Consensual non-monogamous parenting couples are at increased risk for health inequities, especially during the transition to parenthood. This article presents partial results of a more extensive mixed-methods study exploring conciliation these couples’ role and their sexual lifestyle, specifically, perceptions care providers including nurses. Semi-structured interviews online questionnaires wer...

it is widely accepted in many parts of the world thatcommunity nurses are of vital importance in various phases of disaster response and management. in china, however, it is not clear whether the chinese community nurses are able to assume disaster-related duties due to the lack of a systematic assessment.a pre-designed and well-tested questionnaire was employed to evaluate the competency in di...

OBJECTIVES To develop and conduct a preliminary validation of selected subscales of an elder-friendly emergency department (ED) assessment tool. DESIGN Content validation of tool by an international panel. Construct validation using care ratings of ED lead physicians and nurses. SETTING Quebec, Canada. PARTICIPANTS The international panel comprised 34 clinicians, administrators, and resea...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To explore and describe the characteristics of the nurse practitioner (NP) role in cancer care in a Canadian province, identify the ways in which NPs add value to cancer care, and suggest ways in which organizations can better support the NP role.
. RESEARCH APPROACH Exploratory, qualitative design.
. SETTING Three cancer care facilities in a western Canadian province.
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OBJECTIVE To examine factors affecting the job satisfaction of registered nurses (RNs). BACKGROUND A growing recognition of job dissatisfaction among RNs in South Carolina hospitals has contributed to current problems with recruitment and retention. If administrators identify factors influencing RNs' job satisfaction in hospitals and implement strategies to address these factors, RN turnover ...

IMPORTANCE There are substantial shortfalls in nurse staffing in US neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) relative to national guidelines. These are associated with higher rates of nosocomial infections among infants with very low birth weights. OBJECTIVE To study the adequacy of NICU nurse staffing in the United States using national guidelines and analyze its association with infant outcome...

Welcome to Michigan State University. It is our hope that your life at MSU will be fulfilling and successful, now and in the future. To enable you to begin the process of learning the lay of the land at MSU, we have created this orientation website designed specifically for New Administrators, including new Executive Managers, Deans, Associate and Assistant Deans, Department Chairs, and School ...

Database administration has gained an essential role in the management of new database technologies. Different data models are being created for supporting the enormous data volume, from the traditional relational database. These new models are called NoSQL (Not only SQL) databases. The adoption of best practices and procedures, has become essential for the operation of database management syst...

Outsourcing their voluntary products to thirdparty administrators (TPAs) to support key administrative business functions seems to be the most obvious choice for insurers to overcome the impediments for a quick entry into the voluntary market. However, what’s also needed is a strategy for optimizing TPA usage and bringing voluntary products back in house once the anticipated performance thresho...