Principles to Follow in Building Children's Wards and Wards for Contagious Diseases

Candidemia in non-ICU surgical wards: Comparison with medical wards

Candidemia acquired outside critical care or hematological areas has received much attention in recent years; however, data on candidemia in surgical departments are very scarce. Our objectives were to describe episodes of candidemia diagnosed in surgical wards and to compare them with episodes occurring in medical wards. We performed a post hoc analysis of a prospective, multicenter study impl...

Safer Wards: reducing violence on older people's mental health wards

Through the Safer Wards project we aimed to reduce the number of incidents of physical violence on older people's mental health wards. This was done using quality improvement methods and supported by the Trust's extensive programme of quality improvement, including training provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Violence can be an indicator of unmet needs in this patient populati...

Mental Nursing in Observation Wards

Accidents on hospital wards.

Eight hospitals reported 781 non-iatrogenic accidents occurring to patients and visitors under 16 years of age during an 18 month period up to October 1989. Accidents more often involved boys and children aged 3 to 5 years old. Falls from a height, slips, and striking accidents were common by day and falls by night. A total of 41% of accidents to inpatients occurred when parents were present. O...

Nurses burnout in psychiatric wards

Introduction: Burnout is syndrome common among psychiatric nurses and lack of attention can lead to depression, low job satisfaction, reproach, blame, and lack of empathy towards patients, decreased job performance, increased interpersonal difficulties, family dysfunction, and consequently affect the care of patients. The aim of this study was to understand the experiences of psychiatric nurses...