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Citation: BMC Nursing 2015 14(Suppl 1):S10
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Investigating the experiences of older adults with osteoporosis focusing on the diagnostic journey and pathways to specialist care
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Access to effective healthcare: effective self-management support intervention for patients with a chronic condition and a low social economic status: a systematic review
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Access to healthcare services for people recovering from alcohol excess
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Network meetings – access to specialist knowledge and mediation of social support for patients with primary brain tumours and their families – a participatory action research project
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The construction of a subset of ICNP® for patients with dementia: a Delphi consensus and a group interview study
The International Classification for Nursing Practice (ICNP®) 2013 includes over 4000 concepts for global nursing diagnoses, outcomes and interventions and is a large and complex set of standardised nursing co...
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Swedish student nurses’ perception of peer learning as an educational model during clinical practice in a hospital setting—an evaluation study
Peer learning, a collaborative learning model has no tradition in clinical education for undergraduate student nurses in Sweden, and little is reported of the student experience. An increasing number of studen...
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British Columbia Healthy Connections Project process evaluation: a mixed methods protocol to describe the implementation and delivery of the Nurse-Family Partnership in Canada
The Nurse-Family Partnership is a home visitation program for first-time, socially and economically disadvantaged mothers. The effectiveness of this public health intervention has been well established in the ...
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Organizing workplace health literacy to reduce musculoskeletal pain and consequences
Despite numerous initiatives to improve the working environment for nursing aides, musculoskeletal disorders (pain) is still a considerable problem because of the prevalence, and pervasive consequences on the ...
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The health and health behaviours of Australian metropolitan nurses: an exploratory study
Nurses make up the largest component of the health workforce and provide the majority of patient care. Most health education is delivered by nurses, who also serve as healthy living and behavioural role models...
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Professional practice models for nurses in low-income countries: an integrative review
Attention is turning to nurses, who form the greatest proportion of health personnel worldwide, to play a greater role in delivering health services amidst a severe human resources for health crisis and overwh...
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The Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR): a useful theoretical framework for guiding and evaluating a guideline implementation process in a hospital-based nursing practice
Implementing clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) in healthcare settings is a complex intervention involving both independent and interdependent components. Although the Consolidated Framework for Implementation R...
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Validation of three pain scales among adult postoperative patients in Ghana
Pain assessment is an important component of pain management and health professionals require valid tools to assess pain to guide their pain management decisions. The study sought to select, develop, and valid...
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Perceptions of preceptorship in clinical practice after completion of a continuous professional development course- a qualitative study Part II
For health care professionals, clinical practice is a vital part of education, and in several countries, teaching is a regulated part of the role of nurses and health care staff. The added responsibility of ta...
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When care situations evoke difficult emotions in nursing staff members: an ethnographic study in two Norwegian nursing homes
Caring practice in nursing homes is a complex topic, especially the challenges of meeting the basic needs of residents when their behaviour evokes difficult emotions. Cognitive and physical changes related to ...
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Clinical supervision in primary health care; experiences of district nurses as clinical supervisors - a qualitative study
Learning in the clinical environment is an important part of nursing education. Several recent studies focusing on clinical learning have been based on hospital settings. Little is known about primary health c...
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Invisible no more: a scoping review of the health care aide workforce literature
Healthcare aides (HCAs) are the primary caregivers for vulnerable older persons. They have many titles and are largely unregulated, which contributes to their relative invisibility. The objective of this scopi...
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Mental health nurses’ support to caregivers of older adults with severe mental illness: a qualitative study
Literature has shown the serious impact of severe mental illness on the daily life of caregivers. We studied reported caregiver support practices by mental health nurses for use in the development of a nursing...
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The significance of information after discharge for colorectal cancer surgery–a qualitative study
The aim was to explore patients’ experiences of information and their information needs after discharge for colorectal cancer surgery.
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Registered nurses’ experiences of patient violence on acute care psychiatric inpatient units: an interpretive descriptive study
Nurses working in acute care psychiatry settings experience high rates of patient violence which influences outcomes for nurses and the organization. This qualitative study explored psychiatric nurses’ experie...
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Knowledge and practice of nurses towards prevention of pressure ulcer and associated factors in Gondar University Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Pressure ulcers are the common conditions among patients hospitalized in acute and chronic care facilities and impose significant burden on patients, their relatives and caregivers. Pressure ulcers have been d...
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The influences of nursing transformational leadership style on the quality of nurses’ working lives in Taiwan: a cross-sectional quantitative study
Taiwan’s NHI system is one of the most successful health care models for countries around the globe. However, little research has demonstrated the mental health issues associated with nursing transformational ...
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Developing a student-led health and wellbeing clinic in an underserved community: collaborative learning, health outcomes and cost savings
The University of New England (UNE), Australia decided to develop innovative placement opportunities for its increasing numbers of nursing students. Extensive community and stakeholder consultation determined ...
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Empowerment model for nurse leaders’ participation in health policy development: an east African perspective
Nurses comprise the largest portion of the health care workforce in most countries; they interact closely with patients and communities, they work throughout the day and within all sectors of health care. Thei...
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Learning transitions–a descriptive study of nurses’ experiences during advanced level nursing education
Building capacity in a changing health care system is a challenge for advanced nursing education programs. Master-level nursing education is increasingly becoming the required education level for specialist nu...
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Motivations of nursing students regarding their educational preparation for mental health nursing in Australia and the United Kingdom: a survey evaluation
There has been much debate by both academics and clinical agencies about the motivations and abilities of nurse graduates to work in mental health nursing. The aim of this study was to recruit student nurses f...
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Assessing the impact of academic-practice partnerships on nursing staff
The ‘spillover effect’ of academic-practice partnerships on hospital nursing staff has received limited attention. In 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) created the VA Nursing Academy (VANA) to fund...
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Career development expectations and challenges of midwives in Urban Tanzania: a preliminary study
Approaches to addressing the shortage of midwives are a great need especially in Sub-Saharan Africa including Tanzania. The midwifery shortage in Tanzania consists of two major causes; the first is the shortag...
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Obesity prevention in early life: an opportunity to better support the role of Maternal and Child Health Nurses in Australia
Because parents with young children access primary health care services frequently, a key opportunity arises for Maternal and Child Health (MCH) nurses to actively work with families to support healthy infant ...
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The role of a clinical nurse consultant in an Australian Health District: a quantitative survey
This study replicates previous research undertaken in 2013 that explored the role of the Clinical Nurse Consultant in a metropolitan health district in Sydney, Australia.
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Teaching science content in nursing programs in Australia: a cross-sectional survey of academics
Professional nursing practice is informed by biological, social and behavioural sciences. In undergraduate pre-registration nursing programs, biological sciences typically include anatomy, physiology, microbio...
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I am only a nurse: a biographical narrative study of a nurse’s self-understanding and its implication for practice
The personal is a vital part of professional nursing practice. From a psycho-social perspective, nurses produce and reproduce conceptions of the Self through experience. A literature search on nurses’ self-und...
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Students’ understanding of “Women-Centred Care Philosophy” in midwifery care through Continuity of Care (CoC) learning model: a quasi-experimental study
The philosophy of midwifery education is based on the ‘Women-centred care’ model, which provides holistic care to women. Continuity of care (CoC) is integral to the concept of holistic women-centred care and f...
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Health promotion in schools: a multi-method evaluation of an Australian School Youth Health Nurse Program
Health promotion provides a key opportunity to empower young people to make informed choices regarding key health-related behaviours such as tobacco and alcohol use, sexual practices, dietary choices and physi...
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An educational programme for nursing college staff and students during a MERS- coronavirus outbreak in Saudi Arabia
The Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus is a serious and emerging issue in Saudi Arabia and the world. A response was required to reduce possible disease transmission between the hospital and unive...
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Recognizing acute delirium as part of your routine [RADAR]: a validation study
Although detection of delirium using the current tools is excellent in research settings, in routine clinical practice, this is not the case. Together with nursing staff, we developed a screening tool (RADAR) ...
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Effectiveness of multifaceted and tailored strategies to implement a fall-prevention guideline into acute care nursing practice: a before-and-after, mixed-method study using a participatory action research approach
Research- and/or evidence-based knowledge are not routinely adopted in healthcare and nursing practice. It is also unclear which implementation strategies are effective in nursing practice and what expenditure...
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Experiences of undergoing cardiac surgery among older people diagnosed with postoperative delirium: one year follow-up
Cardiovascular disease is common among old people and many undergo cardiac surgery. Scientific knowledge is available on cardiac surgery from several perspectives. However, we found few studies focusing on old...
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Registered nurses’ descriptions of caring: a phenomenographic interview study
Nursing has come a long way since the days of Florence Nightingale and even though no consensus exists it would seem reasonable to assume that caring still remains the inner core, the essence of nursing. In th...
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The mental health of nurses in acute teaching hospital settings: a cross-sectional survey
Nursing is an emotionally demanding profession and deficiencies in nurses’ mental wellbeing, characterised by low vitality and common mental disorders, have been linked to low productivity, absenteeism and pre...
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Passive ankle movement increases cerebral blood oxygenation in the elderly: an experimental study
Ankle exercise has been proven to be an effective intervention to increase venous velocity. However, the efficacy of ankle exercise for improving cerebral circulation has not been determined. We hypothesized t...
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A Delphi survey of leadership attributes necessary for national nurse leaders’ participation in health policy development: an East African perspective
Nurses’ involvement in health policy development ensures that health services are: safe, effective, available and inexpensive. Nursing history reveals several legendary nurse leaders who have influenced policy...
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Long-term home visiting with vulnerable young mothers: an interpretive description of the impact on public health nurses
The Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) is a targeted, nurse home visitation program for young, low-income, first-time mothers. While the effectiveness of the NFP has been established in the United States, and is c...
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The Tele.TAnDem intervention: study protocol for a psychotherapeutic intervention for family caregivers of people with dementia
Family caregivers are confronted with high demands creating a need for professional support and at the same time hindering its utilization. Telephone support allows easier access than face-to-face support beca...
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A tool to support meaningful person-centred activity for clients with dementia – a Delphi study
This paper reports on a study to validate the concept of the ‘Activity Support Tool’ that aimed to assist dementia service workers to identify and act upon the support needs of people with dementia living alon...
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High prevalence of workplace violence among nurses working at public health facilities in Southern Ethiopia
The rising rate of workplace violence in health care facilities has become a major problem for health care providers including nurses. However, evidences are lacking in Ethiopia particularly in the study area....
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Nurses’ self-reported time estimation of anticoagulation therapy: a survey of warfarin management in long-term care
A nursing shortage in the United States has resulted in increased workloads, potentially affecting the quality of care. This situation is particularly concerning in long-term care (LTC) facilities, where resid...
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BMC Nursing reviewer acknowledgement 2014
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Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and behaviour intentions for three bowel management practices in intensive care: effects of a targeted protocol implementation for nursing and medical staff
Bowel management protocols have the potential to minimize complications for critically ill patients. Targeted implementation can increase the uptake of protocols by clinicians into practice. The theory of plan...
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Efficiency of an intensive educational program for informal caregivers of hospitalized, dependent patients: cluster randomized trial
Educational initiatives for informal caregivers have proved efficient at reducing some of their symptoms, consequence of their involvement in care giving. However, more progress must be made in terms of the de...
Citation: BMC Nursing 2015 14:5
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