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Validation of the Cognitive Appraisal Health Scale with Jordanian patientsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to test the psychometric properties and the theoretical structure of the Cognitive Appraisal Health Scale for patients with acute and chronic diseases in medical and surgical wards. Previously, the Scale was validated with patients diagnosed with prostate cancer. However, in order to examine the psychometric properties of the scale with patients diagnosed with health problems other than prostate cancer, this study was conducted. The convenience sample of 140 male and 128 female patients was selected from an educational hospital and three private hospitals in Jordan. The factor structure for th...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 28, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Muayyad M. Ahmad Source Type: journals

Support for infertility treatment in Japan: Differences in perceptions between female clients and staffEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of this study was to clarify the perceptions of both infertile women accessing support services from local governments related to infertility treatment and the public servants providing that assistance. This cross-sectional descriptive study surveyed 62 local government staff members who managed medical expense subsidy programs for infertility treatment in the Hokuriku region of Japan and 84 infertile women attending the clinics. We measured the levels of satisfaction regarding the support services from local governments and the perceptions of the importance of each type of support. The data were analyzed descripti...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 28, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Chikako Takabayashi, Keiko Shimada Source Type: journals

Prediction model of blood pressure control in community-dwelling hypertensive adults in KoreaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of the present descriptive study was to test a hypothetical model explaining the factors that influence blood pressure control among hypertensive Korean adults [ge] 20 years of age. Subjects were 1041 individuals with hypertension identified from 2005 Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data. Twelve of the 24 hypothesized paths in the structural model were significant. Gender ([beta] = 0.09, P < 0.00), medication ([beta] = [minus]0.24, P < 0.00), regular physical activity ([beta] = 0.06, P = 0.02) and comorbidity ([beta] = 0.14, P < 0.00) were significantly associated with blood pressure con...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 28, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Sook Ja Yang, Dukyoo Jung, Ae-Sook Choi Source Type: journals

Early psychosocial interventions after disasters, terrorism, and other shocking events: Guideline developmentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes the development of guidelines on psychosocial interventions during the first 6 weeks after a major incident. Scientific literature, expert opinions, and consensus among relevant parties in the clinical field were used to formulate the recommendations. Early screening, a supportive context, early preventive and curative psychosocial interventions, and the organization of interventions are covered. The implications for the clinical field and future research are discussed. It is concluded that the international knowledge base provides valuable input for the development of national guidelines. However, t...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 23, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Hans Te Brake, Michel Dückers, Maaike De Vries, Daniëlle Van Duin, Magda Rooze, Cor Spreeuwenberg Source Type: journals

Botulism Questionnaire: A tactical tool for community use in a mass casualty incidentEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A botulism-induced mass casualty incident has the potential to severely compromise a community's health-care infrastructure, based upon its lethality, rare occurrence, and duration of symptoms, which require extensive support and care. Although early recognition and treatment with antitoxin or botulism immunoglobulin are essential to the effective management of this type of an incident, the two major challenges in recognition and treatment are the hundreds, if not thousands, of casualties or potential casualties requiring rapid screening and the fact that most clinicians remain ignorant of the management of botulism. The p...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kelly Burkholder-Allen, Paul Rega, Christopher Bork, Churton Budd Source Type: journals

Black Saturday: The personal recollection of a doctor working during the worst bushfire in Australian historyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The date, 7 February 2009, will be known forever in Victoria, Australia as "Black Saturday". In the worst bushfires in Australian history, 173 lives were lost. Townships were razed. Over 1800 homes were destroyed, resulting in > 7000 people being made homeless. The provision of health care to the injured, and then to the displaced communities, was provided by a range of health professionals, including paramedics, nurses, and doctors. This is a personal recollection of the related events. (Source: Nursing and Health Sciences)
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: John Moloney Source Type: journals

Evaluation of an information booklet for caregivers of people with dementia: An Australian perspectiveEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study investigated the application of a new dementia information booklet for family caregivers, accessing those that were both community-based and linked to a residential aged-care facility through the distribution of 672 information booklets. This occurred via 14 dementia advisory services and 48 residential aged-care facilities throughout New South Wales, Australia. A total of 233 carers (33%) completed the booklet questionnaire evaluation. The descriptive statistics indicated that most carers found the booklet useful and thought that the booklet should be freely available to them. Almost half of the carers said tha...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 8, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Esther Chang, Sally Easterbrook, Karen Hancock, Amanda Johnson, Patricia Davidson Source Type: journals

Inauguration of the first Psychological Support Center for Disaster Victims in KoreaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article argues that, although material relief helps disaster victims to regain their physical losses, it is equally important to aid their psychological needs to prevent long-term mental health problems. This article highlights Korea's first regional Psychological Support Center for disaster victims, which can be accessed online. With this Center, the country continues to strive in providing her people with holistic approaches to further enhance each citizen's quality of life. (Source: Nursing and Health Sciences)
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 5, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Jeongyee Bae, Key-Yong Kim, Rosel L. Panuncio, Namhee Choi, Sook-Bin Im Source Type: journals

Are laboratories useful fiction? A comparison of Norwegian and Australian undergraduate nursing skills laboratoriesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Drawing on the findings from studies in Australia and Norway that explored the use of laboratories in the preparation of nursing students for entry to practice, this article identifies the pedagogical challenges for the undergraduate education of nurses. The findings from both countries are compared and, in spite of distinct differences in the level of financial investment, there are striking similarities between the ways in which laboratories are used in the two countries. The laboratories were designed to predominately represent acute care hospital environments. The participants demonstrated a high level of commitment an...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 5, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Sally J. Wellard, Kristin M. Heggen Source Type: journals

Health-care system and nursing in Sri Lanka: An ethnography studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study highlights the adverse conditions under which nurses in Sri Lanka try to administer care, within a powerless and unchanging professional situation. Although this study extends the level of understanding of the situation for nurses in a government hospital, it also offers directions for policy-makers and international nursing organizations to improve nursing education and governance in Sri Lanka. (Source: Nursing and Health Sciences)
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 5, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Badurakada Sunil Santha De Silva, Colleen Rolls Source Type: journals

Volunteer experiences in community housing during the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake, JapanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article reports on the authors' experiences as health professional volunteers caring for dislocated people living in temporary housing after the earthquake, when kodokushi (death alone and, initially, unnoticed) and alcoholism claimed the life of some of these people. (Source: Nursing and Health Sciences)
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - October 5, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Mayumi Kako, Sugako Ikeda Source Type: journals

Perspectives and experiences of elective surgery patients regarding pain managementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to explore the perspectives and experiences of elective surgery patients regarding pain management. A qualitative design, based on the content analysis approach, was used to collect and analyze the experience of 20 elective surgery patients who all had abdominal surgery in surgical wards in two teaching hospitals in Tehran, Iran. After employing purposeful sampling for the selection of the participants, semistructured interviews were held for data collection. During the data analysis, three main themes emerged: "perceptions of pain management goals", "patients' views of nurses' role in pain ma...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - September 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Nahid Rejeh, Mojtaba Vaismoradi Source Type: journals

Desire to survive emotional pain related to self-harm: A Norwegian hermeneutic studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study indicates that self-sacrifice appears to imply a longing for reconnection with the self and others. To preserve their self-image, the women require courage to survive the painful state of unworthiness. (Source: Nursing and Health Sciences)
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - September 21, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Anne Lise Holm, Elisabeth Severinsson Source Type: journals

Solving the barriers to diabetes education through the use of multimediaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the knowledge capacity of villagers in the Klongmai community of Nakhon Pathom, Thailand, regarding diabetes by way of action research. A health status assessment and a survey of the community were carried out and used as the basis for designing an educational video on diabetes that is accessible regardless of age and educational background. Evaluations of the pre- and poststudy questionnaires were carried out using statistical analysis. The results indicated that the devised educational materials were effective in encouraging the community's self-awareness and perception of diabetes at the significance...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - September 21, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Chartchalerm Isarankura-Na-Ayudhya, Chanin Nantasenamat, Prabhop Dansethakul, Pradermchai Saetum, Sirikul Laosrivijit, Virapong Prachayasittikul Source Type: journals

Use of educational games in the health professions: A mixed-methods study of educators' perspectives in the UKEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Educational games have been shown to be effective in supporting learning, especially to reinforce knowledge, and students are generally positive about the use of games. The aim of this mixed-methods study that was conducted in the UK was to explore educators' views towards the use of educational games in the health sciences. The data were collected via semistructured interviews with 13 health educators and an online survey that was completed by 97 health educators. Three factors influence the use of classroom games: reflective practice, the impact of games on students, and the impact of logistical factors. Educators assess...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - September 15, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Gillian Blakely, Heather Skirton, Simon Cooper, Peter Allum, Pam Nelmes Source Type: journals

Australian Bachelor of Midwifery students' mental health literacy: An exploratory studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Many pregnant and post-partum women experience mental health problems, but midwives are frequently ill-equipped to provide support. The purpose of this study, conducted in Melbourne, Australia, was to examine first-year Bachelor of Midwifery students' mental health literacy about post-partum women with schizophrenia, using the vignette of "Mary". A non-probability sample of 38 commencing students was used. The results showed that the students had a mainly lay person-informed conceptualization of mental health interventions for post-partum women. They acknowledged that Mary had a mental health problem that might have a more...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - September 14, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Terence V. McCann, Eileen Clark Source Type: journals

Perceptions of women and health-care providers in Tokyo of appropriate weight gain during pregnancyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study explored how and from whom pregnant women in Tokyo receive information related to body weight. Four focus groups were conducted with nine pregnant women, nine nurse-midwives, and eight obstetricians between March and June 2006. The recorded interviews were content-analyzed. Weight gain was a common concern among the participants, regardless of the women's body size, and sufficient weight gain was rarely mentioned. However, the health-care providers were aware of their lack of expertise and training in behavior modification. Pregnant women consistently expressed a desire for reassurance and praise from health-car...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - September 14, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Megumi Haruna, SeonAe Yeo, Etsuko Watanabe, Masayo Matsuzaki, Erika Ota, Kae Nakayama, Sachiyo Murashima Source Type: journals

Structural empowerment, job satisfaction, and turnover intention of Chinese clinical nursesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to examine the levels of workplace structural empowerment perceived by Chinese clinical nurses, as well as to identify the relationship between nurses' perceptions of empowerment and job satisfaction, and turnover intention. A total of 189 staff nurses from two hospitals in central China completed a self-administered questionnaire. The results indicated that these nurses perceived moderate levels of workplace empowerment. Structural empowerment and job satisfaction were found to be negatively related to turnover intention. These findings have important implications for administrators providing...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - August 19, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Chunfeng Cai, Zongkui Zhou Source Type: journals

Predictive validity of a modified fall assessment tool in nursing homes: Experience from SloveniaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The aim of the study was to evaluate the predictive validity of the Modified Fall Assessment Tool (MFAT) in a nursing home setting. The study involved 83 residents from a nursing home in Slovenia with an average age of 81 years. To determine the predictive characteristics of the MFAT, a receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was applied. During the observation period of 12 weeks, 18 residents fell. The fallers had a significantly higher history of falls, a higher number of diagnoses, more medication, and a higher MFAT score than the non-fallers. Using the estimated criterion of 20 points, the sensitivity of the M...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - August 19, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Miroljub Jakovljevic Source Type: journals

Thai women's experience of intimate partner violence during the perinatal period: A case study analysisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This exploratory descriptive study is part of a larger program that investigated the prevalence and frequency of different forms of intimate partner violence during pregnancy and the immediate post-partum period among Thai women and the associated maternal and neonatal health outcomes. Two case studies are used to illustrate the different experiences of victims, as well as the barriers to seeking help and the strategies used to manage their circumstances. The study highlights the neglect of women's rights by police and community leaders, the attribution of blame to women, and their perceived sense of powerlessness and a la...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - August 19, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Amornrat Sricamsuk Saito, Marie Cooke, Debra K. Creedy, Wendy Chaboyer Source Type: journals

Organizational commitment, work environment conditions, and life satisfaction among Iranian nursesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Employee commitment to the organization is a crucial issue in today's health-care market. In Iran, few studies have sought to evaluate the factors that contribute to forms of commitment. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between nurses' organizational commitment, work environment conditions, and life satisfaction. A cross-sectional design was utilized. Questionnaires were distributed to all the staff nurses who had permanent employment (with at least 2 years of experience in nursing) in the five hospitals affiliated to Birjand Medical Sciences University. Two hundred and fifty participants returned ...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - August 19, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Zohreh Vanaki, Seyyed Abolfazl Vagharseyyedin Source Type: journals

Role conflict, role ambiguity, and burnout in nurses and physicians at a university hospital in TurkeyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study explored the relationship between burnout, and role conflict and role ambiguity in nurses and physicians at a university hospital in Turkey. The data were collected by questionnaires that included sociodemographic variables, Maslach's Burnout Inventory (MBI), and Rizzo's Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity Scales. Two hundred and fifty one health-care professionals (170 physicians and 81 nurses) responded to the survey. There was a strong positive correlation between the MBI and Rizzo's Role Conflict and Role Ambiguity Scales. The nurses showed significantly higher levels of role conflict, role ambiguity, and burno...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - August 19, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Tulin Tunc, Rana Ozen Kutanis Source Type: journals

Caregiver suctioning education for Japanese patients with an invasive home ventilatorEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In Japan, more people require care activities at home. In particular, patients with an invasive mechanical ventilator in the home require extensive care by family caregivers. Collaboration between their nurses and paid caregivers in the provision of care activities, especially tracheal suctioning, is necessary. This three-round Delphi study identifies the essential items required by nurses to instruct the paid caregivers in how to carry out tracheal suctioning on patients with an invasive mechanical ventilator in the home. By the final round, three competencies were found to be important by the home-visit nurses and paid c...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - July 13, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Junko Imaiso, Toyoaki Yamauchi Source Type: journals

Work satisfaction of Japanese public health nurses: Assessing validity and reliability of a scaleEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Index of Work Satisfaction, developed by Stamps et al., was administered to 583 nurses who had practiced public health nursing in Japan. After psychometric evaluation, three components were identified as contributing to their job satisfaction: the work environment, professional confidence, and commitment to the profession. Overall, the participants in the study were quite satisfied. The findings corroborated previous reports on Japanese nurses' job satisfaction, in that the nurses in the study were most satisfied with their relationships with peers, patients/families, and supervisors. However, they were least satisfied...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - July 12, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Mineko Yamashita, Miyuki Takase, Chihiro Wakabayshi, Kaori Kuroda, Nozomi Owatari Source Type: journals

Severity of dementia as a risk factor for repeat falls among the institutionalized elderly in JapanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The study examined the impact of dementia severity on repeat fallers among the institutionalized elderly. A secondary analysis of a dataset containing information on 466 residents (86 of whom were fallers) of nine care facilities around Tokyo was carried out. Descriptive statistics were used to determine the baseline characteristics. Then, logistic regression analysis was carried out to identify the risk factors between the non-fallers and fallers and between the single and repeat fallers. Finally, the relative risks that had an impact on the repeat fallers were calculated. Sixty-one persons (13.1%) were identified as sing...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - July 12, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Nami Kobayashi, Dwi Nurviyandari Kusuma Wati, Mariko Yamamoto, Tomoko Sugiyama, Yuuichi Sugai Source Type: journals

Improving mental health care for older people within a general hospital in the UKEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes a participatory action research study aimed at improving the care of older people with mental health needs who are cared for in an older people's unit of a general hospital in the UK. A multicollaborative and interpretivist action research approach was adopted, whereby the researchers, managers, clinical staff, patients, and carers came together to identify the problems and their potential solutions. Focus groups, interviews, and observations of care were used to collect the data and to inform the action and development cycles and a grounded theory approach was used to analyze these data and to devel...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - June 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Anthony Harrison, Janet Brandling Source Type: journals

An evaluation of Web-based education as an alternative to group lectures for diabetes self-managementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study evaluated the efficacy of Web-based diabetes self-management education for newly diagnosed patients with type II diabetes as an alternative to group lectures. Using a non-equivalent control group, pretest-post-test design, the participants in the Web group (n = 15) took part in a Web-based diabetes self-management program, while those in the lecture group (n = 16) attended 3 h of group lectures provided by health-care professionals specializing in diabetes care. The outcome variables were measured at the baseline (T0), and 6 weeks (T1) and 3 months (T2) after the interventions. The glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - June 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Misoon Song, Myoung-Ae Choe, Keum Soon Kim, Myung Sun Yi, Insook Lee, Jeongeun Kim, Mira Lee, Young Min Cho, Young Suk Shim Source Type: journals

Nursing competencies for physical assessment of the respiratory system in JapanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to establish the minimum essential Japanese nursing education health assessment competency levels, with particular emphasis on the respiratory system, from the viewpoint of clinical nurses and nurse educators. The design of this study was a quantitative descriptive study using the Delphi technique. The participants consisted of two groups, including 210 clinical nurses and 76 nurse educators. Questionnaires were sent three times to each group, along with summaries of each previous result. The respondents selected 29 competency items in the following categories: five structure and function item...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - June 22, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Emiko Shinozaki, Toyoaki Yamauchi Source Type: journals

Nursing staff shortage in Iran: Issues and challengesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In most countries, nurses are the largest group of health-care professionals that provide direct and indirect care to patients in a variety of health settings. The quality of care is strongly linked to their performance, and shortages of nursing staff cause suffering and diminished patient care. In 2008, it was estimated that there were 90 026 nurses in Iran, but health-care facilities need [sim] 220 000 nurses in order to deliver optimal nursing care. This review article provides a detailed description of the nursing shortage and related factors in Iran. It is hoped that this will inform both Iranian and international pol...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - June 16, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kourosh Zarea, Reza Negarandeh, Nahid Dehghan-Nayeri, Morteza Rezaei-Adaryani Source Type: journals

Psychometric testing of the Immigrant Barriers to Health Care Scale: Hispanic VersionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Barriers to care contribute to health inequities for immigrant populations. Although inadequate health insurance is a known barrier, other factors impact the issue. Few instruments exist to specifically measure these other barriers. The purpose of this study was to test the Immigrant Barriers to Health Care Scale [ndash] Hispanic Version. It was first pilot-tested in southern California with a Mexican population. After refinement, the instrument was tested in a north-eastern sample of diverse Hispanic adults. The data were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis. Factor loadings and communalities were used to assess the...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - June 11, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Stacen Keating, Beverly Carlson, Sophia Jimenez, Jaime Estrada, Belia Gastelum, Tomas Romero, Barbara Riegel Source Type: journals

Nursing staff shortages and job satisfaction in Iran: Issues and challengesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In most countries, nurses are the largest group of health-care professionals that provide direct and indirect care to patients in a variety of health settings. The quality of care is strongly linked to their performance, and shortages of nursing staff cause suffering and diminished patient care. In 2008, it was estimated that there were 90 026 nurses in Iran, but health-care facilities need [sim] 220 000 nurses in order to deliver optimal nursing care. This review article provides a detailed description of the nursing shortage and related factors in Iran. It is hoped that this will inform both Iranian and international pol...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - June 10, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kourosh Zarea, Reza Negarandeh, Nahid Dehghan-Nayeri, Morteza Rezaei-Adaryani Source Type: journals

Development of a user-centered health information service system for depressive symptom managementEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A user-centered, Web-based depressive symptoms management system might be particularly useful in Korea, where those who seek mental health care face stigmatism and where personal computers and the Internet have reached saturation levels. The purpose of this article is to describe the development process of a Web-based system for depressive symptom management through user-centered design principles. Our design process included four distinct phases: a needs assessment, analysis, design/development/testing, and the application release. The final revised website was released with the URL address, "http://www.baejy.com/smiles/"...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - May 15, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Jeongyee Bae, Seth Wolpin, Eunjung Kim, Sowoo Lee, Sookhee Yoon, Kyungeh An Source Type: journals

Assessing clinical learning outcomes: A descriptive study of nursing students in KuwaitEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study examined the perceptions of 202 nursing students, 14 faculty members, and 32 clinical instructors in the achievement of nursing students' clinical learning outcomes during their different clinical placements. The participants were involved in the bachelor of science in nursing and associate degree in nursing programs. Nine dimensions were studied using the Kuwait Clinical Learning Outcomes for Nursing Students tool. These were knowledge, nursing process, communication, student role, accountability, teaching/learning, organization, caring, and psychomotor skills. The perception of achievement of the clinical lear...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - May 3, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Fatimah Al-Kandari, Victoria L. Vidal, Deepa Thomas Source Type: journals

Comparison of the protein composition of breast milk and the nutrient intake between Thai and Japanese mothersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study compared the protein composition of breast milk and the nutrient intake between Thai and Japanese lactating mothers. The breast milk was collected from 15 Thai and 14 Japanese mothers at the fifth day post-partum. Twenty-four-hour dietary records were performed from the second-to-the-fourth day post-partum. The nutrient intake was calculated by using the nutrient content of a food table. The protein composition of the whey was separated by gel electrophoresis and was identified by mass spectrometry and two-dimensional electrophoresis. The results showed that the concentrations of the major protein types in the b...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Venus Leelahakul, Fumio Tanaka, Nittaya Sinsuksai, Kannikar Vichitsukon, Wanpen Pinyopasakul, Nobuo Kido, Sayuri Inukai Source Type: journals

Effect of long-term, community-based daily exercise on the ability to control the dynamic standing balance of Japanese elderly persons in relation to fallsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is widely accepted that daily exercise improves the dynamic standing balance of elderly persons. In the current study, 77 community-dwelling Japanese elderly persons (aged 71.1 ± 0.5 years) participated in a daily exercise program to assess its effect on their dynamic standing balance. The daily exercise consisted of walking, stretching, muscle strengthening, and balance exercises. The program ran for 31 months and the dynamic standing balance was assessed at the start of the program and again at 3, 7, 12, 19, 24, and 31 months. In most of the tests of dynamic standing balance, the measured values improved drastically ...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Hiroshi Maejima, Hitoshi Sunahori, Takuya Otani, Nozomi Sakamoto, Osamu Yoshimura, Yoshiko Tobimatsu Source Type: journals

Perceptions of distance education among nursing faculty members in North AmericaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A strategy to increase access to nursing education, train nurses for practice, and prepare future nurse educators is distance education. Faculty member shortages are cited as the main reason for not accepting qualified applicants. Faculty members are the core of nursing education. In order to address nursing faculty members' concerns regarding distance education and to assist in faculty member recruitment, retention, growth, and development in order to improve and enhance the quality of distance education, one must answer the question: What are nursing faculty members' perceptions of distance education in nursing? Utilizin...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Josephine M. Mancuso Source Type: journals

Assertiveness process of Iranian nurse leaders: A grounded theory studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to explore the assertiveness process in Iranian nursing leaders. A qualitative design based on the grounded theory approach was used to collect and analyze the assertiveness experiences of 12 nurse managers working in four hospitals in Iran. Purposeful and theoretical sampling methods were employed for the data collection and selection of the participants, and semistructured interviews were held. During the data analysis, 17 categories emerged and these were categorized into three themes: "task generation", "assertiveness behavior", and "executive agents". From the participants' experiences, a...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Gholamhossein Mahmoudirad, Fazlollah Ahmadi, Zohreh Vanaki, Ebrahim Hajizadeh Source Type: journals

Norwegian and Swedish preceptors' views of their role before and after taking part in a group supervision programEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to explore how group supervision could influence the preceptors' views of their role and how they valued this participation. Forty-eight preceptors, who took part in a 1 year group supervision program conducted by nurse lecturers, filled in open-ended questionnaires before the first and after the last session. The data were analyzed by means of qualitative content analysis. The findings showed changes in the participants' views of the preceptor role, indicating that this group supervision model had a positive influence on the preceptors' pedagogical and professional thinking and supported their attainment ...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 30, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Agneta Danielsson, Christina Sundin-Andersson, Reidun Hov, Elsy Athlin Source Type: journals

Sociocultural factors influencing HIV/AIDS caregiving in Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The sociocultural factors that influence care and caregiving vary from place to place, with both beneficial and harmful effects on the health of the caregivers. Therefore, this article presents the cultural and social structural factors that influence care and caregiving from the perspectives of the family caregivers of people living with HIV/AIDS in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Using semistructured interviews and participant observation, a purposive sample of six key participants and 12 general participants were interviewed in their home between December 2005 and January 2006. Four important sociocultural factors that influence...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Fekadu Aga, Jari Kylmä, Merja Nikkonen Source Type: journals

Burnout and productivity among Iranian nursesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The concept of burnout describes a number of destructive aspects in the health-care system, especially in nursing. A descriptive study was carried out in order to investigate the relationship between burnout and productivity among 200 baccalaureate nurses working in educational hospitals in Tehran, Iran. Burnout and productivity questionnaires were employed and the data were analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that emotional exhaustion and depersonalization had significant negative correlations with productivity. Also, a significant positive correlation was found between personal ac...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Nahid Dehghan Nayeri, Reza Negarandeh, Mojtaba Vaismoradi, Fazlollah Ahmadi, Soghrat Faghihzadeh Source Type: journals

Parental participation and mismanagement: A qualitative study of child care in IranEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this study was to explore parents' and nurses' experiences of parental participation in child care in hospitals in Iran. Using thematic analysis, the data were collected through interviewing 14 parents and 11 nurses from two pediatric hospitals. The results showed that four major themes emerged, including the necessity of a parent's presence, the unplanned and informal delegation of care to the parents (which itself had five subthemes: the parents as nurses, the delegation of care without sufficient and planned parental training, informal parent-to-parent support, the continuum of parents' willingness to par...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 29, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Fereshteh Aein, Fatemeh Alhani, Eesa Mohammadi, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad Source Type: journals

Longitudinal study of a health education program for Japanese women in menopauseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this longitudinal intervention study, a 6 week health education program consisting of lectures and exercises was implemented for 39 Japanese menopausal women. The effects of the program were assessed by measuring their exercise participation, climacteric symptoms, and quality of life immediately before, 6 weeks after, and 1 year after the program. The Simplified Menopausal Index was used to assess the climacteric symptoms and the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health (SF-36) Survey was used to assess the quality of life. Significant improvements were observed in the subscale score for general health perceptio...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 25, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Masumi Ueda, Masako Matsuda, Kozue Okano, Hiromi Suenaga Source Type: journals

Emotional intelligence, reactions and thoughts: Part 2: A pilot studyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article, the second in a series of four, focuses on new mothers' perceptions of emotional intelligence, reactions and thoughts by means of a descriptive design. The study included 250 postnatal mothers (a response rate of 80%). The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The results show that, from a health promotion perspective, emotional intelligence might be an important component in relation to stress management and mental health. However, emotionally perceptive women seem to be affected by stress and depression to a greater extent. The relative strength of the associations between the sca...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Kristin Akerjordet, Elisabeth Severinsson Source Type: journals

Professional portfolios and Australian registered nurses' requirements for licensure: Developing an essential toolEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article examines the different types of portfolios that fall under the umbrella term, professional portfolio, and recommends that nurses explore the strategies that identify evidence of their continuing competence to practice for inclusion in such a document. (Source: Nursing and Health Sciences)
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Jane Mills Source Type: journals

Medication adherence and significant others' support of consumers with schizophrenia in AustraliaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Medication adherence is problematic in people with chronic illness. The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the effects of the perceived support from significant others on the oral antipsychotic medication taking of consumers with schizophrenia. A convenience sample of 81 consumers took part in the study. The consumers were recruited by case managers from the community in the western region of Melbourne and in regional and rural Victoria, Australia. No difference was found in self-reported medication adherence between the consumers with significant others' support and those without significant others' support....
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 24, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Terence V. McCann, Sai Lu Source Type: journals

Evaluation of the birthweight values of newborns presenting at the Mother–Child Health and Family Planning Center in Yenibosna, Istanbul, TurkeyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study was conducted to examine the effect of a number of variables related to the mother (age, educational level, employment status, cigarette smoking during pregnancy) and to the baby (sex and birth order) on newborns' birthweight. The research was carried out in the province of Istanbul, one of Turkey's large metropolises, at the Mother[ndash]Child Health and Family Planning Center in the district of Yenibosna, where 0[ndash]1 month old infants had been brought in for phenylketonuria screening and vaccinations. The mean age of the mothers was 26.1 ± 4.8 years and the mean birthweight of the newborns was 3236.7 ± 5...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 21, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Gülümser Dolgun, Saniye Cimen, Saadet Yazıcı, Sevim Savaşer Source Type: journals

Understanding nurses' psychosomatic complications that relate to the practice of nursingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to acquire an in-depth understanding of being a nurse in the Greek National Health System. Interpretive phenomenology was used and Van Manen's method of analysis was implemented. Conversational interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of nine nurses employed at the University Hospital of Ioannina in Greece. The findings produced three essential themes: a dissonance between the images and reality of nursing, emotional burnout, and psychosomatic entanglement. The dissonance between the idealization of nursing and the reality of nursing, along with the emotional crisis created by daily practice, cons...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 21, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Mary Gouva, Stefanos Mantzoukas, Eleni Mitona, Dimitrios Damigos Source Type: journals

Effects of providing a nutrition education program for teenagers: Dietary and physical activity patternsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study enhanced nutritional knowledge in an education program and encouraged healthy dietary habits and regular physical activity among teenagers. A total of 203 adolescents from a secondary school in Hong Kong took part in the study. Their Body Mass Index, dietary habits, and physical exercise pattern were recorded and examined before and after the health education program. The prevalence of overweight and obesity, together with the fat composition, were high among the participants before the nutrition education program. There was a marked gain in knowledge upon its completion. A follow-up action conducted 3 months la...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 21, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Mimi M. Y. Tse, Dorothy T. W. Yuen Source Type: journals

Nursing scholarship in Japan: Development, facilitators, and barriersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This qualitative study sought a contemporary view of the development, facilitators of, and barriers to nursing scholarship in Japan from the perspectives of the scholars. In-depth interviews were conducted with 13 scholars across Japan, which were digitally recorded, and the data were subjected to content analysis. Five themes emerged: a spirit of collectivism; a lack of nursing control; a lack of English ability; a high workload; and collaboration. The participants considered that culturally based consensus and communication behaviors, as well as the control and dominance by the medical profession, were hampering nursing ...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 21, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Sue Turale, Misae Ito, Kyoko Murakami, Fujiko Nakao Source Type: journals

Family experiences of home caring for patients with HIV/AIDs in rural Limpopo Province, South AfricaEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The increasing rate of patients with HIV/AIDS brings a burden to the already weakened health care delivery systems in Limpopo Province, South Africa. Hospitals alone cannot deal with the needs of AIDS patients effectively; the patients are discharged to be cared for at home. A qualitative study was conducted to explore and describe the experiences of the family members that are caring for patients with HIV/AIDS at home. Interviews were conducted with 12 participants who were purposively selected as the caregivers of patients suffering from AIDS at home. Ethical measures were adhered to for the protection of the participant...
Source: Nursing and Health Sciences - April 18, 2009 Category: Nursing Authors: Azwidihwi R. Tshililo, Mashudu Davhana-Maselesele Source Type: journals