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Essential skills for evidence-based practice: Appraising qualitative research
(Mahidol University, Thailand, 2014-04)Research from qualitative traditions is often ignored as a resource for evidence-based practice. Findings from qualitative research, however, are of particular benefit to generalist nurses. Human responses to health concerns ... -
Essential skills for evidence-based practice: Evidence access tools
(Mahidol University, Thailand, 2009-09)In an efficient search for evidence to address clinical questions, clinicians consult trustworthy collections of critically evaluated evidence when those resources exist. The “5S” hierarchy organizes these resources in ... -
Essential skills for evidence-based practice: How to ask a clinical question
(Mahidol University, Thailand, 2009-01)Nurses who wish to apply evidence to practice must be able to ask questions about clinical problems in a format that allows those questions to be answered with evidence. This article contains a discussion of the nature of ... -
Essential skills for evidence-based practice: Statistics for therapy questions
(Mahidol University, Thailand, 2010-01)Evidence to support the effectiveness of therapies commonly compares the outcomes between a group of individuals who received the therapy and a group of individuals who did not. Nurses must be able to interpret the statistics ... -
Essential skills for evidence-based practice: Strength of evidence
(Mahidol University, Thailand, 2009-05)The strength of the evidence to answer any clinical question depends on the quantity and quality of the evidence and the consistency of findings across studies. The nature of the clinical question determines what study ... -
Essential skills for evidence-based practice: Understanding and using systematic reviews
(Mahidol University, Thailand, 2010-10)Systematic reviews are comprehensive reviews of quantitative research literature conducted according to explicit guidelines established in advance. The strengths of systematic reviews as sources of evidence for practice ... -
Factors associated with psychotropic drug use among community-dwelling older persons: A review of empirical studies
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2004-08-13)In the many descriptive studies on prescribed psychotropic drug use by community-dwelling older persons, several sociodemographic and other factors associated with drug use receive inconsistent support. -
The factors facilitating and inhibiting effective clinical decision-making in nursing: A qualitative study
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2004-04-06)Nurses' practice takes place in a context of ongoing advances in research and technology. The dynamic and uncertain nature of health care environment requires nurses to be competent decision-makers in order to respond to ... -
Factors that lead Generation Y nurses to consider or reject nurse leader roles
(Elsevier, 2015-06-10)This study examined factors that lead Generation Y nurses to consider or reject nursing leadership roles. -
The family impact of childhood atopic dermatitis: Scoping review
(Elsevier, 2018)Atopic dermatitis is a chronic, pruritic inflammatory skin disease occurring most frequently among children... The adverse consequences of atopic dermatitis on children have been well-documented... Previous studies indicate ... -
Feasibility of using quadriceps-strengthening exercise to improve pain and sleep in a severely demented elder with osteoarthritis – A case report
(BioMed Central Ltd, 2002-10-02)Background. Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee, which is prevalent among older adults in nursing homes, causes significant pain and suffering, including disturbance of nocturnal sleep. One nonpharmacologic treatment option ... -
Fostering a supportive moral climate for health care providers: Toward cultural safety and equity
(Elsevier, 2015-04-22)In Western forms of health care delivery around the globe, research tells us that nurses experience excessive workloads as they face increasingly complex needs in the populations they serve, professional conflicts, and ... -
The Future of Nursing 2020–2030: Charting a path to achieve health equity
(Elsevier, 2022-11)The National Academy of Medicine’s long-anticipated report, The Future of Nursing 2020 2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity, offers an aspirational vision: the achievement of health equity in the United ... -
Gen Z nursing students' usage, perception and satisfaction with Facebook for educational purposes: Tool for learning or distraction
(Association of Indonesian Nurses Education Center (AINEC), 2019-06)Introduction: Gen Z has started to enter the portals of nursing classrooms. They are technology and socially-savvy consumers who grew up in the world of internet and smartphones. However, little is known about this generation, ... -
Giving while grieving: Racism-related stress and psychological resilience in Black/African American registered nurses
(Elsevier, 2021-06-25)Background: Studies have found race-related stress psychologically and physiologically harms members of stigmatized racial groups. However, the stressor is racism, not race. Purpose: This study examined the relationship ... -
Guidance needs of nursing students in Iloilo City, Philippines
(PEERS Inc. Multidisciplinary Research Journal, 2017)Nursing students face numerous stresses and challenges that pose a threat to their well-being. They require guidance to attain satisfactory adjustment in all aspects of daily life in this critical stage of their development. ... -
Health systems and health equity: Advancing the agenda
(Elsevier, 2022-11)Despite a compelling body of evidence and decades of policy recommendations, deep inequities in health persist with historically marginalized groups. Operationalizing strategies to achieve equity in health and health care ... -
How to leverage innovation models to achieve health equity: Build. Measure. Share.
(Elsevier, 2022-11)The Future of Nursing 2020 to 2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (2021) highlights inequality throughout healthcare. People of color exhibit lower life expectancy levels than their White counterparts. LGTBQ ... -
How to plan and perform a qualitative study using content analysis
(Elsevier, 2016)This paper describes the research process–from planning to presentation, with the emphasis on credibility throughout the whole process–when the methodology of qualitative content analysis is chosen in a qualitative study. ... -
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on APRN practice: Results from a national survey
(Elsevier, 2021-05-11)Background: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) practice is not well known. Purpose: This study aimed to describe state practice barriers and explore the effects of the COVID-19 ...