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This section concerns all aspects of health services research, focusing on nursing and interdisciplinary practice. Topics include, but are not limited to: health care delivery, quality of care, health outcomes for individuals/families/communities, policy impact on practice, professional development, inter-professional competences, and workforce issues.
Research article
Cultural diversity often leads to misunderstandings, clashes, conflicts, ethnocentrism, discrimination, and stereotyping due to the frequent intersection of many variables, such as differences in traditions, b...
BMC Nursing 2017 16:47
Published on: 15 August 2017
Research article
Eating disorders are psychiatric illnesses with potentially life-threatening consequences. Inpatient treatment is typically required for the most severely ill patients, who are often emaciated or significantly...
BMC Nursing 2017 16:40
Published on: 20 July 2017
Research article
The workplace is an essential source of social capital for many people; it provides mutual support and gives meaning to life. However, few prospective studies have thoroughly investigated the importance of asp...
BMC Nursing 2017 16:38
Published on: 14 July 2017
Research article
Successful models of nursing and midwifery in the community delivering healthcare throughout the lifespan and across a health and illness continuum are limited, yet necessary to guide global health services. P...
BMC Nursing 2017 16:35
Published on: 29 June 2017
Study protocol
Effective teamwork and sufficient communication are critical components essential to patient safety in today’s specialized and complex healthcare services. Team training is important for an improved efficiency...
BMC Nursing 2017 16:34
Published on: 29 June 2017
Research article
Immunisation coverage rates vary considerably at the local level across New Zealand and challenges remain with effectively translating best available research evidence into public health practice. This study a...
BMC Nursing 2017 16:31
Published on: 12 June 2017
Research article
Twenty-four hour nursing care involves shift work including 12-h shifts. England is unusual in deploying a mix of shift patterns. International evidence on the effects of such shifts is growing. A secondary an...
BMC Nursing 2017 16:26
Published on: 25 May 2017
Research article
In Japan, the revision of the fee schedules in 2006 introduced a new category of general care ward for more advanced care, with a higher staffing standard, a patient-to-nurse ratio of 7:1. Previous studies hav...
BMC Nursing 2017 16:25
Published on: 23 May 2017
Research article
The majority of residents in care homes in the United Kingdom are living with dementia or significant memory problems. Caring in this setting can be difficult and stressful for care staff who work long hours, ...
BMC Nursing 2017 16:22
Published on: 8 May 2017
Debate
The rapid growth in the use of mobile technology in Australia has outpaced its governance, especially in healthcare settings. Whilst some Australian professional bodies and organisations have developed standar...
BMC Nursing 2017 16:17
Published on: 19 April 2017
Research article
Practice nurses (PNs) deliver much of the chronic disease management in primary care and have been highlighted as appropriately placed within the service to manage patients with long-term physical conditions (...
BMC Nursing 2016 15:71
Published on: 7 December 2016
Research article
The local municipality, whose management style is largely inspired by the New Public Management (NPM) model, has administrative responsibilities for primary health care in Norway. Those responsible for health ...
BMC Nursing 2016 15:66
Published on: 24 November 2016
Research article
This study is part of a larger project called ViSam and includes testing of a decision support system developed and adapted for older people on the basis of M (R) ETTS (Rapid Emergency Triage and Treatment Sys...
BMC Nursing 2016 15:63
Published on: 8 November 2016
Research article
Patients in surgical care have reported a fear of being discharged prior to sufficient recovery and a lack of control of their situation. Establishing the patient-nurse relationship is essential in the context...
BMC Nursing 2016 15:47
Published on: 3 August 2016
Research article
Evidence internationally suggests that staffing constraints and non-supportive work environments result in the rationing of nursing interventions (that is, limiting or omitting interventions for particular pat...
BMC Nursing 2016 15:46
Published on: 2 August 2016
Research article
While the relationship between nurses’ job satisfaction and their work in hospital environments is well known, it remains unclear, which factors are most influential in the nursing home setting. The purpose of...
BMC Nursing 2016 15:37
Published on: 6 June 2016
Research article
Collegial workplace support has been linked to higher registered nurse (RN) retention in various clinical settings. In Japan, homecare agencies experience high RN turnover. The purpose of this study was to dev...
BMC Nursing 2016 15:35
Published on: 2 June 2016
Research article
The aim of this study was to explore how patients with chronic inflammatory polyarthritis described coping with their disease after a nurse-led patient education program and compare these experiences to patients ...
BMC Nursing 2016 15:28
Published on: 4 May 2016
Research article
Although untreated pain has a negative impact on quality of life and health outcomes, research has shown that older people do not always have access to adequate pain care. Practice nurse-led, comprehensive ger...
BMC Nursing 2016 15:26
Published on: 23 April 2016
Research article
Individualized care is a cornerstone of patient-centered nursing care. To foster individualized care, influencing factors should be known. The aim of this study was to identify the individual and organizationa...
BMC Nursing 2016 15:14
Published on: 1 March 2016
