OBJECTIVES To describe and analyse perceived competence and perceived responsibility among healthcare assistants (HC assistants), caring for patients with home mechanical ventilation (HMV) and other advanced caring needs, adjusted for socio-demographic and workplace background factors. DESIGN A cross-sectional study was conducted including 128 HC assistants employed in Stockholm County, Swede...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE The Difficult Airway Society protocol for the 'can't intubate, can't ventilate' scenario recommends the use of kink-resistant cannula cricothyroidotomy with transtracheal jet ventilation or surgical cricothyroidotomy. This survey aimed to assess the preparedness of anaesthetists and anaesthetic assistants for emergency tracheal access. METHODS Ninety-seven anaesthetis...

The Productive Ward series has effectively helped to standardise the storage of equipment in hospital ward treatment rooms; however, in our organisation equipment for venepunture and cannulation had been excluded. This resulted in clinicians having to navigate several unfamiliar environments while on-call and hence waste valuable time searching for basic equipment. We aimed to make it easier to...

260 © 2013 Guilford Publications, Inc. We thank Dana R. Carney, Adam D. Galinsky, Vanessa K. Bohns, and Scott S. Wiltermuth for prompt correspondence and experimental materials, and we thank a team of research assistants for their work in data collection. Correspondence should be addressed to Joseph Cesario, Psychology Building, 316 Physics RoadRoom 255, Michigan State University, East Lansing,...

CognItIvE aSSIStantS Various companies have introduced cognitive assistants in recent years, including Aldebaran/Softbank, Amazon, Apple, Google, IBM, and Microsoft (see Table 1). Each cognitive assistant helps its user with various tasks. Personal assistants help their humans with everything from communications to entertainment, while professional assistants can greet customers or help improve...

This paper presents a paradigm for using proof assistants in the programming process. We demonstrate how the programming language EventML provides a useful interface to proof assistants throughout code development. Enhancing the use of proof assistants in programming will make them more valuable and accessible to a large community. We designed EventML specifically to cooperate with proof assist...

In this paper we will discuss the fundamental ideas behind proof assistants: What are they and what is a proof anyway? We give a short history of the main ideas, emphasizing the way they ensure the correctness of the mathematics formalized. We will also briefly discuss the places where proof assistants are used and how we envision their extended use in the future. While being an introduction in...

S ince the days of Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, the scope of nursing (and its image) has changed. As Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs), Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs), medical assistants, and many other allied health professionals enter nursing school and change the image of nursing, nursing faculty have been challenged to address the needs of these students. I interviewed some o...

This prospective diary survey provides documentation concerning the occurrence of percutaneous injury among orthodontic chairside assistants in the United States and Canada. A 20-day period was used to collect data regarding exposure to injuries; 693 valid responses were received from orthodontic assistants. Most chairside assistants in this sample work in a solo practice and average 33 hours p...

BACKGROUND The role of the acute hospital nurse has moved away from the direct delivery of patient care and more towards the management of the delivery of bedside care by healthcare assistants. How newly qualified nurses delegate to and supervise healthcare assistants is important as failures can lead to care being missed, duplicated and/or incorrectly performed. OBJECTIVES The data described...