Theory was largely considered to be the province of academia until the Magnet Recognition Program brought it into the mainstream of hospital nursing practice. The author describes how 1 hospital selected a nursing theory and philosophy, integrated the concepts across nursing services, and positively affected the hospital as a whole. Jean Watson's theory of human caring was chosen because it clo...

seems to have been increasing over recent decades in children in industrialised countries ; awareness of asthma is believed to have increased during the observation period; and a labelling shift from bronchitis to asthma has probably occurred during this period. Because an increased incidence of new admissions to hospital for asthma was not observed, other factors must have had a moderating inf...

background: nowadays, many organizations such as hospitals have realized that utilization of quality management models and systems is the best way for them to compete, survive and develop. therefore, 5s (sorting, straightening, systematic cleaning, standardizing, and sustaining) model was implemented in three units of imam reza hospital (kermanshah, iran) including medical records, nutrition, a...

FOR MANY years the annual rate of first admissions to psychiatric hospitals in England and Wales has shown a steady rise (Registrar General 1964). Changes in the legal and administrative arrangements for the care and treatment of mental disorders are probably accountable for the greater part of this rising influx. The Mental Treatment Act 1930 established voluntary admission and enabled local a...

OBJECTIVE This proof of principle study evaluated the effectiveness and feasibility of a brief motivational intervention, delivered in mental health in-patient settings, to improve engagement in treatment for drug and alcohol misuse. METHOD A randomised controlled trial using concealed randomisation, blind, independent assessment of outcome at 3 months. Participants were 59 new adult admissio...

OBJECTIVES To assess the trend of urban-rural disparities in hospital admissions and medical expenditure between 2003 and 2011 in the context of Chinese health-care system reform. METHODS The data were from three different national surveys: the Third National Health Services Survey in 2003, the Fourth National Health Services Survey in 2008 and the national health-care reform phased assessmen...