The concept of nursing has many definitions. It is understood and viewed differently by the nurses themselves, by nursing students and other health professionals. This diversity can be explained by different educational backgrounds, cultures and experiences [1]. In the past, there were many definitions for nursing, including the definitions drawn up by national nurses’ associations and the defi...

Taiwan has been recognized by World Health Organization (WHO) as an “elderly” country in 1993 since its elderly (65 or older) population ratio was over 7%. Due to the physiological and psychological degeneration, the elderly always has a higher possibility of suffering from chronic diseases. Chronic patients, including the elderly suffering from chronic diseases, have burdened their families wi...

INTRODUCTION Time management skills are essential for nursing students' success, and development of clinical competence. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between time management skills and anxiety and academic motivation of nursing students in Tehran medical sciences universities in 2015. METHODS This cross-sectional study was carried out on 441 nursing students in ...

Internationally, countries are challenged to prepare nurses for a future that has ever increasing use of technology and where information management is a central part of professional nursing practice. There has been a growing trend to move nursing to competency-based education, especially for those students undertaking their first nursing qualification. This first nursing qualification may be l...

Compliance with hemoglobin A1c (A1c) testing is suboptimal despite the clear national recommendations and guidelines established for care of patients with diabetes. Recent studies have demonstrated a relationship between participation in a diabetes disease management (DM) program and improved adherence to A1c testing. A focused intervention study was initiated to investigate the ability of a DM...

Most efforts to modify the diagnosis-related group (DRG) case classification system focus on variables related to medical management. In this study, we investigated the separate but related natures of medicine and nursing by examining 1,288 adult medical and surgical patients in an urban teaching hospital. The complexity of medical treatment was measured by use of the DRG relative cost weight. ...

Open-heart surgery is a common medical procedure that can save lives and improve the quality of heart. The current study was conducted to evaluate the impact of nursing management protocol on selected postoperative outcomes among children with open heart surgery at Cairo University Specialized Pediatric Hospital. The study utilized a prepost-test quasi-experimental research design. A total samp...

Wound and pressure ulcer prevention are key quality indicators of nursing care. This article describes a collaborative project between a community skin care service and a nursing home. The aim of the project was to establish whether the implementation of a wound and pressure ulcer management competency framework within a nursing home would improve patient outcomes and reduce the severity and nu...

The purpose of this study was to develop a case management program for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to test the effects of the developed program on patient length of stay in the hospital, medical costs, disease knowledge and level of satisfaction with nursing care received. This quasi-experimental study focused on a group of 50 COPD patients (24 in the control ...

OBJECTIVES Nursing case management provides a continuum of health care services for defined groups of patients. Its literature is multidisciplinary, emphasizing clinical specialties, case management methodology, and the health care system. This study is part of a project to map the literature of nursing, sponsored by the Nursing and Allied Health Resources Section of the Medical Library Associa...