OBJECTIVE To analyze what nursing models and nursing assessment structures have been used in the implementation of the nursing process at the public and private centers in the health area Gipuzkoa (Basque Country). METHOD A retrospective study was undertaken, based on the analysis of the nursing records used at the 158 centers studied. RESULTS The Henderson model, Carpenito's bifocal struct...

A computer-based nursing process documentation system was developed through NNN Linkage to create standardized nursing care plans and nursing records. The nursing care plan was developed by linking the nursing diagnosis, desired nursing outcome and suggested nursing intervention based on NNN linkage. The fetched sentences linked with each nursing activity supports nursing documentation. The mai...

background & aim: the four elements of the nursing meta-paradigm, namely, human, health, environment, and nursing have attracted much attention in the west for years. this study redefined the meta-paradigm or core concepts of nursing from the perspective of islam . methods & materials: a qualitative content analysis was used to collect and analyze data. data collection were based on in-depth se...

introduction. with constant changes in health care it is imperative that nursing education programs themselves act as agents of change. nursing education has the responsibility to produce nursing professionals and expert practitioners to shape the nursing practice not merely respond to changes in the practice environment. it must prepare nurses who can participate as full partners in health car...

* Extracted from the thesis “Estar infectada com papilomavírus humano: vivências das mulheres e necessidades de cuidado”, Graduate Program in Nursing, University of São Paulo School of Nursing, 2010. 1 Ph.D. in Nursing. Adjunct Professor of the Nursing Department, Universidade Estadual de Londrina. Londrina, PR, Brazil. [email protected] 2 Ph.D. in Nursing. Full Professor of the Maternal-Child ...

The main focus of this column is the use of nursing theories and their relationships to knowledge development in nursing in Iceland. This exploration is preceded by a brief historical view of the nursing history in Iceland. First, the term nursing theory must be put into perspective. Readers of this journal are well acquainted with the definition of nursing theory as “a distinct and well-articu...

background: assessment is the process of systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of data to achieve the goals. the purpose of this study was to evaluate and compare the quality of educational activities of departments of nursing and midwifery faculty of hamadan university of medical sciences. methods: this cross-sectional study was done in 2009 at the faculty of nursing and midwifery...

Friendship Bridge Nurses and Vietnamese nurses developed a partnership based on the concepts of collaboration, sustainability, critical mass, and shared vision. This article explores the process of development and issues of implementation of a graduate nursing education program in Vietnam.

Nurses play an important role in responding to disasters. Preparing nurses to participate in planning for and responding to a disaster is integral to undergraduate nursing education. The authors describe the evaluation of a collaborative learning model that has been used to teach undergraduate nursing students about disaster preparedness.

This article focuses on the function of Norwegian nursing homes. A brief history of institutionalisation of older people in Norway is presented. An expressed task for Norwegian nursing homes is active treatment, and even though the “Guarantee of dignity” was implemented from January 2011, there are proofs that the rights of the residents are constantly violated. Another task for Norwegian nursi...