Automated patient classification systems (PCS) are widely used throughout the United States. Their intended purpose is to generate information to be used in decision making by and for nurses and nursing services. Expenditures ...

The negative impact of medical errors on patient safety poses a major problem for health care providers. Since physicians, nurses, and unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) each provide a portion of patient care, coordination ...

This qualitative study was successful in utilization of grounded theory methodology to ascertain nurses’ decision-making processes following their awareness of having made a medical error, as well as how and/or if they ...

Background: Lesbians are a vulnerable population that has experienced discrimination in health care. Evidence-based strategies for supporting lesbian self-disclosure of sexual orientation have been developed for primary ...

The purpose of this pilot study was to examine the effectiveness of a collaborative case management (CCM) model on an end stage renal disease (ESRD) patient population. The study attempted to confront some of the conceptual ...

The objective of this study was to test the premise that virtual reality, as a developmentally appropriate distraction intervention, mitigates chemotherapy related symptom distress in older children with cancer aged ...

The term empathy has long been of interest in nursing, since empathy is one way in which nurses move from generalized knowledge to particular knowledge of another. Empathy enables the nurse to comprehend the situation of ...

Workplace mistreatment (bullying, horizontal violence, and incivility) has been shown to impact nurses’ work satisfaction, job turnover, and physical and mental health. However, there are limited studies that examine its ...

Much has been written about the importance of decision-making in nursing ethics, but few research studies have been completed which examine nurses' ethical decision-making. In order to address this absence of research, two ...

The purpose of this descriptive, cross-sectional study was to examine burnout in direct care personnel in an Intermediate Care Facility for the Mentally Retarded (ICF/MR). Burnout exacts high personal costs from direct ...