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Although patient satisfaction has been given considerable attention in health care, analysis of the conceptual and measurement limitations of existing measures indicates that a more elemental approach to obtaining patients' perspectives... more
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      NursingPsychometricsMethodologyPublic Health
As healthcare delivery changes in critical care, nursing continues to extend its practice base. Nursing practice is expanding to incorporate skills once seen as the remit of the medical profession. Critical care nurses are equipping... more
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      NursingEvidence Based MedicineCritical CareINTENSIVE CARE
Aim.  To examine the relationship between nurse staffing and nurse-rated quality of nursing care and job outcomes.Background.  Nurse staffing has been reported to influence patient and nurse outcomes.Design.  A cross-sectional study with... more
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      PsychologyNursingJob SatisfactionQuality of Mental Health Care
The aim of any health care service is to provide optimal quality care to clients and families regardless of their ethnic group. As today's Australian society comprises a multicultural population that encompasses clients with... more
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      NursingEducational MeasurementAustraliaSocial Perception
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      NursingForecastingGermanyCross-Cultural Comparison
Although patient satisfaction has been given considerable attention in health care, analysis of the conceptual and measurement limitations of existing measures indicates that a more elemental approach to obtaining patients' perspectives... more
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      NursingPsychometricsHospitalizationPatient Satisfaction
Patient falls in hospitals continue to be a major and costly problem. This study tested the mediating effect of missed nursing care on the relationship of staffing levels (hours per patient day [HPPD]) and patient falls. The sample was... more
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      NursingTraumaNursing CareNursing Workforce and quality of care
Although patient satisfaction has been given considerable attention in health care, analysis of the conceptual and measurement limitations of existing measures indicates that a more elemental approach to obtaining patients' perspectives... more
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      NursingPsychometricsHospitalizationPatient Satisfaction
Tetanus still remains a significant health problem in developing countries; it is a serious disease with a high mortality rate. The purpose of this study was to characterize the oral sensorimotor function for feeding in patients with... more
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      EvaluationBiological SciencesFactor analysisDeveloping Country
Emergence delirium (ED) is a postanesthesia phenomenon occurring in both adults and children during recovery from general anesthesia. Although the pediatric population has been an ongoing focus of research and publications regarding ED, a... more
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      NursingDeliriumChildUnited States
The aim of the research to be presented in this article was to explore, within an Irish context, HIV positive patients' experiences of hospitalisation, and particularly their experiences of nursing care. This paper reports on one of the... more
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      NursingStigmaPrejudiceMedicine
Title. 'Caring for' behaviours that indicate to patients that nurses 'care about' them Aim. This paper is a report of a study to explore what constitutes nurse-patient interactions and to ascertain patients' perceptions of these... more
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      NursingPrimary Health CareEmpathyObservation
This article draws on two studies that have used an ethic of care analysis to explore lay, nursing and social work care for people with dementia. It discusses the political as well as the practice application of ethic of care principles... more
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      NursingApplied EthicsSocial WorkDementia
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      NursingContraceptionAdolescentSweden
Health care is in need of change. Major professional and health care organizations as well as federal agencies and policy-making bodies are emphasizing the importance of evidence-based practice (EBP). Using this problem solving approach... more
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      NursingResearch DesignOrganizational CultureEvidence Based Medicine
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      NursingEmpathyNursing CareGreat Britain
Older adults who become acutely confused when hospitalized present challenges to nurses because of their increased care needs and risk for injury. This study evaluated the feasibility of introducing the NEECHAM Confusion Scale as part of... more
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      NursingFeasibility StudiesNursing CareAged
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      NursingSemanticsDocumentationForecasting
Male nurses have induced into the profession for a decade and their number is increasing. This represents a challenge and a change in societal expectations. It is believed that intrusion of nursing by males might improve the perception... more
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      Patient SatisfactionNursing CareNursesPatients Perception
Central venous catheters are being increasingly used in both intensive care units and general wards. Their use is associated with both mechanical and infectious complications. This review will focus on short-and medium-term mechanical... more
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      UltrasoundComplicationLow DoseINTENSIVE CARE
This study was aimed at identifying situations experienced by burned patients which they perceived as significant during hospitalization, as well as identifying the feelings and consequences that resulted from the reported situations. The... more
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      Nursing CareCritical Incident TechniqueData Collection
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      NursingGlobal HealthForecastingEducation Systems
Aim: This paper reviews descriptive and quasi-experimental studies on the intervention programme developed for school health nurses in order to assist them in different activities which they perform in the school environment. The review... more
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      Critical Care NursingNursing CareNursing Care and Adherence
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      Evidence Based MedicineEvidence Based NursingNursing CareClinical Sciences
Background: Caring has been seen as a nursing term/concept, including all the aspects that are used to deliver nursing care to patients. Sometimes caring has been conceptualized as a relational expression of human concern and as a... more
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      NursingContent AnalysisSwedenNursing Care
The present study discusses ethics in building and using applications based on natural language processing in electronic nursing documentation. Specifically, we first focus on the question of how patient confidentiality can be ensured in... more
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      EngineeringMedical InformaticsNatural Language ProcessingDecision Making
Individuals who are alcohol dependent pose significant challenges for nurses when they are admitted to hospital for treatment. Clinical problems presented by these individuals are examined and the critical aspects of their care are... more
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      NursingAlcoholismHospitalizationNursing Care
Introduction, early detection of cancer is an important action in addressing the high incidence breast cancer cases. The easiest early detection that women could do is breast self-examination(BSE). Previous research indicated a gap... more
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Nursing care dependency and similar terms are frequently used in nursing literature. However, their meanings are still to be adequately defined. This paper seeks to operationalize the concept of dependency for use in long-term nursing... more
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      PsychologyNursingLong Term CareNursing Research
As in acute care, use of health information technology in long-term care holds promise for increased efficiency, better accuracy, reduced costs, and improved outcomes. A comprehensive electronic health record (EHR), which encompasses all... more
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      NursingElectronic Health RecordsComputer SecuritySystems Integration
1999) Journal of Advanced Nursing 30(1), 33±39
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      NursingNonparametric StatisticsQuality of CareAdvanced Nursing Practice
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      NursingOrganizational CultureHealth Services ResearchNursing Management
We have studied stoma care nurses' experience with Asian patients having a stoma. The general public's attitudes to abdominal surgery in general were assessed in a survey of employees in Leicester. M a n y stoma care nurses are aware of... more
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      CounselingAnxietyIndiaAsia
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      NursingPsychometricsHumanismAdolescent
Background: The Belgian Nursing Minimum Data Set (B-NMDS) is a nationwide registration of 23 nursing activities. It was developed for the measurement of nursing care in acute hospitals. It is used to support healthcare management & policy... more
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      NursingDecision MakingBelgiumNursing Care
Aim: To determine the impact of reforms to fitness to practice procedures, within preparatory programmes for nurses and midwives, and the implications for public and patient protection. Background: Professional regulation has seen... more
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      NursingQualitative ResearchPublic HealthCurriculum
Why "care coordination" and why now? Care coordination has been proposed as a solution to many of the seemingly intractable problems of American health care including high costs, uneven quality, and too frequent disappointing patient... more
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      NursingHealth PolicyUnited StatesNursing Care
Title. Real nursing? The development of telenursing Aim. This paper is a report of a study to understand the impact of telenursing from the perspective of nurses involved in its provision, and in more traditional roles. Background.... more
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      NursingTechnologyFocus GroupsJob Satisfaction
Handheld computers have the power to transform nursing care. The roots of this power are the shift to decentralization of communication, electronic health records, and nurses' greater need for information at the point of care. This... more
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      NursingDiffusion of InnovationNursing CareOrganizational Innovation
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      PsychologyNursingResearch DesignOrganizational Culture
Key issues Democratic leadership, accessible and relevant education and professional development, the incorporation of evidence into practice and the ability of facilities to be responsive to change are core considerations for the... more
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      NursingLeadershipEvidence Based MedicineEvidence Based Practice
ENFERMERÍA CLÍNICA. 2005;15(5):291-4 291 49
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      INTENSIVE CARECase StudyEnfermería clinicaNursing Care
BACKGROUND: Contemporary health care systems are constantly challenged to revise traditional methods of health care delivery. These challenges are multifaceted and stem from: (1) novel pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments;... more
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      Program EvaluationNursingEvidence Based PracticeTreatment
Review!Article! Rev.%Eletr.%Enf.%[Internet].%2015%apr./jun.;17(2):379?94.%Avalilable%from:%http://dx.! % Rosyan%Carvalho%Andrade 1 ,%Amanda%Rossi%Marques 2 ,%Ana%Carolina%Andrade%Biaggi%Leite 3 ,%% Rafael%Rozeta%Martimiano 4... more
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      ReviewNursing CareIntegrative Literature ReviewsParents
Nursing 13, 341-354 Leg ulcers: a review of their impact on daily life Background. Current nursing care for leg ulcer patients often focuses on wound care and providing compression therapy. Nurses perceive leg ulcer patients as... more
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      PsychologyNursingQuality of lifeActivities of Daily Living
Objectives: Moral distress (MD) occurs when the health care provider feels certain of the ethical course of action but is constrained from taking that action. The purpose was to examine MD in geriatric nursing care and to identify factors... more
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      Linear modelsBelgiumGeriatric NursingEnd of life care
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      NursingPsychometricsFocus GroupsQuality of Mental Health Care
O Ob bj je ec ct ti iv ve e: : To test a theoretical model linking nurses' perceptions of workplace empowerment,magnet hospital characteristics, and job satisfaction in 3 independent studies of nurses in different work settings. B Ba ac... more
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      NursingOrganizational CulturePatient SafetyEmpowerment
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      NursingCommunicationImageClassification