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Featured article: Cross-sectional examination of the association between shift length and hospital nurses job satisfaction and nurse reported quality measures

Shifts of 12 hours and longer are associated with poor ratings of quality of care and higher rates of care left undone; are shorter shift patterns better for the patient AND the nurse?

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Assessment of nurses interventions in the Management of Clinical Alarms in the critical care unit, Kenyatta National Hospital, a cross sectional study

Lucy W. Meng’anyi, Lilian A. Omondi and Margaret N. Muiva

Published on: 25 July 2017
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“Do you see what I mean?” staff collaboration in eating disorder units during mealtimes

Trine Wiig Hage, Øyvind Rø and Anne Moen

Published on: 20 July 2017
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Significance of quality of care for quality of life in persons with dementia at risk of nursing home admission: a cross-sectional study

Christina Bökberg, Gerd Ahlström and Staffan Karlsson

Published on: 14 July 2017
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Importance of social capital at the workplace for return to work among women with a history of long-term sick leave: a cohort study

Ingela Rydström, Lotta Dalheim Englund, Lotta Dellve and Linda Ahlstrom

Published on: 14 July 2017
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Aspects of family caregiving as addressed in planned discussions between nurses, patients with chronic diseases and family caregivers: a qualitative content analysis

E. I. Hagedoorn, W. Paans, T. Jaarsma, J. C. Keers, C. van der Schans and M. Louise Luttik

Published on: 11 July 2017

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A qualitative study of nursing student experiences of clinical practice

Farkhondeh Sharif and Sara Masoumi

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A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a single session of nurse administered massage for short term relief of chronic non-malignant pain

Kate Seers, Nicola Crichton, June Martin, Katrina Coulson and Dawn Carroll

Published on: 4 July 2008
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Factors influencing nurses' compliance with Standard Precautions in order to avoid occupational exposure to microorganisms: A focus group study

Georgios Efstathiou, Evridiki Papastavrou, Vasilios Raftopoulos and Anastasios Merkouris

Published on: 21 January 2011
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Managing change in the nursing handover from traditional to bedside handover – a case study from Mauritius

Hemant K Kassean and Zaheda B Jagoo

Published on: 28 January 2005
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Patient advocacy: barriers and facilitators

Reza Negarandeh, Fatemeh Oskouie, Fazlollah Ahmadi, Mansoure Nikravesh and Ingalill Rahm Hallberg

Published on: 1 March 2006

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Anto De Pol, Universita di Modena e Reggio
Bridget Johnston, University of Glasgow
Adelais Markaki, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Pammla Petrucka, University of Saskatchewan and Nelson Mandela African Institute of Science and Technology
Lesley Wilkes, University of Western Sydney

Bridget Johnston, Section Editor

Bridget’s research has centered on self-care and advanced cancer, telehealth and palliative care symptom management in palliative care and laterally developing and testing interventions related to dignity and end of life care. She has a keen interest in her current role in supporting nurses to integrate and implement evidenced base practice and building clinical academic careers. Bridget supports a number of PhD students doing palliative care studies.

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Featured article: Cross-sectional examination of the association between shift length and hospital nurses job satisfaction and nurse reported quality measures

We are recruiting new Editorial Board members

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Assessment of nurses interventions in the Management of Clinical Alarms in the critical care unit, Kenyatta National Hospital, a cross sectional study

“Do you see what I mean?” staff collaboration in eating disorder units during mealtimes

Significance of quality of care for quality of life in persons with dementia at risk of nursing home admission: a cross-sectional study

Importance of social capital at the workplace for return to work among women with a history of long-term sick leave: a cohort study

Aspects of family caregiving as addressed in planned discussions between nurses, patients with chronic diseases and family caregivers: a qualitative content analysis

A qualitative study of nursing student experiences of clinical practice

A randomised controlled trial to assess the effectiveness of a single session of nurse administered massage for short term relief of chronic non-malignant pain

Factors influencing nurses' compliance with Standard Precautions in order to avoid occupational exposure to microorganisms: A focus group study

Managing change in the nursing handover from traditional to bedside handover – a case study from Mauritius

Patient advocacy: barriers and facilitators

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Bridget Johnston, Section Editor

BMC Series blog

Sugar-sweetened drinks and your metabolism

Accelerating ethics review during disease outbreaks: what we can learn from West Africa’s Ebola Outbreak

A taxonomic revolution? A Q&A with Sandy Knapp on the impact of e-publications

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