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Wednesday, July 21, 2004
Facing the Challenges of Indigent Healthcare Today
Agatha A. (Tracy) Quinn, RN, PhD, APRN, FNP, CNS, School of Nursing, School of Nursing, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, CO, USA
This presentation presents two studies investigating the dynamics of care within indigent populations. Patients who are indigent lack not only money and financial support, but also social support, access to care, continuity of care and are in vulnerable situations that put them at risk on a daily basis (environment, physical, and emotional). Two approaches to researching these issues will be discussed: one using the holistic caring praxis approach; the other posing evidence based research questions to derive measureable outcomes for the care of this population. Programs are needed that support the development of models of care in the indigent population. Implications for evidenced based and holistic praxis research in nursing will be discussed.
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Sigma Theta Tau International
July 21, 2004