Browsing by Author Affiliations "Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan"
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The application of reference group theory in Chinese adolescent smoking
(2017-09-26)In Taiwan, smoking prevalence rate has substantial declined in adults but not in adolescents. Reference group theory, modified Q methodology and cart sorting were adapted to this study design so as to explore the main ... -
Auricular acupressure in enhancing the effectiveness of the nurses quality of sleep
(2015-01-15)Session presented on Saturday, September 27, 2014: Promotion of auricular acupressure as an alternative therapy refer to improve sleep quality, and helth, further more to increase the working efficiency of nursing staffs. -
Clinical nutrition nursing guideline for critical patients with ventilator
(2015-01-15)Session presented on Friday, September 26, 2014: The rate of successful weaning ventilator is strongly related to the nutritional status of patients. It is necessary to establish the clinical nutrition nursing guideline ... -
Development of elder neglect risk screening instrument for homecare nurses
As the elderly population continues to rise, care burden is inevitably increased, the elder mistreatment events continue to be exposed. Elder neglect is the most common type of these mistreatments. Development Elder Neglect ... -
Effectiveness of nurse case management compared with usual care in cancer patients at a single medical center in Taiwan: A quasi-experimental study
(2015-01-15)Session presented on Friday, September 26, 2014: In order to improve treatment and care quality for cancer patients, nurse case management model has applied generally in the clinical practice. However there were only few ... -
Effectiveness of yoga for low back pain and healthy quality of life among nurses
The yoga exercise can reduce low back pain severity and improve healthy quality of life. Further larger randomized controlled trials are needed to confirm these findings and to assess long-term effectiveness. -
The effects of respiratory muscle training on the respiratory function, and weaning among ventilator-dependent patients
Our study is a pilot of RCT's study. Respiratory muscle training (abdominal muscle training) was the intervention from 9AM to 9PM/28 days. A total number of 24 patients were included. Patient can improve the inspiratory ... -
Establish a standard care to improve the quality of care for left ventricular assist devices
Left ventricular assist devices have become more common as elective and play an increasingly important role in clinical. Caregivers need to be able to provide continuous and comprehensive care. We try to establish a standard ... -
Establish clinical care guidelines for primary malignant brain tumor in adults and clinical efficacy
In the face of the psychological changes and complicated medical measures for the short-term changes of malignant brain tumors in adult patients and their families, clinical nurses need to establish an effective care ... -
Evidence-based application of yoga for improving menopausal symptoms
Menopause-related symptoms often result in considerable distress to women's lives. Yoga is widely employed as a complementary method to manage menopause-related symptoms whereas its effects still need to be determined. -
Exploring posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and quality of life in post ICU stay patients
This study report PTSD, depression and QOL at 3-5 days, 1 month, 3 months and 6 months in post ICU stay patients in Taiwan. That provide an important information that patients' physiology and psychology are not recovery ... -
IA thrombectomy nursing care for acute ischemic stroke in Taiwan
How to reduce the neurological impairment of acute ischemic stroke cases and improve the prognosis of neurological function to reduce the burden on families, society and the country is indeed a very important issue in ... -
Nurses' decision-making process in cases of physical restraint in intensive care units
(2018-06-14)The purpose of this study was to explore factors influencing the concept, attitude and decision-making process of the nursing staffs when applying physical restriants. Moreover, analyzing the conflicts between the influencing ... -
A project for reducing the incidence of pressure injuries in a general ward
A project by providing in-service education with experience curriculum, hosting a rewards program competition, and establishing the risk factors - precautions checklist successfully improved the implementation rate of ... -
Relationship among quality of life and using complementary alternative medicine in females with liver diseases
The purpose of this study is to explore the situations of female patients with liver diseases used alternative medicine (CAM) and investigate the relationship among demographic characteristics, disease treatment characteristics, ... -
Relationships of working efficiency with interpersonal relationship and happiness in operating room nurses
The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships of working efficiency with interpersonal relationship and happiness in operating room nurses. The study provided an important reference for improving working ... -
To develop an incontinence-associated dermatitis care teaching program for nursing post-graduate staff
1.To develop an incontinence-associated dermatitis care teaching program including teaching video for learning, simulated incontinence-associated dermatitis situation for practice. 2.To evaluate this outcome by using OSCE test. -
Using a bundle care to reduce the infection rate of multi-drug resistant microorganisms
A number of multi drug resistant microorganisms (MDR) are gradually increasing in the world. The aim of this program is to apply a bundle care to reduce the infection rate of MDR in one cardiovascular surgery intensive ... -
Using the concept of casing pricing to improve the accuracy for charging chemotherapy fees
Our group make "Charging chemotherapy treatment fees jingle" to deepen the memory of nursing staffs. Then redesign the sheet of "new form for chemotherapy treatment fee" to separate the chemotherapy and target therapy from ...