OBJECTIVE To develop and test an evidence-based scale to assess nurses' knowledge of stroke. DESIGN Question development by a multidisciplinary group of experts in stroke. Two self-completion questionnaire surveys. SETTING Two stroke units, one general medical and two elderly care wards in three hospitals in the North-East of England. SUBJECTS Fifty-eight qualified nurses. INTERVENTIONS...

Andrew D. Michaels, MD, MAS, FAHA, Chair; Sarah A. Spinler, PharmD, FAHA; Barbara Leeper, RN, MN, FAHA; E. Magnus Ohman, MD, FAHA; Karen P. Alexander, MD; L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS; Hakan Ay, MD; W. Brian Gibler, MD, FAHA; on behalf of the American Heart Association Acute Cardiac Care Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research; Council on C...

Andrew D. Michaels, MD, MAS, FAHA, Chair; Sarah A. Spinler, PharmD, FAHA; Barbara Leeper, RN, MN, FAHA; E. Magnus Ohman, MD, FAHA; Karen P. Alexander, MD; L. Kristin Newby, MD, MHS; Hakan Ay, MD; W. Brian Gibler, MD, FAHA; on behalf of the American Heart Association Acute Cardiac Care Committee of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, Council on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research; Council on C...

Although patient survival after stroke has improved, stroke remains a leading cause of death and severe disability. It is the second leading cause of death globally and fifth in the United States. The risk of death in the first 5 years after stroke is ≈50%, with the greatest risk in the first year. With advances in acute stroke treatment, stroke survivors and their family members are faced with...

BACKGROUND As the population ages, a greater demand for long-term care services and, in particular, nursing homes is expected. Policy analysts continue to search for alternative, less costly forms of care for the elderly and have attempted to develop programs to delay or prevent nursing-home entry. Health care administrators require information for planning the future demand for nursing-home se...

conclusions the overall score of nursing care as regards adherence to the neonatal hemovigilance guidelines was 59.6% in the present study, indicating a lack of care and failure in training in this regard. results the rates of compliance with the hemovigilance guidelines in terms of request, transfusion, and documentation were 47%, 63.2%, and 68%, correspondingly, with a total score of 59.6% in...

background & objective: patient satisfaction is the main indicator of the quality of healthcare systems. usually in pediatric works parents are questioned due to lack of appropriate scale. therefore, this study was done to assess the children’s satisfaction themselves by drawing which is an applicable scale for them.patients & methods: this study was done with 20 hospitalized children aged 6-12...

conclusions considering the personal and background characteristics of personnel and understanding their association with stress and stressful situations encompasses the ability to persevere and adapt to contextual stressors. patients and methods in this cross-sectional study, 3643 anonymous questionnaires were disseminated among nurses in different hospitals in tehran, iran, by utilizing multi...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Because 10% of strokes occur in hospitalized patients, we sought to evaluate stroke knowledge and predictors of stroke knowledge among inpatient and emergency department nursing staff. METHODS Nursing staff completed an online stroke survey. The survey queried outcome expectations (the importance of rapid stroke identification), self-efficacy in recognizing stroke, and ...

BACKGROUND Communication impairment is a frequent consequence of stroke. Patients who cannot articulate their needs respond with frustration and agitation, resulting in poor optimization of post-stroke functions. A key component of patient-centred care is the ability of staff to communicate in a way that allows them to understand the patient's needs. We developed a patient-centred communication...