Optical laser scan of early hominin footprints at Ileret, Kenya, color-rendered to illustrate depth; reds indicate areas of high elevation, blues lower elevation. The footprints are 1.5 million years old and were probably made by Homo ergaster/erectus. Two right footprints and a partial left are visible along with a range of animal prints. See page 1197. Image processing in Rapidform: Matthew B...

background: caring is the core of nursing and holistic high-quality care is considered as one of the main concerns of nursing managers. evaluation by main care recipients and assessment of their satisfaction with different levels of care is a way to determine and improve the quality of nursing care. the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between the quality of nurses’ caring be...

BACKGROUND The ability to respond quickly and effectively to a cardiac arrest situation rests on nurses being competent, prepared and up-to-date in the emergency life-saving procedure of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). This study aimed to determine the extent to which nurses acquire and retain CPR cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills following CPR training courses. METHODS A quasi-...

ABSTRACT Objective: to synthesize the production of knowledge on simulation in Nursing generated by graduate programs Brazil between January 2011 and February 2020. Method: a documentary research study, which adopted as primary source official documents Coordination for Improvement Higher Level personnel, conducted means an integrative literature review from October 2019 2020, with quantitative...

introduction: working in the complex and ever changing healthcare settings forces the nurses and nursing students to be equipped with lifelong learning skills. one of the lifelong learning skills is self-directed learning. this study aimed to explore the m.sc. nursing students’ self-directed learning activities. methods: a qualitative design using conventional content analysis approach was used...

Purpose: For the student nurse, peripheral venous cannulation is one of most stressful skills to be learned. Although some healthcare employers/establishments offer courses on vascular access and infusion nursing as part their onboarding programs, ultimately educational institutions should share responsibility ensure that graduating nurses can provide safe therapies. Methods: An innovative (VAI...

background: nursing education is mostly conducted through electronic educational programs. we aimed at assessing the iranian postgraduate nursing students’ skills and attitudes regarding the electronic education. materials and methods: ninety‑seven postgraduate nursing students were surveyed using questionnaires assessing their individual‑social and educational characteristics, electronic educa...