PURPOSE The care of a cancer patient undergoes considerable changes. Patients' most important need is a demand of support in dealing with somatic, psychological, emotional and social complaints. The purpose of this research is to analyse the realization of the psychological support of a cancer patient based on nursing care process records. MATERIAL AND METHODS The research analysis is based o...

Abstract: Introduction: Premature birth is highly stressful for parents. Nursing support is crucial for premature infants. Parental satisfaction is a vital indicator of the quality of care provided by nurses. Therefore, determining the factors related to parental satisfaction is important in nursing care. Objective: This study aims to investigate the relationship between social support and p...

Nursing homes can be ideal clinical teaching and learning environments for acquiring geriatric specialty and interdisciplinary team skills, particularly those regarding assessment, care planning, management, monitoring, and collaborating in an interdisciplinary milieu. Little is known as to how geriatric specialty training programs use nursing homes to meet expected specialty competencies, or t...

Objective: to identify nursing diagnoses of patients in mediate postoperative period of cardiac surgery. Methods: descriptive, cross-sectional design with 26 patients in mediate postoperative period of cardiac surgery, in an intensive care unit. Data were collected through a form of socio-demographic/clinic characterization and nursing diagnoses. Results: one identified 15 risk nursing diagnose...

PURPOSE Nursing supervision of the routine daily care (e.g., grooming, feeding, and toileting) that is delegated to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAP) is critical to nursing home service delivery. The conditions under which the supervisory role is organized and operationalized at the work-unit level, taking into account workloads, registered nurse/licensed practical nurse staffing, and role e...