Long-term postpartum health problems in Turkish women: prevalence and associations with self-rated health.

abstract：AIM:To assess the feasibility and the effects of a multi-component education toolkit that used the Aged Care Funding Instrument behaviour (ACFI-BEH) scores to trigger care planning for older people experiencing behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD). METHOD:Forty-six older people and 209 staff and m...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Jeon YH,Govett J,Low LF,Chenoweth L,McNeill G,Hoolahan A,Brodaty H,O'Connor D

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many nurses are burned out, exhausted and have a high intent to leave their jobs. These factors, when experienced over a period of time, are consistent with the development of mental illness. This study takes a collective autoethnographical approach to mental illness in the nursing workplace by focusing on the stories...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Kidd JD,Finlayson MP

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The present study aims to identify nursing students' attitudes toward older people. METHODS:This descriptive study was conducted with 166 nursing department students enrolled in a four-year undergraduate programme in a university located in Eastern Turkey. The participants were chosen using convenience samp...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Bakan AB,Arli SK,Varol E

更新日期：2018-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Skype technology was implemented by the Australian Maternal Early Childhood Sustained Home-visiting (MECSH) Support Service as a tool for the remote provision of clinical supervision for clinicians working in the MECSH program in Seoul, South Korea. OBJECTIVES:To gain a better understanding of the processes...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Bruce T,Byrne F,Kemp L

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Valid and reliable methods to measure nurses' well-being at work are needed. Well-being at work refers to a positive viewpoint and experience in a work context. AIM:The aim of this study is to test the psychometric properties of nurses' well-being at work-scale (NWB-scale). METHOD:The NWB-scale was tested ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Päätalo K,Kyngäs H

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health professionals in health-care organisations are frequently challenged to strategise their services, reshape patterns of care delivery and to adapt to changing environments. Relocation of services into new hospital buildings is one example of a situation that generates these challenges. In this paper the authors ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Moss C,Walsh K,Mitchell J

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transition process from student to Registered Nurse has been recognised as an important yet challenging time for newly graduated nurses. Knowledge about this experience from the nurse's perspective, particularly in a rural setting, is limited. This paper reports the findings of a qualitative study of the experienc...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Ostini F,Bonner A

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suboptimal management of pain in emergency departments (EDs) remains a problem, despite having been first described over two decades ago. A 'before-and-after' intervention study (with a historical control) was undertaken in one Western Australian tertiary hospital ED to test the effect of a 'nurse-initiated pain proto...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Finn JC,Rae A,Gibson N,Swift R,Watters T,Jacobs IG

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Mentoring has been embraced in nursing as a way of socialising new nurses into the profession, growing and developing nursing talent, and more recently as a way to retain experienced nurses with the current nursing shortage. Much of the extant literature focusses on the benefits of mentoring, differences betw...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Green J,Jackson D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Whilst the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in acute care services has been well documented, less is known about the impact of computerising community-based primary care such as child and family health nursing services. This self-complete survey of 606 nurses working in the Victorian Maternal and ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Ridgway L,Mitchell C,Sheean F

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This exploratory study conducted in 1996 described the profiles, roles and preparation of twelve South Australian registered nurses in relation to their provision of education programs for nurses from South East Asia. The research showed respondents were well qualified and highly experienced educators whose roles were...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Cecchin M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interprofessional practice is a way of practicing that is based on collaboration. We cannot assume that health professionals have either the skills or attributes required for interprofessional practice. They may need to learn how to collaborate. Developing interprofessional practice requires a commitment to engage in ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： McCallin A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study examined the role of social support and other factors in relation to exercise and diet self-efficacy in Chinese patients with coronary heart disease in Hong Kong. METHODS:A cross-sectional study was conducted on a convenience sample identified from two cardiac rehabilitation centers. Eighty-five ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Chair SY,Wong KB,Tang JY,Wang Q,Cheng HY

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract Nursing students undertake clinical placements in a wide range of clinical areas as part of their preparation for professional practice, offering students the opportunity to learn about the clinical context and the work that nurses do. This descriptive study explores the implicit learnings that occur for stud...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Merritt A Rn Bn,Boogaerts M Rn

更新日期：2013-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Women have approximately a one in four chance of experiencing intimate partner violence (IPV). Those who do are at increased risk of developing physical and mental health problems including traumatic brain injury, chronic pain, gastrointestinal disorders, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and substance-relat...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Wong J,Mellor D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The young people of today are the greatest investment we as adults have in our future. The care and nurturing we afford the adolescent is just as important as that which we afford to children or the elderly. Although most adolescents have a preoccupation with their bodies, they do not always engage in activities that ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Nicol MJ,Manoharan H,Marfell-Jones MJ,Meha-Hoerara K,Milne R,O'Connell M,Olliver J,Teekman B

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although contemporary nursing literature urges clinicians to embrace the principles of evidence-based practice and utilise research to guide professional activity, this challenge has frequently gone unheeded by mental health nurses. Indeed the reality of merging research and practice is a complex process impeded by si...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： McCloughen Andrea

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment of dehydration in older adults admitted from residential care to an acute hospital setting may lead to haemodynamic stability. There is however an increased risk for short or long term alterations in physiological, cognitive and psychological status and ultimately, decreased quality of life. Such acute c...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Wotton K,Crannitch K,Munt R

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe and interpret the phenomenon of communication as lived by Lebanese cancer patients. Phenomenology based on the Utrecht School was chosen as an interpretive descriptive methodology to guide the processes of data collection, analysis and synthesis. In-depth semi structured inter...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Doumit MA,Abu-Saad HH

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent debate has centred around a perceived discrepancy between employment skills required and skills acquired of doctorally prepared employees. There is a perception there might be a substantial shortfall between both current and future skill requirements. While much research has been undertaken into employer requir...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Borbasi S,Emden C

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a multimedia technology project in midwifery education and how it is being developed to improve student learning experiences and outcomes. The role of the university providing quality education relevant to today's world and professional practice is emphasised. A collaborative (Royal Melbourne Inst...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Lyons J,Miller M,Milton J

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Australian nurses sit amidst a treasure-trove of developing knowledge, and yet are dragging their feet when it comes to nursing research. Barriers or 'perceived' barriers to the development of nursing research in this country are explored. These include ideological concerns, economic constraints, and infrastructural f...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Saarinen J

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical travel policies are instituted in all rural and remote areas of Canada as a means of providing universal health care services to residents. These policies are framed, developed and implemented from a colonial perspective and require re-examination through a more inclusive and collaborative postcolonial lens. T...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Moffitt PM,Vollman AR

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Australia, there is a paucity of published studies which investigate the role of health assessment in nursing practice. The purpose of the following study was to establish whether registered nurses perceived health assessment to be a central component of their nursing practice. A pre- and post-test design was used ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Wilson M,Lillibridge J

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines the experiences of family members who have previously been primary carers of residents of residential aged care services to identify factors, which have encouraged them to remain involved in a caring role. The context for this study was a residential aged care facility in Western Australia that was...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Marquis R,Freegard H,Hoogland L

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Under-treatment of all types of pain has been identified in many countries throughout the world. For example, the World Health Organization states that unrelieved cancer pain is an international problem. Lack of education of health care professionals, including nurses, is frequently cited as a major reason for under-t...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： McCaffery M,Ferrell BR

更新日期：1994-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abstract The aim of the study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of an instrument which measures clinical teaching competencies of nursing preceptors. It is necessary to investigate what kinds of teaching competencies are required in modern, more student-centered higher education teaching contexts. Nu...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Hsu LL,Hsieh SI,Chiu HW,Chen YL

更新日期：2013-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In this overview of paediatric pain management the physiological and psychological effects of untreated pain are described. Reasons for the undertreatment of pain are identified as incorrect assumptions about children and pain; personal attitudes of families, nurses and physicians; inadequate research and training; an...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Atkinson L

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many nursing scholars, such as Carter (1990), Ford and Walsh (1994), Huey (1986), James (1990), Thomlinson (1990), Larson (1987), Rush et al (1990), Spiller (1992), Street (1990a,b; 1992a,b,c,d), Lawrence (1996), Walker (1967), Walsh and Ford (1989 a,b,c,d; 1991 a,b), have examined the effects of rituals in nursing pr...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Lee DS

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Practice nurses have worked in general practice for many years yet little is known or published in Australia about their work. Recent health care reforms in Australia, particularly the establishment of the Divisions of General Practice and various best-practice innovations linked to the National GP Strategy have seen ...

journal_title：Contemporary nurse

authors： Willis E,Condon J,Litt J

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00