OBJECTIVES Caregiving staff need to have a way to make sense out of the death and dying of nursing home residents. A range of cultural and institutional factors (e.g., disenfranchised grief; professional distance) thwart their expression of grief. This research examines the neglected area of staff's social construction of the meaning of their relationship with dying and deceased residents. ME...

BACKGROUND Assisting mothers to breastfeed is not easy when babies experience difficulties. In a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), nurses often help mothers by using hands-on-breast without their permission. Little is known about how mothers feel about this unusual body touching. To gain more knowledge from mothers who lived through this experience, this hands-on practice was studied in a NI...

Purpose In this paper we describe 'what happened' with round two of the implementation of Learning 2.0 with a large and diverse group of library staff at Edith Cowan University Library during 2007 – 8. Design/methodology/approach In a previous paper we reported on our study of the suitability of the 23 Things Learning 2.0 program for a small group of early adopters in the ECU Library. This foll...

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...

Objective: To describe the experience of educational activities in prevention and management COVID-19 with a staff AFIU.
 Materials Methods: Experience report lectures hands-on approach to Pandemic.
 Results: It was carried out as two hand sanitizing, donning, doffing workshops preceded by on 323 participants attending from Conclusion: hybrid training effective building up refreshing ...

The University of California 4-H Youth Development Program created the Water Wizards project in response to two related issues: need for high-quality science education programming afterschool settings, and desire foster a citizenry that understands can make informed decisions about water. In collaboration with program staff, Sacramento County implemented 12-week water children grades four throu...

BACKGROUND The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recommended teaching patients to remind health care workers to disinfect their hands. However, cognitive impairment among patients may hamper such efforts. METHODS The St. Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) Examination was administered to randomly selected inpatients at the Omaha VA Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska. We asked p...