Objective People living with HIV (PLHIV) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness experience significantly worse health outcomes than those in stable housing. They are more likely to be diagnosed late, use substances, engage in high–risk sexual activities and have difficulty adhering to treatments. This review identifies strategies described and evaluated in the international social science ...

BACKGROUND In Canada, as in other parts of the world, there is geographic maldistribution of the nursing workforce, and insufficient attention is paid to the strengths and needs of those providing care in rural and remote settings. In order to inform workforce planning, a national study, Nursing Practice in Rural and Remote Canada II, was conducted with the rural and remote regulated nursing wo...

Introduction Professional identity development is one of the fundamental concerns of nursing education.1 It has become one of the most important challenges in nursing education and providing nursing services due to the attempts to prepare nurses for professional roles in a changing healthcare environ ment.2 The university and students are at the core of scientific and practical elements of prof...

OBJECTIVES To identify factors associated with the use of selected medical services near the end of life in cognitively impaired residents of rural and urban nursing homes. DESIGN Retrospective cohort study using Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrative data for 1998 through 2002. SETTING Minnesota and Texas nursing homes. PARTICIPANTS Nursing home residents aged 65 and o...

Nursing service managers need certain essential managerial attributes in taking the lead in effective management of the nowadays health care organisations in South Africa. Major changes in restructuring and human resources planning are taking place through transformation of health services and specific managerial attributes are needed in this scenario. Without nursing service managers with the ...

Background Nursing care is a major portion of routine hospital care, especially when compared to more ancillary services such as labs, drugs, radiology, and other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures performed by doctors at the hospital. Although the nursing profession had been developed in Malaysia since the 1900s, the current hospital billing system does not reflect what nurses provide for t...