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The study among dysphagia in acute psychiatric ward inpatients
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The rate of dysphagia and choking of psychiatric patients are 100 times in the general population. The etiological factors include disease, medicine and other factors. This study aims to understand the relationship ... -
Kenyan women living with HIV/AIDS: A mixed method study
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Kenya, among the 47 African countries south of the Sahara geographically referred to as Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the region worst affected by HIV/AIDS globally. Kenyan women are disproportionally affected by ... -
Working collaboratively to facilitate the acquisition of culturally relevant and competent communication skills in ESL nursing students for clinical practice
(2012-9-12)Purpose: This paper explores clinical communication interventions for undergraduate nursing students with English as a second language (ESL) within a multicampus program at the University of Western Sydney. Students are ... -
Decision-Making on Limb Amputation: The Patient's Point of View
(2012-9-12)Purpose: How patients make decisions about their future treatment has been sparsely study and with respect to limb amputation, a particularly difficult decision, not at all. The purpose of the study is to reach as deep ... -
Predictors of cigarette smoking behavior among military university students in Taiwan
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence and predictors of smoking behaviors among military university students in Taiwan. Methods: Using a cross-sectional design, 2,477 students were recruited ... -
An Empirical Study of Establishment of a Performance Management System and Its Effectiveness Evaluation
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Operational performance of health care institution has been become a crucial issue and concerned by top management of hospital in recent years due to the changeable and competitive environment. A performance ... -
Normative cultural values and the experiences of Mexican-American mothers in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Little is known about the experiences of Mexican-American mothers who have had an infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Therefore the purpose of this study was to gain a better understanding to guide ... -
Feasibility testing of a technology application at the point of care
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Delirium is under-recognized and not documented by nurses in over 85% of patients who are delirious. Nurses play a critical role in screening for delirium because they provide 24-hour care and see the patient in ... -
Social support as a mediator between depressive symptoms and quality of life in schizophrenia
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The past researches showed that the social supports impact on depressive symptoms and quality of life, but few unifying models delineate interrelationships of these variables.The first purpose of this study was ... -
Utilization of an alternative clinical learning environment for foundations of nursing II students in a baccalaureate nursing program
(2012-9-12)Nursing faculty are faced with many challenges. One of the issues involves trying to provide nursing students with in-patient clinical experiences. In particular, faculty members struggle with the issue of not getting ... -
Early Alzheimer's intervention: A holistic approach to care
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Early Alzheimer's disease intervention reveals that maintaining cognitive function can be supported and maintained for longer periods when a holistic approach of mind-body-spirit centered care for both care ... -
The significance of spirituality in the well elderly
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to investigate the concept of spirituality in the well elderly, their perceived ideas, needs and concerns. Research in this area had been in the neophyte stage as the emphasis had ... -
The effectiveness of telecare service on caregiver burden, mastery of stress, and family function among family caregivers of heart failure patients: Quasi-experimental study design
(2012-9-12)Purpose: To evaluate the effectiveness of nursing care based on the Telecare Service (TCS) on family caregiver's burden, mastery of stress, and family function among family caregivers of patients with heart failure. Methods: ... -
Global and local strategies to increase nursing educational capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa
(2012-9-12)There is a critical shortage of nurses in the developing world with an average of only 11 nurse per 10,000 population. Efforts to increase the number of nurses are hampered in part because of a lack of facility, material, ... -
Social network analysis as a method for nursing research
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Nursing research often relies on data obtained from individuals in an effort to understand human experiences of health and illness. These individual experiences do not occur in isolation; instead, they take place ... -
Overcoming the Tyranny of Distance: An Education Strategy to Assist Guideline Implementation
(2012-9-12)Queensland Health is responsible for the delivery of publicly funded health services within Queensland. Queensland is the second largest state in Australia covering 700,000 square miles (2/12; times the size of Texas, ... -
Faith-based views of barriers to recognition and treatment of depression
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Studies have shown that spirituality and religion are important to the treatment of depression among African Americans. Spirituality has also been shown to impact the beliefs of the causes of depression and coping ... -
Cultural pain relief measures during labour and childbirth and prophylactic taboos during the childbearing process: A case for Mozambican women living in Swaziland
(2012-9-12)Purpose: The study sought to describe the cultural-pain relief measures during labour and childbirth and prophylactic taboo practices for pain relief by Mozambican women living in Swaziland. Methods: An exploratory, ... -
The lifetime influence of families in the lives of women with cerebral palsy
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Drawing on data from a qualitative study of 8 adult women with CP, the purpose of this qualitative descriptive study was to examine their perceptions of ways their families and individual family members contributed ... -
Application of small group workshops and case report discussion for development in evidence-based practice education programs
(2012-9-12)Purpose: Nurses need the access to the literature to integrate evidence-based practice knowledge from the research they read with their professional experiences to achieve best practice for patient's healthcare. Evidence-based ...