OBJECTIVES To examine effects on symptoms of agitation and depression in nursing home residents with moderate to severe dementia participating in a robot-assisted group activity with the robot seal Paro. DESIGN A cluster-randomized controlled trial. Ten nursing home units were randomized to either robot-assisted intervention or a control group with treatment as usual during 3 intervention per...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of the study was to describe the health promotion interventions of nurses serving a low-income urban population in an academic community nursing center (CNC) in Wisconsin. METHODS The Omaha System (OS) was used to code client problems and nursing interventions for 9,839 visits at the CNC. A dataset created by the Automated Community Health Information System (ACHIS), a ...

6 End of Life Teaching Strategy to Improve Student’s Attitudes Toward the Dying Patient Tricia K. Gatlin, PhD, RN, CNE University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Purpose: End of life (EOL) care is an important aspect of nursing when comfort and quality of life are the patient’s goals. The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) developed a comprehensive program of teaching care of the dying ...

OBJECTIVES To study the effects of comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA) and multidisciplinary intervention on elderly patients sent home from the emergency department (ED). DESIGN Prospective, randomized, controlled trial with 18 months of follow-up. SETTING Large medical school-affiliated public hospital in an urban setting in Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS A total of 739 patients a...

background: the main objective of nursing is to provide comprehensive nursing care that is appropriate to patients’ needs. however, the incidence of missed nursing care compromises the provision of comprehensive and safe care and threatens patients’ lives. thus, this in-depth qualitative study aimed to explore nurses’ experiences of missed care and factors affecting it. the aim of this study wa...

6 End of Life Teaching Strategy to Improve Student’s Attitudes Toward the Dying Patient Tricia K. Gatlin, PhD, RN, CNE University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA Purpose: End of life (EOL) care is an important aspect of nursing when comfort and quality of life are the patient’s goals. The End-of-Life Nursing Education Consortium (ELNEC) developed a comprehensive program of teaching care of the dying ...

OBJECTIVE To assess the effects of an intervention programme designed to increase use of hip protectors in elderly people in nursing homes. DESIGN Cluster randomised controlled trial with 18 months of follow up. SETTING Nursing homes in Hamburg (25 clusters in intervention group; 24 in control group). PARTICIPANTS Residents with a high risk of falling (459 in intervention group; 483 in co...

Nurse educators are uniquely positioned to improve obesity-related attitudes and beliefs among prelicensure nursing students. A bariatric sensitivity intervention using 6 trigger films with facilitated debriefing was designed and delivered to 70 first-semester baccalaureate nursing students. Attitudes and beliefs significantly improved immediately after the intervention on 3 of the 5 attitude m...