Obesity is a significant, and increasing, health problem for older individuals, their caregivers, and healthcare professionals and delivery systems, yet few studies document how nursing homes have responded to this epidemic. To address these gaps, an extensive electronic search was conducted in the Cumulative Index of Nursing and Allied Health, MedLine, PubMed, and the Cochrane Library using ke...

conclusions this study highlighted the influential factors that could produce role conflict for nursing faculty members. the results can help university leaders to improve nursing faculty working conditions. results the three following categories emerged from data analysis: “roles interference”; “role ambiguity”, and “conflicting expectations”. the main theme was “working in conflict climate”. ...

INTRODUCTION Pneumonia is the leading cause of mortality, morbidity, and transfers to acute care facilities among residents of nursing homes. With the expected growth of the nursing home population over the next 30 years, the annual incidence of nursing home-acquired pneumonia (NHAP) is expected to reach 1.9 million cases. Yet there is growing evidence to suggest that the transfer of nursing ho...

Many U.S. nursing homes have serious quality problems, in part, because of inadequate levels of nurse staffing. This commentary focuses on two issues. First, there is a need for higher minimum nurse staffing standards for U.S. nursing homes based on multiple research studies showing a positive relationship between nursing home quality and staffing and the benefits of implementing higher minimum...

BACKGROUND Earlier studies have revealed a high prevalence of dementia among nursing home patients. We conducted a descriptive study of dementia and neuropsychiatric symptoms among patients in nursing homes in Nord-Trøndelag County, Norway. MATERIAL AND METHODS 704 nursing home patients were included and studied with the Norwegian versions of the clinical demential rating scale (CDR) and the ...

This integrative review aimed to analyze the available evidence in the literature regarding nursing care in the perioperative period for patients who underwent bariatric surgery. The search for primary studies was carried out in the US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature and Latin American and Caribbean Health Scie...

background: to develop nursing education and promote nursing strategies, there is a need for a staff with positive attitude. the present study was conducted to compare the attitudes among clinical nurses and nursing students toward the nursing profession. materials and methods: in this descriptive study, 313 clinical nurses and 81 nursing students (total n = 394) of tehran, iran, were selected ...

abstract background: nursing process is a scientific approach in the provision of qualified nursing cares. however, in practice, the implementation of this process is faced with numerous challenges. with the knowledge of the challenges associated with the implementation of the nursing process, the nursing processes can be developed appropriately. due to the lack of comprehensive information on ...

The care in nursing homes was examined based on scientific studies. The analysis focuses on dementia and type II diabetes. There is evidence for deficits in the supply of medical specialist attendance to nursing home residents with these diseases in Germany. Compared with corresponding guidelines the medical care for nursing home residents may be too low or inadequate.

background and purpose: delirium is a clinical syndrome with cognitive disorder, which occurs within a short time in the admitted patients, specially the elderly. regarding the fact that one third of the delirium incidences is preventable, applying nursing preventive measures is an issue of fundamental importance. the present study aimed to perform a systematic review over the nursing preventiv...