Methods Observational analysis using ENVIN-HELICS database of all the infected and/or colonized patients in our ICU between January and May 2014 and to describe the multi-disciplinary measures performed for it ́s control: hygiene measures (strict hand hygiene, patients daily wash with special chlorhexidine gel, strict contact isolation), clustering measures (grouping all positive patients in ICU...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate and characterize routine blood glucose monitoring practices in nursing homes and assisted living facilities (ALFs). DESIGN Cross-sectional, self administered survey and facility site visit. SETTING Two hundred eighty-nine licensed long-term care facilities in Pinellas County, Florida. PARTICIPANTS Stratified random sample of 48 long-term care facilities (17% overall...

Background:Infection prevention and control is critical component of patient safety, as hospital acquired infection are the most common complication affecting hospitalized patients. The aim of this study was to evaluate effect of implementing nursing guidelines on nurse's knowledge and patient's safety regarding nosocomial infection control measures in burn unit. Methods: A quasi-experimental d...

The aim was to evaluate the need of assistance with daily oral hygiene measures among nursing home resident elderly versus the actual assistance received from the staff. The need of daily oral hygiene assistance was assessed descriptively for nursing home resident elderly who participated in an annual oral health screening in three geographical regions in Sweden, in the year 2008. All individua...

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There has been a shortfall in the number of nurses, so it is required to optimize the nursing service. Then, the authors proposed a new system design for automated time study of nursing to investigate nursing service easily. The system combines images from video monitoring and information from ambient sensing, and it analyzes them after combining. Besides the authors conducted video monitoring ...

OBJECTIVES Research shows that nursing home residents are largely inactive. This inactivity negatively influences physical fitness, and participation in daily activities is known to have a positive influence on physical function and quality of life. Existing research does not provide sufficient insight into the daily activities in which nursing home residents participate. This insight is needed...

Patient advocacy is an inherent component of professional nursing ethics; in other words, nurses' enough knowledge would be essential to gain a positive attitude towards nursing advocacy. Using a descriptive-analytic design, this study aimed to assess the correlation between nurses' perception and attitudes towards patient advocacy, amongst 385 nurses in Kerman, Iran; hence, a three-part questi...

With the spread of clinical applications, interest in use high-flow nasal cannula, which warms and humidifies oxygen with help traditional has increased. Many international protocols on cannula therapy (HFNC) are available. This study was conducted to evaluate methods used pediatric services specify roles responsibilities nurses application HFNC, one these methods. Because responsible for monit...