In the UK, the proposition that (general) nurses should be trained was not considered a necessity until the middle of the 19th century (Jolley 1987). The idea came from the demand for proper care during a time of war (Hallett 2010). On the other hand, nursing in mainland China has different origins, though interestingly intertwined with the west. There were no identities or roles for nurses per...

Objective: this article looks at how the development of community nursing services in China and Hong Kong can enhance universal health coverage. Methods: literature and data review have been utilized in this study. Results: nursing services have evolved much since the beginning of the nursing profession. The development of community nursing services has expanded the scope of nursing service...

1 Nursing School, Southwest Medical University, Jiangyang District, Luzhou, China. 2 Basic School, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine, University Island, Panyu District, Guangzhou, China. 3 Department of Oncology, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, Jiangyang District, Luzhou, China. 4 Department of Orthopedic, The Affiliated Hospital of Southwest Medical University, ...

Successful aging is gaining increasing attention given the growth in the older adult population. Criteria and definitions within multiple disciplines vary greatly in Western literature, with no consensus on its meaning. Sociocultural, economic, and political differences between the Western view of successful aging and its view in China add to the confusion. Similarities and differences in the m...

Mengying Yao,* Xinhua Wang,* Ying Tang, Weihong Zhang, Bing Cui, Qiuhong Liu, and Lihua Xing Department of Severe Respiratory Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China; Department of Oncology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China; Shanghai Navy Medical Institute, Shanghai, China; Department of Anatomy, Nursing College of...

A good understanding of the influential factors to software development effort and further precise effort estimate are undoubtedly crucial to any cost-effective and controllable software development projects. In most effort estimation researches, a large dataset is always a necessary basis of estimation modeling, model calibration and method validation. Among them, different attributes and char...

OBJECTIVES To describe Chinese nursing home residents' knowledge of advance directive (AD) and end-of-life care preferences and to explore the predictors of their preference for AD. DESIGN Population-based cross-sectional survey. SETTINGS Nursing homes (n = 31) in Wuhan, Mainland Southern China. PARTICIPANTS Cognitively intact nursing home residents (n = 467) older than 60 years. MEASUR...

Background: Previous studies have shown that the prevalence of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is 10% 15% in the general population. IBS is a functional gastrointestinal disorder characterized by abdominal pain, abdominal discomfort and disordered defecation associated with a stressful lifestyle. However, the cause of IBS has not been clarified yet. Based on a similar, previous study in Japan, t...