The meaning of nurses' experiences caring for families where mothers and infants are addicted to substances

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dc.contributor.advisorAquino-Russell, Catherine
dc.contributor.advisorMacDonald, Heather
dc.contributor.authorWilliams, Claire
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-01T16:19:41Z
dc.date.available2023-03-01T16:19:41Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2020-05-27T00:00:00Z
dc.description.abstractThis phenomenological study explored nurses’ meaning of caring for families where mothers and infants are addicted to substances. There is an absence of literature indicating how nurses’ experiences caring for mothers with substance misuse issues. The literature does suggest that individuals with mental health issues, specifically substance misuse issues, face negative stigmatizing attitudes when interacting with the healthcare system and nurses. Using written descriptions submitted via email, nurses’ experiences were analyzed-synthesized using Giorgi’s (2009) descriptive phenomenological method to produce a phenomenological description of the everyday experience. Descriptions were viewed through the disciplinary lens of Doane and Varcoe’s (2005) family nursing as relational inquiry. The findings of this research have the potential to transform our understanding of what it means for nurses to care for families where mothers and infants are addicted to substances and what is important for nurses to know when caring for families with substance misuse issues.
dc.description.copyright© Claire K. Williams, 2013
dc.description.noteM.N. University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Nursing, 2013
dc.formattext/xml
dc.format.extentviii, 101 pages ; illustrations
dc.format.mediumelectronic
dc.identifier.oclc(OCoLC)1155520599
dc.identifier.otherThesis 9256
dc.identifier.urihttps://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/13520
dc.language.isoen_CA
dc.publisherUniversity of New Brunswick
dc.rightshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2
dc.subject.disciplineNursing
dc.subject.lcshNurses--Attitudes
dc.subject.lcshMaternity nursing--Psychological aspects
dc.subject.lcshNurse and patient
dc.subject.lcshMothers--Substance use
dc.subject.lcshChildren of prenatal substance abuse--Care
dc.subject.lcshChildren of drug addicts--Care
dc.subject.lcshWomen drug addicts--Care
dc.subject.lcshInterpersonal communication
dc.titleThe meaning of nurses' experiences caring for families where mothers and infants are addicted to substances
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineNursing
thesis.degree.fullnameMaster of Nursing
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of New Brunswick
thesis.degree.levelmasters
thesis.degree.nameM.N.

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