Subjects, methods, and results We sought the views of the patients and nursing staff in 12 long term care wards in geriatric hospitals. Only 28 of the 188 patients had a score on mental testing greater than or equal to 7/10 and were eligible for inclusion. We interviewed the two most senior trained nursing staff present when we visited each ward. On two wards only one trained nurse was present ...

BACKGROUND Although the duties and working conditions of registered, and enrolled nurses have previously been described from different perspectives, they have not been examined from the night nursing aspect. The aim of the study was to describe the night nursing staff's working experiences. METHODS The design of the study is qualitative and descriptive. Interviews were conducted with 10 regis...

PURPOSE Effective pain management remains a serious problem in the nursing home setting. Barriers to achieving optimal pain practices include staff knowledge deficits, biases, and attitudes that influence assessment and management of the residents' pain. DESIGN AND METHODS Twelve nursing homes participated in this intervention study: six treatment homes and six control homes, divided evenly b...

In the practice of nursing, organizations with progressive evidence-based practice programs implement structures and processes whereby nurses are engaged in the review of existing research and in the development of clinical practice documents to better align nursing practices with the best available scientific knowledge. At our academic hospital system, clinical nurse specialists (CNSs) took th...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES to assess the role of education sources and objective risk status on knowledge and practice of lymphedema risk-minimization behaviors among women recently diagnosed with breast cancer. RESEARCH APPROACH prospective survey. SETTING a hospital in Sydney, Australia. PARTICIPANTS 106 women recently diagnosed with breast cancer at increased risk for developing lymphedema fol...

A consistent and unified approach is paramount to the management of a person being treated for their eating disorder. They require a high level of nursing supervision, support and monitoring, which is often provided by 24 hour one on one nursing care, to assist with containment of compensatory behaviours. Due to long lengths of stay, and intensive nursing needs, these patients are often looked ...

INTRODUCTION Hospitals pursue different goals at the same time: excellent service to their patients, good quality care, operational excellence, retaining employees. This requires a good balance between patient needs and nursing staff. One way to ensure a proper fit between patient needs and nursing staff is to work with a workload management method. In our view, a nursing workload management me...

INTRODUCTION Nursing staff working with intellectually disabled in-patients experience unique stress factors that can influence their personal well-being and work performance. OBJECTIVES To compile a profile of stress factors experienced by nursing staff working with intellectually disabled in-patients at the Free State Psychiatric Complex (FSPC). METHODS This descriptive study included 89 ...

background: sociodemographic characteristics of nurses who work in hospitals may impact on their quality of life. this study aimed to assess the relationship between quality of life of nursing staff with chronic nonspecific low back and their sociodemographic characteristics.   materials and methods: this study was a cross section study. a total of 119 nurses were participated in this study. th...