background: we studied the possible advantages of feed-forward control nursing model in the treatment of placenta previa. methods: we enrolled 60 pregnant women who were receiving treatment for expectant placenta previa between january 2010 and january 2016 and randomly divided them into the control group and the observation group with 30 cases in each group. in the control group, we offered sp...

Embracing the unique technology-driven clinical contributions to nursing practice that only nurse informaticians can provide demands that nurse leaders at all organizational levels lock arms to take three definitive steps towards advancing patient care and the practice of the nursing profession. • First, BLOCKINnurse BLOCKINleaders BLOCKINmust BLOCKINselect BLOCKINa BLOCKINproperly BLOCKINeduca...

Medical software tools began to emerge during the 1980's, some became known as 'expert systems'. In contrast to conventional software which process data, expert systems process 'knowledge'. For this reason, expert systems are also called ‘Knowledge Based Systems' (KBS). The most well known medical example is MYCIN.' This expert system was developed at Stanford University in 1976 to aid physicia...

The purpose of this article is to review a historical perspective of the Certified Nurse Specialist role and current trends in nursing education and practice of the Oncology Certified Nurse Specialist. Since the initiation of Certified Nurse Specialist credentialing system in 1995, 193 Oncology Certified Nurse Specialists have practiced in clinical settings. The Oncology Certified Nurse Special...

Background: At a specialist nursing education in intensive care, located at a University college in Sweden, there was a desire among the faculty to develop their ability to support specialist nursing students in their academic development, as well as in their academic writing, to improve the overall quality of the master theses. A quality improvement design, the Plan, DO, Study, Act (PDSA) cycl...

1 Nurse. PhD., Specialist in Intensive Care Nursing and Adult Intensive Care. Professor of College of Nursing and of Research and Graduate Studies Center at Faculdades Metropolitanas Unidas. São Paulo, SP, Brazil. [email protected] 2 Nurse. PhD., Specialist in Intensive Care Nursing. Collaborator Professor of University São Camilo, Lato Sensu Graduate Course in Emergency. São Paulo, SP, Brazil....

OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to contribute to pertinent discussions regarding advanced practice nursing roles. In particular discussion will focus on the potential implications for the developing nurse ractitioner (NP) role on the existing clinical nurse specialist (CNS) roles. SETTING The literature presented originates primarily from the United States of America (USA), United Kingdom ...

The inclusion of gerontology content in the nursing curriculum is paramount as our population of older adults grows. As one of 10 recipients of the John A. Hartford Foundation/AACN awards for Enhancing Gerontological and Geriatric Nursing Education for Advanced Practice Nursing Programs, we successfully integrated gerontological/ geriatric content throughout core courses for all concentrations ...