conclusions perceptions of nursing were significantly different from those of the ideal career in most of the attributes. therefore, it is recommended that nurses’ income, workplace safety, and sense of being appreciated and respected by all authorities should be improved. background identification of the attributes of nursing and the ideal career, and their similarities and differences, as per...

Administrators in five highly effective elementary schools were studied. These leaders, through acts of will and insight, had given up iconic and heroic leadership status, so that school leadership might be shared. Leadership has a significant effect on student learning. Principals’ influence is often indirect, works through others, and happens best by developing teachers’ efficacy in curriculu...

OBJECTIVE We evaluated the Pediatric Early Warning Score (PEWS) sensitivity as an early indicator of patients deterioration leading to a Rapid Response Team (RRT)/code event. We hypothesized that at least 80% of patients had a critical PEWS preceding the event. We determined staff awareness of deterioration in patient status prior to the event as evidenced by consults, addition of monitoring eq...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To explore the effects of introducing a telemonitoring and care planning system for urinary continence assessment in a nursing home and adherence by care staff to urinary continence care plans. BACKGROUND Only a few studies have explored the effect of introducing telemonitoring system on urinary continence care, none for older people in nursing homes. DESIGN Pre- and pos...

Documentation of the nursing process is an important, but often neglected part of clinical documentation. Paper-based systems have been introduced to support nursing process documentation. Frequently, however, problems, such as low quality and high writing efforts, are reported. However, it is still unclear if computer-based documentation systems can reduce these problems. At the Heidelberg Uni...

An accountable fistula management treatment plan focuses on combining effective medical and nursing treatment with effective and efficient pouching technique and equipment to ensure patient comfort. Small bowel fistula following abdominal surgery can provide challenges in patients' medical and nursing management. This article describes a case study of the successful medical and nursing manageme...

OBJECTIVE to classify body language used in nursing care, and propose "Body language in nursing care" as an analytical category for nursing communication. METHOD quantitative research with the systematic observation of 21:43 care situations, with 21 members representing the nursing teams of two hospitals. Empirical categories: sound, facial, eye and body expressions. RESULTS sound expressio...