Nursing informatics actively supports nursing by providing standard language systems, databases, decision support, readily accessible research results, and technology assessments. Through normalized datasets spanning an entire enterprise or other large demographic, nursing informatics tools support improvement of healthcare by answering questions about patient outcomes and quality improvement o...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To describe the impact of expert oncology nursing support provided by an independent nursing service, Interlink Community Cancer Nurses, on patients' experience of living with cancer. DESIGN Qualitative research design guided by hermeneutic phenomenology using a broad data-generating statement. SETTING Homes of participants in a metropolitan city. SAMPLE Purposive sampl...

OBJECTIVES Identify and discuss the nursing implications of personalized and precision oncology care. DATA SOURCES PubMed, CINAHL. CONCLUSION The implications in personalized and precision cancer nursing care include interpretation and clinical use of novel and personalized information including genetic testing; patient advocacy and support throughout testing, anticipation of results and tr...

nursing management from retired nurses' perspective     nobahar m [1] , ahmadi f* [2] , alhani f [3] , fallahi khoshknab m [4]     received: 9 sep, 2011 accepted: 20 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : managers are one of the effective factors in improvement of the organizations efficacy, effectiveness, and productivity. nursing managers' efficacy has an important role in hea...

In the UK, older people who are resident in care homes because of their needs for social support and personal care receive their health care from primary health care. Although there is increasing input from district nurses in care homes (Audit Commission, 1999), there is little knowledge or recognition of the primary care nursing contribution. This paper reviews two types of research literature...

This article describes an evaluation of a model program designed to increase social support for newly-admitted nursing home residents through a structured program of peer counseling by current resibents. Empirical and anecdotal evidence indicate that peer counselor trainees and the new residents who received counseling improved somewhat on measures of social functioning, when compared to contro...

This study aimed to 1) examine relationships between uncertainty, perceived information, personal values, social support, and filial obligation among Chinese family caregivers faced with nursing home placement of an older adult family member with dementia; and 2) describe the applicability of the Decisional Conflict Scale in nursing home placement decision making among Chinese family caregivers...