may have been far more beneficial than the nurses assumed. It also is possible that nurses who felt insecure about their own competence were especially likely to send neighbours home. Although visiting nursing in the United States is associated overwhelmingly with the immigrant poor, Buhler-Wilkerson notes that the major employment opportunity for early-twentiethcentury graduate nurses was priv...

The 1991 National Health Provider Inventory (NHPI) was a survey of nursing homes, board and care homes, hospices,and home health agencies. This report deals primarily with nursing homes and board and care homes but includes some discussion of home health care. The NHPI was previously known as he Inventory of Long-Term Care Places (ETCP), which was conducted in 1986 (1). Before that, it was know...

The large dining room is quiet. Residents sit in a grouping around the piano. Several are wide awake, their eyes bright with anticipation; two are conversing with the young lady in a white lab coat, others are dozing in their seats, and still others are walking aimlessly around the room. A young man enters carrying a music case. He greets several residents by name, welcoming them to the group. ...

BACKGROUND Nursing homes are important locations for palliative care. Through comprehensive geriatric assessments (CGAs), evaluations can be made of palliative care needs of nursing home residents. The interRAI Palliative Care instrument (interRAI PC) is a CGA that evaluates diverse palliative care needs of adults in all healthcare settings. The evaluation results in Client Assessment Protocols...

BACKGROUND Working in respiratory intensive care unit (RICU) is multidimensional that requires nurses with special attributes to involve with the accountability of the critically ill patients. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to explore the appropriate nursing care strategy in the RICU in order to unify and coordinate the nursing care in special atmosphere of the RICU. MATERIALS AND MET...

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background tradition is a part of people’s culture that can influence the health care. it is, therefore, necessary to identify the habits that change the health behavior of people. objectives in this study, we aimed to spot the traditions affecting maternity cares in the rural areas of qazvin province, iran. patients and methods a qualitative approach (ethnographic research) was applied. data w...

Over the last few decades, nursing education in Sweden has undergone many changes in its length, content, and academic level. Pedagogical developments have occurred, but not as much change has taken place in the clinical part of education. Therefore, a project was initiated to improve students' integrated learning, ability to actively search for knowledge, reflect critically, and to improve the...