BACKGROUND the usefulness of geriatric evaluation and management (GEM) approaches in the care of frail elderly patients remains uncertain. We examined whether an inpatient geriatric consultation service might be beneficial in a country with a social welfare system. METHODS we conducted a randomised trial with 345 patients from five centres. Ninety additional patients from four separate centre...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES Through a randomized clinical trial, to compare patients undergoing an initial course of chemotherapy who report pain and fatigue at baseline and who are receiving conventional care alone with those receiving conventional care plus a nursing intervention on outcomes reported at 20 weeks. SETTING Chemotherapy clinics of two comprehensive and two community cancer centers. M...

Bullying against nurses is becoming a pervasive problem. In this article, a role play simulation designed for undergraduate nursing students is described. In addition, the evaluation findings from a subsample of students who participated in a role play simulation addressing bullying behaviors are reported. Focus group sessions were completed with a subset of eight students who participated in t...

Objective: To explore the comparative observation on nursing effect of intervention and routine in patients with renal calculi gastric ulcer impacts epidermal growth factor. Methods: A total 72 were selected treated our hospital from January 2018 to December 2018. They divided into group control group, 36 for each. Comprehensive was implemented whereas group. The level factor, satisfaction, rec...

background : veterans are among the highly-susceptible and highly-esteemed groups of the society. there is no correct, principled, and comprehensive programming with respect to home-nursing care for them . methods : in this quasi-experimental study, 26 veterans with spinal cord complications, with a 70-percent damage who were resident of najaf abad, iran were concluded. the data were gathered b...

Objective: To study the effects of comprehensive nursing interventions on sexual functions in young and middle-aged patients with coronary stent implantation. Methods: 96 cases of coronary stent implantation were randomly divided into control group and intervention group (experimental group) with each group of 48 cases. The control group received the routine nursing measures after the coronary ...

Article: ALTHOUGH A main objective of quality assurance (QA) activities is to improve the nursing care given to patients. many QA activities focus on uncovering deficiencies rather than on developing strategies to assist nurses in meeting quality patient care standards. Intervention strategies may be quickly and poorly planned and often result in no improvement or only a temporary rise in monit...