Objective: To characterize naps during night shifts in terms of duration, allocation, quality, and sleep efficiency among nursing professionals. Cross-sectional study conducted in 2009. Professionals working the night shift for more than one year and reporting no sleep complaints answered a questionnaire, wore an actigraph (device to monitor human sleep-wake cycle) and completed an activity pro...

Acknowledgements Each PhD project has its own particular history. My story starts on a Thursday night, late in 1999, the evening of the 'oliebollenbar' *. At that time, I was still a Geodesy student and, together with many other students, I paid a visit to the bar. During that year, staff members from each research section were asked to act as bartenders to stimulate the interrelationships betw...

The aim of this study was to develop a competency based training programme to support multidisciplinary working in a combined biochemistry and haematology laboratory. The training programme was developed to document that staff were trained in the full range of laboratory tests that they were expected to perform. This programme subsequently formed the basis for the annual performance review of a...

Although night sweating is a common outpatient complaint medical, literature on this subject is scarce. Tuberculosis, brucellosis and lymphoma are diseases in which night sweating is a dominant symptom, but these are infrequently found to be the cause of night sweats in modern practice. While these diseases remain important diagnostic considerations in patients with night sweats, other diagnosi...

Compelling evidence exists that conflict and communication problems occur between nursing home staff and family members of residents. However, few interventions have been documented that simultaneously address the needs of both groups. The Partners in Caregiving program was created to train staff and family members in communication techniques and conflict resolution skills. Through a joint meet...

This paper brings together objective and subjective data on indoor temperature thermal comfort to examine the magnitude perception of summertime overheating in two London-based care homes occupying modern older buildings. Continuous monitoring outdoor temperature, relative humidity CO 2 levels was conducted summer 2019 along with surveys semi-structured interviews residents staff settings. Indo...

BACKGROUND Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization recommends that both staff and residents of long-term care facilities be vaccinated against influenza. This paper describes the influenza vaccination policies and programs, as well as vaccination rates, for staff and residents of long-term care institutions in Alberta. Such data have not previously been reported. METHODS Data wer...