Nurses' Opinions of Patient Involvement in Relation to Patient-centered Care During Bedside Handovers

Barriers to Patient Education in Clinical Care Viewpoints of Nurses

Introduction: Patient education is considered as a standard in quality of nursing care. It is counted as an accrediting criterion for the organizations that provide health services. Meanwhile, there are evidences indicating the failure in this area. As a result, this study aimed to determine barriers to patient education in managerial, individual care-giving, as well as patients and caregivers ...

Patient Education Barriers from Nurses’ Opinions

Abstract Introduction: Empowerment during pregnancy is defined as a sense of self- fulfillment and increased independence, promotion of interaction with individuals and environment leading to an increase in the spontaneous psychological energy to achieve successful pregnancy and childbirth. Education during pregnancy empowers women for better adjustment confronting physical and emotional c...

Patient-centered Fertility Care: From Theory to Practice

Background & aim: Healthcare areas, especially fertility care (commonly accompanied with high emotions, as well as long-term and recurring treatment periods) could exclusively benefit from patient-centered care (PCC). Despite evident advantages of PCC, this approach has not been practiced as a routine procedure in current clinical environments yet, even in western developed countries. Therefore...

Patient family-centered care: a bedside RN's perspective.

Interruptions of intensive care nurses during patient care: A potential obstacle to patient safety promotion

Introduction Patient safety promotion requires a systemic perspective of healthcare organizations to mitigate and prevent human errors, providing adequate structure; designing processes and creating a safety culture that support the best practice of healthcare professionals. Nurses have a crucial role on patient safety, as they are able to promote an efficient, effective, timely, evidenced-base...