AIM This study explores the current state of collaboration and communication between nurses and general practitioners in nursing homes, as well as needs and expectations of nursing home residents and their families. Finally, we aim to develop a new model of collaboration and communication. BACKGROUND Rising numbers of residents in nursing homes present a challenge for general practice and nur...

The academic content areas that best predict success early in a nursing program affect admission and placement decisions in nursing programs nationwide. The purpose of this research was to apply a multiple regression model to student test scores to determine the relative strength of science, mathematics, reading, and English content areas in predicting early nursing school success. Using a stan...

PURPOSE A curriculum development model is presented to examine the processes necessary to develop new programs or evaluate existing programs within the philosophy of outcomes-based education in nursing, especially in the context of accreditation. The philosophy of outcomes-based education is to produce individuals who can demonstrate the evidence of competencies in designated areas of education...

We estimate the causal effect of nurse turnover on mortality and the quality of nursing home care with a fixed effect instrumental variable estimation that uses the unemployment rate as an instrument for nursing turnover. We find that ignoring endogeneity leads to a systematic underestimation of the effect of nursing turnover on mortality and quality of care in a sample of California nursing ho...

Develop critical, reflective and creative ability has become more important than the mere illustration or transmission of knowledge in nursing education and in this context, evaluation is set such an element essential to promote this thinking more critical. Stevenson and Gordon [1] consider that active learning can enhance critical thinking because the students share their experience, consideri...

background public health nursing system, which is an accepted universal model for improvement of the community health, has not yet attained its rightful status in iran. the present study was conducted to evaluate the perceptions of the pioneers of health care about the public health nursing and the roles that a public health nurse can play in iran’s health system. methods this is a qualitative ...

There is a shortage of registered nurses in developed countries, and this shortage is due to the aging nursing workforce, demand for healthcare services, and shortage of nursing professors to teach students. In order to increase the number of clinical placements for nursing students, the authors developed and implemented a collaborative preceptorship model between a Canadian University and Publ...

background & aim: the four elements of the nursing meta-paradigm, namely, human, health, environment, and nursing have attracted much attention in the west for years. this study redefined the meta-paradigm or core concepts of nursing from the perspective of islam . methods & materials: a qualitative content analysis was used to collect and analyze data. data collection were based on in-depth se...

Aims and objectives. To present the Careful Nursing philosophy and professional practice model which has its source in the skilled practice of 19th century Irish nurses and to propose that its implementation could provide a relevant foundation for contemporary nursing practice. Background. Nursing models are widely considered not relevant to nursing practice. Alarming instances of incompetent a...