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Hypnotherapy may ease IBS symptomsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hypnotherapy is effective for easing the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome and may clear up symptoms altogether, claims a gastroenterology specialist. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - March 20, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Hypoglycaemia doubles risk of death in critically illEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Critically ill patients with mild to moderate hypoglycaemia are almost twice as likely to die as critically ill patients with normal blood sugar, latest suggest US study results. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - March 20, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Marks and Spencer raises money for children's wardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Marks and Spencer have raised over £1000 to send toys and DVDs to children at the Royal Free in Hampstead. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - March 20, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Bangladesh college opens to nursing studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On 1 March the Grameen Caledonian College of Nursing in Bangladesh opened its doors to its first cohort of 40 nursing students. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - March 20, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Arthritis Research UKEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(formerly known as the Arthritis Research Campaign) is the leading charity in the fight against all forms of arthritis. The charity funds high quality research, educates and informs the public and health professionals on all aspects of the condition, and campaigns for better treatment and support for all those living with arthritis. The website contains a wealth of information including: information on various musculoskeletal conditions, including the different types of arthritis; resources for patients, researchers, allied health professionals, medical students, GPs, and hospital doctors; latest news; videos; and access ...
Source: Latest Internet resources added to Intute: Health and LifenSciences nursing gateway - March 20, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: organizations

Motivating Nurses' Organizational Citizenship Behaviors by Customer-Oriented Perception for Evidence-Based PracticeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study tested the hypothesis: Customer-oriented perception is associated with increased organizational citizenship behaviors for nurses. If nursing personnel's customer-oriented perception can increase their willingness to display organizational citizenship behaviors, it may facilitate hospital operation and enhance organizational effectiveness. Methods: A cross-sectional design using a questionnaire survey of nurses in 10 medical centers was used. Five hundred copies of the questionnaire were distributed, and 232 effective copies were retrieved, with a valid response rate of 46.4%. Structural equation modeling was per...
Source: Worldviews on Evidence-Based Nursing - March 20, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Ching Sheng Chang, Hae Ching Chang Source Type: journals

Teaching nursing in a situation of conflict: encounters between Palestinian-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli nursing studentsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ARIELI D. & HIRSCHFELD M.J. (2010) Teaching nursing in a situation of conflict: encounters between Palestinian-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli nursing students. International Nursing ReviewPurpose: This research examines the ways Palestinian-Israeli and Jewish-Israeli nursing students, who study together in one group in an academic school of nursing situated in northern Israel, perceive each other and the relationships among them.Design: The study is based on semi-structured interviews with undergraduate students. The cohort consists of 46 students, 20 of whom participated in the study.Findings: The students perceive themselves...
Source: International Nursing Review - March 20, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: D. Arieli, M.J. Hirschfeld Source Type: journals

Skipping Meals and Less Walking Among African Americans Diagnosed With Preterm LaborEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Purpose: The aim was to compare meal frequency, macronutrient intake, and physical activity between African Americans with preterm labor and those without preterm labor. Design: A descriptive comparative study was used with 80 pregnant African Americans. Methods: Three 24-hour diet recalls, the Block 2005 food frequency questionnaire, International Physical Activity Questionnaire, and Perceived Stress Scale were collected at 24 to 34 weeks of gestation. Findings: The odds of skipping meals for women in the preterm labor group was 3.57 times the odds of skipped meals for women in the term labor group (95% confidence interva...
Source: Journal of Nursing Scholarship - March 20, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Mary Dawn Hennessy, Stella L. Volpe, Mary D. Sammel, Susan Gennaro Source Type: journals

'Quick' guide to end of life care launchedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The National End of Life Care programme has launched a “quick check” guide for healthcare professionals detailing the difference between care planning and decisions made in advance. (Source: Nursing Times Breaking News)
Source: Nursing Times Breaking News - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Ohio Nurses Association Works With Legislators to...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
March 12, 2010 - The Ohio Nurses Association (ONA) has been working closely with Representatives Jay Goyal (D-Mansfield) and James Zehringer (R-Fort Recovery) to help address the shortage of nurse faculty members. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Some Older ER Patients Are Getting the Wrong...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
March 15, 2010 - A University of Michigan study recently published in Academic Emergency Medicine says that it is common for patients 65 and older to receive potentially inappropriate medications when treated in an emergency room. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Nearly 2 Million Californians Lost Health Insurance...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
March 16, 2010 - Nearly 2 million Californians lost their health insurance during 2008 and 2009 — years characterized by a deep recession and mass layoffs — bringing the total number of uninsured in the state to more than 8 million, according to new estimates from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

The Facts about Face Time: Nurse Staffing Levels, Time...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
March 18, 2010 - Nurses have known intuitively for years that when unit staffing allows them to spend more time with patients, outcomes improve and patients receive safer care. Researchers and nursing experts have spent considerable effort trying to determine the best staffing and why nurses at the bedside save lives. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)
Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

A world of procedures and worries: experience of children with a Port-a-CathEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OBJETIVOS: Compreender como é para a criança com câncer a vivência de ser portadora de Port-a-Cath a partir de suas manifestações numa sessão de Brinquedo Terapêutico Dramático e propiciar a ela um meio de alívio. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo qualitativo realizado com seis crianças escolares e uma adolescente, cujos dados foram coletados numa sessão de Brinquedo Terapêutico Dramático e submetidos à análise qualitativa de conteúdo. RESULTADOS: Permitiram compreender que os procedimentos intrusivos geram ansiedade, preocupação, medo e dor às crianças, assim como que elas reconhecem a importância dos proc...
Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Identification of the defining characteristics of fear and anxiety in patients scheduled for gynecological surgeryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Participants had clinical symptoms leading to the diagnosis of preoperative anxiety syndrome.OBJETIVOS: Identificar la presencia de las características definidoras de Miedo y Ansiedad en el pre-operatorio inmediato de 50 pacientes sometidas a cirugía ginecológica, y verificar el Síndrome de Ansiedad Perioperatoria. MÉTODOS: Este estudio de cohorte de carácter transversal tuvo como objetivo fue realizado en la Unidad de Ginecología del Hospital Sao Paulo en mayo del 2007. RESULTADOS: Se confirmó la presencia de los diagnósticos de interés en 48 pacientes (96,0%) de un total de 50 mujeres (100,0%). El S...
Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Daily life of children with acute asthma in school settingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OBJETIVO: Compreender o significado que a criança asmática grave e sua família atribuem à doença e suas implicações na escola. MÉTODOS: Estudo de caso qualitativo, desenvolvido no ambulatório de pediatria de um hospital do Município de São Paulo. Foram estudadas três crianças e seus familiares, utilizando observação participante, entrevista e brinquedo terapêutico dramático. RESULTADOS: As demandas do tratamento e as freqüentes crises de asma influenciaram no cotidiano da criança na escola como: falta às aulas; deixar de aprender; restrinção nas brincadeiras e relacionamento conflituoso com colegas. C...
Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Establishing a dialogue regarding technical-scientific and common sense knowledge for an effective health educationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Articulation of both technical-scientific and common sense knowledge is fundamental for the development of effective health education that allows open dialogue and participation of the users of health care services, which potentially can transform the reality of health care delivery.OBJETIVO: Identificar, en la perspectiva de los diferentes sujetos implicados, las posibilidades de aproximación entre el saber profesional y el de sentido común, involucrados en las actividades educativas desarrolladas por la enfermera en su proceso de trabajo asistencial. MÉTODOS: Se utilizó como referencial teórico-metodoló...
Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Therapeutic play to prepare children for intravenous placement in the emergency roomEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OBJETIVOS: Preparar a criança pré-escolar para punção venosa por meio do Brinquedo Terapêutico Instrucional (BTI) e conhecer a percepção dos familiares quanto a esse preparo. MÉTODOS: Estudo descritivo qualitativo realizado na unidade de emergência de um hospital universitário da cidade de São Paulo. Os sujeitos foram cinco crianças pré-escolares e seus familiares. RESULTADOS: O BTI permitiu à criança saber o que deve esperar e como pode participar da punção venosa; compreender sua finalidade; envolver-se na situação; manipular o material e estabelecer relação de confiança com o profissional; os famil...
Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Health care professionals' approaches to address family violence against children and teenagersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: Approaches used to address family violence against children and teenagers reflect a lack of integration among the several categories of health care professionals and health care services.OBJETIVO: Comprender el modo cómo los profesionales de salud abordan las situaciones relacionadas a la violencia intrafamiliar contra el niño y el adolescente. MÉTODOS: Se trata de una investigación de naturaleza cualitativa, de tipo estudio de caso, realizado con 30 profesionales de salud. RESULTADOS: Los profesionales se mostraron preocupados con la falta de resolución de los problemas. Revelaron que las medidas emprendi...
Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Pressure ulcer: patient risk, patient acuity, and nursing workloadEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CONCLUSION: The development of PUs was associated with advanced age, longer hospital stay, and patient acuity. Patient acuity and nursing workload were predictors of UPs.OBJETIVOS: Verificar la asociación entre la ocurrencia de la úlcera por decúbito (UD) en pacientes en estado crítico con escores de la escala de Braden, gravedad del paciente y carga de trabajo de enfermería e, identificar los factores de riesgo para UD en pacientes de la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos (UCI). MÉTODOS: se trata de un estudio transversal realizado en tres UCIs de un hospital, cuya recolección prospectiva incluyó datos clínicos y de i...
Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Advanced nursing practice: skin careEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem)
Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Health care system in Portugal: accomplishments and challengesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem)
Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Strategies to promote patient safety in surgical settingsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Evidence-based practice to promote patient safetyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

The International Classification for Nursing Practice: participation of Brazilian nurses in the project of the International Council of NursesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem)
Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Nursing care and its relationhisp to patient outcomesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

The Nursing Outcomes ClassificationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Classification of nursing diagnoses and interventions: NANDA and NICEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Paulista School of Nursing: a little bit of historyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Paulista School of Nursing: 70 years of historyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
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Source: Acta Paulista de Enfermagem - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Trial could change hip replacementsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Using bone from donors for hip replacements could be scrapped in favour of using patients' own bone stem cells (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Women fear GP contraception chatEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Report finds that nearly a quarter of sexually active women have not spoken to their GPs about contraception at all (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Nurses criticise sexy ad campaignEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nursing community in the West Midlands have called for sexually suggestive advert for Diamond Bus Company to be withdrawn (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news

Misconceptions of positivism and five unnecessary science theoretic mistakes they bring in their trainEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Abstract: Background: Positivism is sometimes rejected for the wrong reasons. Influential textbooks on nursing research and in other disciplines tend to reinforce the misconceptions underlying these rejections. This is problematic, since it provides students of these disciplines with a poor basis for reflecting on epistemological and methodological perspectives. It is particularly common for positivist views on reality and causation to be obscured.Objectives and design: The first part of this discussion paper identifies and explains the misconceptions about positivism as they appear in two influential textbooks. The second...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Johannes Persson Tags: Reviews and Discussion Papers Source Type: journals

Nurses’ ethical reasoning and behaviour: A literature reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: This review provides us with a more nuanced understanding of the way nurses reason and act in ethically difficult situations than emerged previously. If we want to support nurses in their ethical care and if we want to help them to change their conformist practises, more research is needed. Especially needed are in-depth qualitative studies that explore the experiences of nurses. Such studies could help us better understand not only how nurses reason and behave in practise but also the relationship between these two processes. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Sabine Goethals, Chris Gastmans, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé Tags: Reviews and Discussion Papers Source Type: journals

The applicability of a recovery approach to nursing people with dementiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: The paper concludes by suggesting that dementia care nursing should draw on ideas taken from the recovery approach and identifies each approach drawing on ideas that have come together in postpsychiatry. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Trevor Adams Tags: Reviews and Discussion Papers Source Type: journals

Social support interventions and mood status post stroke: A reviewEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Identified components of care, which distinguished the sole successful trial from those that were unsuccessful, include early initiation, increased intensity of regularly scheduled, worker-initiated contact, ongoing assessment including screening for depression and provision of counselling as required. Future studies should incorporate these elements as well as address methodological issues. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Katherine Salter, Norine Foley, Robert Teasell Tags: Reviews and Discussion Papers Source Type: journals

Development and validation of an instrument to measure nurse-patient bondingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to develop and validate an instrument that determines the degree of bonding between nurse and patient based on their openness to each other and their engagement in patient care.Settings: Data were collected from nurses and patients in the wards of four public and private tertiary hospitals in Manila, Philippines, where most Filipino nurses render care to patients before getting employed in other countries.Participants: A total of 420 nurses and patients (i.e., 210 dyads) participated in this research conducted in 2008. Most of the nurses were young females with beginning clinical experience, while the pati...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Lourdes Marie S. Tejero Tags: Methodological developments Source Type: journals

Utility of the Oswestry Disability Index for studies of back pain related disability in nurses: Evaluation of psychometric and measurement propertiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the psychometric and measurement properties of the Oswestry Disability Index (ODI) in nursing students to determine its suitability for assessing back pain related disability in intervention studies.Methods: Bachelor of Nursing students were recruited. Test–retest reliability and the ability of the ODI to discriminate between individuals with serious and non-serious back pain were investigated. The measurement error of the ODI was examined with the minimal detectable change at the 90% confidence level (MDC90).Results: Student nurses (n=214) had a low mean ODI score of 8.8±7.4%. Participants with ...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Anna P. Dawson, Emily J. Steele, Paul W. Hodges, Simon Stewart Tags: Methodological developments Source Type: journals

Preferences for health care and self-management among Dutch adolescents with chronic conditions: A Q-methodological investigationEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This study increases our understanding of different subjectivities of adolescents living with a chronic condition related to their treatment and health. There is no “one size fits all” approach to adolescent health care, but rather a limited number of distinct preference profiles. This study demonstrates the value of a non-disease-specific approach in that adolescents with various chronic conditions were found to have much in common. The profiles seem a promising tool for nurses to actively seek adolescents’ opinion and participation in health care and will be further explored. (Source: International Jour...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Susan Jedeloo, AnneLoes van Staa, Jos M. Latour, N. Job A. van Exel Tags: Health and illness Source Type: journals

Listening to the body and talking to myself – the impact of chronic lower back pain: A qualitative studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: Nurses have an important role to play in working with patients experiencing chronic low back pain to identify any patterns associated with exacerbations of the condition, validating their experiences of chronic low back pain and facilitating the accommodation of chronic low back pain into a more satisfying sense of self. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Marie Crowe, Lisa Whitehead, Mary Jo Gagan, G. David Baxter, Avin Pankhurst, Vivienne Valledor Tags: Health and illness Source Type: journals

The experiences of health care workers employed in an Australian intensive care unit during the H1N1 Influenza pandemic of 2009: A phenomenological studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Planning for a pandemic situation is invariably difficult due to the unpredictable nature of the event itself. Recommendations for future pandemic planning which can be drawn from this study include the appointment of a dedicated infection control representative to provide information and support regarding infection control matters; the maintenance of effective communication channels is crucial; and the increased staffing requirements across nursing, medical, allied health and ancillary staff to cope with the higher patient numbers and acuity must be anticipated and planned for. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Amanda Corley, Naomi E. Hammond, John F. Fraser Tags: Patient's perceptions of health and illness Source Type: journals

Effort–reward imbalance is associated with the frequency of sickness absence among female hospital nurses: A cross-sectional studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Effort–reward imbalance was associated with frequent short sickness absence episodes among nurses. Work efforts and rewards ought to be potentially considered when managing nurses who are frequently absent from work as these factors can be dealt with by managers. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Jolanda A.H. Schreuder, Corné A.M. Roelen, Petra C. Koopmans, Bente E. Moen, Johan W. Groothoff Tags: Professional's experience of healthcare Source Type: journals

Postpartum depression peer support: Maternal perceptions from a randomized controlled trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: The majority of mothers perceived their peer volunteer experience positively lending further support to telephone-based peer support as a preventative strategy for postpartum depression. The following program modifications were suggested: (a) adapt training to enhance the provision of appraisal support; (b) improve matching of volunteers to participants based on age, number of children, and breastfeeding status; and (c) ensure participating mothers want to receive peer support in order to facilitate the development of relationships with their assigned peers. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Cindy-Lee Dennis Tags: Practice Source Type: journals

The effects of Chinese calligraphy handwriting and relaxation training in Chinese Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma patients: A randomized controlled trialEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusions: Similar to the effects of relaxation training, calligraphy demonstrated a gradually build-up physiological slow-down, and associated with heightened concentration and improved mood disturbance. Calligraphy offered a promising approach to improved health in cancer patients. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Xue-Ling Yang, Huan-Huan Li, Ming-Huang Hong, Henry S.R. Kao Tags: Practice Source Type: journals

Factors that affect health outcomes in adults with type 2 diabetes: A cross-sectional studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was conducted at the endocrine outpatient departments of three hospitals in Taiwan.Participants: A convenience sample of 334 adults with type 2 diabetes aged 40 and over.Methods: Data were collected by a self-reported questionnaire and physiological examination. Using the structural equation modeling technique, measurement and structural regression models were tested.Results: Age and life events reflected the construct of risk factors. The construct of protective factors was explained by diabetes symptoms, coping strategy, and social support. The construct of adaptive outcomes comprised HbA1c, health-related qua...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Min-Feng Huang, Mary Courtney, Helen Edwards, Jan McDowell Tags: Practice Source Type: journals

Early miscarriage as ‘matter out of place’: An ethnographic study of nursing practice in a hospital gynaecological unitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Conclusion: This exploration of how women were managed in a hospital setting reinforced the notion of the ambiguous nature of miscarriage and supports the position that miscarriage may be considered as atypical bereavement. Furthermore, an analysis is offered of the significance of the vaginal blood loss as polluting and gives insights into how nurses manage this ambiguity. (Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Fiona Murphy, Susan Philpin Tags: Practice Source Type: journals

Is pressure sore prevention a sensitive indicator of the quality of nursing care? A cautionary noteEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Prevention of pressure ulcers is seen to be a key quality indicator of nursing care and pressure ulcers are widely supported as a nursing sensitive outcome (). It has been suggested as a goal for nationwide quality improvement (), and is proposed as an indicator in acute care by the US-based Hospital Quality Alliance from 2010 and in England's NHS () as well as in nursing homes (). Underpinning the belief that prevention of pressure ulcers is a quality indicator is the belief that health providers have the means and the tools to take effective action. Underlying this is the assumption that risk assessment tools accurately ...
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Authors: Andrew Jull, Peter Griffiths Tags: Editorial Source Type: journals

Editorial BoardEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
(Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies)
Source: International Journal of Nursing Studies - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: journals

Video: Latest revalidation model 'much less threatening', says GPCEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
GPC chairman Dr Laurence Buckman has welcomed the latest ‘more moderate' proposals for revalidation. (Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News)
Source: HealthcareRepublic Independent Nurse News - March 19, 2010 Category: Nursing Source Type: news