increasing complexity of treatment and current psychological health problems reveals the importance of uniqueness psychological health care in the nursing profession . therefore the need to have a clear conceptual base in psychological nursing is recommended. often psychological nurses have accepted a modified approach about collaborative interaction in current theories (such as psychoanalyses ...

Meeting psychosocial needs of nursing home residents is increasingly regarded as a critical component of care, and the nationally-mandated nursing home care screening instrument- the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0-was modified and implemented in 2010 to promote better assessment of psychosocial needs and health. Recognizing the importance of psychosocial well-being among nursing home residents, and...

The aim of this study was to explore nursing staffs' perceptions of the physical and psychological care needs of elderly residents, their views on the relative importance of these needs and their perceived ability to meet them. The literature reveals that the quality of elder care in nursing homes should comprise both physical and psychosocial care. Despite this, the nursing staffs' perceptions...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To study leadership factors and their associations with psychosocial work environmental among nursing assistants who are engaged in old age care and to analyse (i) differences in the assessment of leadership factors and the assessment of psychosocial work environmental in nursing homes and home help services and (ii) the association between the psychosocial work environment ...

Rinat Nissim, PhD, Psychosocial Oncology and Palliative Care, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health network, Toronto; Carmen G. Loiselle, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, and Senior investigator, Lady Davis Institute and Centre for nursing Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal; Doris Howell, PhD, RBC Chair Oncology nursing Research & Scientist, Psy...

BACKGROUND Musculoskeletal disorders are a widespread affliction in the nursing profession. Back or neck-pain-related disability of nursing staff is mainly attributed to physical and psychosocial risk factors. OBJECTIVES To investigate which-and to what extent-physical and psychosocial risk factors are associated with neck/back-pain-related disability in nursing, and to assess the role of the...

PURPOSE/OBJECTIVES To evaluate the impact of a cancer nursing education course on RNs. DESIGN Quasi-experimental, longitudinal, pretest/post-test design, with a follow-up assessment six weeks after the completion of the nursing education course. SETTING Urban, nongovernment, cancer control agency in Australia. SAMPLE 53 RNs, of whom 93% were female, with a mean age of 44.6 years and a mea...

This study investigated the relation between working conditions, in terms of physical and psychological demand, and upper-limb and neck musculoskeletal disorders (ULNMD) in female staff working in direct contact with the elderly in nursing homes. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in 105 nursing homes in France. Data on nursing-home working conditions were collected by questionnaire from oc...