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Person-centred caring towards improvement of diabetic foot care compliance in rural primary health care, KwaZulu-Natal
This study aims to identify how registered nurses could achieve person-centred caring to improve diabetic foot care compliance in the rural primary healthcare context in KwaZulu-Natal. The objectives were to:
- Determine ...
Patient decision-making regarding life-sustaining treatment for end-stage renal disease
Despite growing involvement of patients in treatment decisions for serious illness, little is yet known about the actual process that they use to make such choices. Most decision research has relied on hypothetical decision ...
Nurses' spiritual care practices: Assessment type, frequency, and correlates
This descriptive, correlational study described the type, frequency, and correlates of nurses' spiritual care practices (quantitative) and their experiences with the sacred at work (qualitative). A convenience sample of ...
The influence of selected societal, institutional, and individual characteristics on nurses' and physicians' pain management knowledge
Most pain can be relieved safely and effectively, yet undertreatment of acute and cancer pain persists. This gap between knowledge and practice is due, in part, to clinicians' lack of pain management knowledge, the absence ...
Examining the effects of a rater training program on interrater reliability with the Lasater Clinical Judgment Rubric
There is high demand for competent graduate nurses as they begin working in healthcare. However, the transition from classroom to professional practice can be difficult. Students and newly licensed entry-level practitioners ...
Construction of caring: A study of nurses in a children's hospital
The purpose of any health care organization is to provide health care. The very existence of the word care in phrases such as health care, nursing care, patient care, and medical care demonstrate ...
The lived experience of giving spiritual care
Health care researchers have suggested a correlation between better mental and physical health and a person's spirituality or religious practices (Koenig, 2002). Indeed, using spiritual and religious resources gives patients ...
Nurse perception of technology integration
With the increase in technological advancements integrated into hospitals, physician offices, and nursing programs, there is concern regarding the imposition on the clinical foundation of nursing as a human improvement ...
Level 2 and level 3 patients in a 5-level triage system: Factors related to acuity assignment and trajectory of the emergency department experience
Clinical decision making in the emergency department (ED) can have a significant impact on patient safety and health care outcomes. One type of clinical decision making is the process of emergency department triage. Within ...
Vigilance experiences: Cancer patients, families, and nurses
Cancer disease, treatment, and errors in health care put patients at increased risk for poor outcomes. To improve outcomes and protect patients, researchers recommend increased vigilance; yet, research on vigilance in ...