in health and social care who are seeking to develop research skills INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF NURSING STUDIES D. M. Mead, L. G. Moseley and R. M. Cook 285 Can feedback be individualised, useful, and economical? H. Lukkarinen and M. Hentinen 295 Self-care agency and factors related to this agency among patients with coronary heart disease A. Chiou, K. Potempa and 305 Anxiety, depression and coping methods of hospitalized M. B. Buschmann patients with myocardial infarction in Taiwan P. D. Williams Siblings and pediatric chronic illness: a review of the literature Announcement NUMBER 5 J. P. H. Hamers, M. A. van den Hout, 325 Differences in pain assessment and decisions regarding the R. J. G. Halfens, H. H. Abu-Saad and administration of analgesics between novices, intermedi- A. E. G. Heijitjes ates and experts in pediatric nursing R. Ashmore and D. Banks Student nurses perceptions of their interpersonal skills: A re-examination of Burnard and Morrison’s findings C. T. Beck Humor in nursing practice: a phenomenological study E. Faxelid, B. M. Ahlberg, Quality of STD care in an urban Zambian setting: the M. Maimbolwa and I. Krantz providers’ perspective H. R. Boeije, A. C. Nievaard and Coping strategies of enrolled nurses in nursing homes: A. F. Casparie Shifting between organizational imperatives and residents’ needs L. Gilbert Pharmacist and nurse: a team approach towards primary health care or a convenient “therapeutic alliance”? R. G. Borda and I. J. Norman Testing a model of absence and intent to stay in employ- ment: a study of registered nurses in Malta NUMBER 6 R. G. Borda and I. J. Norman Factors influencing turnover and absence of nurses: a research review L. Perry Fishing for understanding: nurses knowledge and attitudes in relation to nutritional care R. Watson and I. J. Deary Feeding difficulty in elderly patients with dementia: Con- firmatory factor analysis C. E. Hallett The helping relationship in the community setting: the relevance of Rogerian theory to the supervision of Project 2000 students M. Cormier-Daigle and M. Stewart Support and coping of male hemodialysis-dependent patients H. P. McKenna Theory and research: a linkage to benefit practice S.-F. Kao and B. Lusk Attitudes of Asian and American graduate nursing students towards death and dying Announcements