Descriptive units

Cross-language merged speech units and their descriptive phonetic correlates

The focus of this paper is to formulate an approach to merging phonemes across languages and to evaluate the resulting crosslanguage merged speech units on the basis of the traditional acousticphonetic descriptions of the phonemes. The methodology is based on the belief that some phonemes across a set of languages may be similar enough to be equated, contrasting traditional phonology which trea...

Strategies for Stepping Out of Visiting-Related Challenges in Intensive Care Units: Descriptive Exploratory Study

Hospitalization in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) is a very stressful experience for the patient and family and their separation has not been confirmed in any of the studies. At present, ICU visiting is limited that makes several challenges. Therefore, this descriptive-exploratory study, aimed to explore strategies for overcoming the challenges of visiting  This was a descriptive-exploratory quali...

Medication Errors in Intensive Care Units in the Viewpoint of Nurses: A Descriptive Study

Background & Aims: Medication errors commonly occur in clinical nursing. The present study aimed to determine the causes of medication errors, their lack of report, and their frequency in intensive care units (ICUs). Materials & Methods: This cross-sectional, descriptive study was conducted on 300 nurses engaged in the ICUs and critical care units of three teaching hospitals affiliated to Qom ...

Registered nurses’ experiences of patient violence on acute care psychiatric inpatient units: an interpretive descriptive study

BACKGROUND Nurses working in acute care psychiatry settings experience high rates of patient violence which influences outcomes for nurses and the organization. This qualitative study explored psychiatric nurses' experiences of patient violence in acute care inpatient psychiatric settings. METHODS An interpretive descriptive design guided this study that included 17 semi-structured interviews...

Adverse drug reactions in internal medicine units at a university hospital: A descriptive pilot study