developed midwifery, that the U.S.A. had developed nursing, but that Britain had managed to combine them in the way that was needed. Accordingly, she and her nurses took midwifery training in London. But she was also convinced that the nurse-midwife could and should combine sick nursing and preventive work, something that many Britons, then and now, see as far from ideal. We could do worse than...

Objective To estimate the prevalence of delirium in patients on 15 medical and surgical wards at two hospitals in Western Australia. Design Following a review of the literature on delirium a standardised data collection tool was developed and four prevalence audits were conducted over a four week period at the target hospitals. The nurse coordinator on each ward was asked to identify any patien...

frequency of medication errors and its reporting according to self- report by nurses in hospitals of khoy city shams sh[1], bagherieh f[2], feizi a[3], baghaei r[4], hashemlo l[5] received: 4 may , 2012 accepted: 19 jun , 2012  abstract:background & aims: medication errors are one of the important challenges of health care systems worldwide. it is also one of the threatening factors of patient ...

INTRODUCTION The importance of optimal clinical nursing education in professional skills development is undeniable. In clinical education, nursing students are often faced with problems. Recognizing nursing students' perception on clinical education is the first step to remove the barriers of this challenge. Methods This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the nursing s...

job stressors in critical care nurses     farhadi m [1] , hemmati maslakpak m [2] *, khalkhali hr [3]     received: 22 sep , 2013 accepted: 24 nov , 2013   abstract   background & aims : n ursing is associated with a high degree of stress d ue to its nature . job stress is a challenge for the nursing profession , and its adverse effects on physical and mental health nurses, create serious probl...

BACKGROUND Improving health, patient and system outcomes through a practice-based research agenda requires infrastructural supports, leadership and capacity building approaches, at both the individual and organisational levels. Embedding research as normal nursing and midwifery practice requires a flexible approach that is responsive to the diverse clinical contexts within which care is deliver...

the study of stressful factors in clinical education for nursing students studying in nursing and midwifery college in khorramabad     saki m [1] *, gholami m [2] , jariani m [3] , asti p [4] , saki m [5]     received: 23 oct , 2011 accepted: 5 jan , 2012     abstract   background & aims : clinical education is the main part of nursing education and without it training efficient and competent n...

Author affiliations: 1. Nursing Research Institute, St Vincent’s Health Australia (Sydney) and Australian Catholic University, Executive Suite, Level 5, de Lacy Building, 390 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst NSW, Australia 2010. [email protected]; [email protected] 2. School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine, Australian Catholic University. 3. School of Healthcare Scienc...