Cross-boundary working: a macro-political analysis of the impact on professional roles.

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To delineate the trajectories of functional status over four time points and to examine predictors of functional decline (FD) in hospitalised older patients. BACKGROUND:About 30-60% of the older patients develop new dependence in activities of daily living (ADL) during a hospital stay, which result...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Huang HT,Chang CM,Liu LF,Lin HS,Chen CH

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To explore health literacy status in asthma patients and to examine the causal model linking health literacy to health outcome-related factors via mediator and moderator variables. BACKGROUND:Understanding how low health literacy may influence health outcomes is important. DESIGN:This is a cross-s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Wang KY,Chu NF,Lin SH,Chiang IC,Perng WC,Lai HR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To explore the views of nurses towards child health research and to identify factors influencing their willingness to facilitate it in practice. BACKGROUND:Child health research in clinical practice is increasing throughout the UK. Nurses and midwives facilitate access to patients, enact research s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Brown J,Barr O,Lindsay M,Ennis E,O'Neill S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To determine the feasibility and utility of a thematic analysis approach to synthesising qualitative evidence about parental experiences in the neonatal intensive care unit. BACKGROUND:Admission of infants to the neonatal intensive care unit is usually an unexpected event for parents who can cause ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Al Maghaireh DF,Abdullah KL,Chan CM,Piaw CY,Al Kawafha MM

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To establish adolescents' beliefs regarding the need for structured diabetes education and their views on how such a programme should be organised and what topics need to be addressed. BACKGROUND:Structured diabetes education programmes have become common place in diabetes care in recent years. Des...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Chaney D,Coates V,Shevlin M,Carson D,McDougall A,Long A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The object of this study was to find out which self-care activities patients with diabetes perform to prevent diabetic foot syndrome (DFS) and to look for differences between patient groups (diabetes education and foot at risk). BACKGROUND:Besides the importance of screening patients at risk to develop a DFS and t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Schmidt S,Mayer H,Panfil EM

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Community awareness of the importance of hypercholesterolemia and the need for appropriate therapy is an important part of global efforts to reduce the population burden of cardiovascular disease. The aim of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitudes about cholesterol and to determine adhe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Carrington MJ,Retegan C,Johnston CI,Jennings GL,Stewart S

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To investigate the interrelationships between workplace violence, thriving at work and turnover intention among Chinese nurses and to explore the action mechanism among these variables. BACKGROUND:Workplace violence is a dangerous occupational hazard globally, and it is pervasive in the health serv...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Zhao SH,Shi Y,Sun ZN,Xie FZ,Wang JH,Zhang SE,Gou TY,Han XY,Sun T,Fan LH

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To explore varied forms of psychological distress and to determine the mediating influence of psychological distress on functional outcomes in stroke patients. BACKGROUND:Previous studies attest to the influence of depression on poststroke functional recovery. While there is evidence for neuropatho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Huang HC,Huang LK,Hu CJ,Chang CH,Lee HC,Chi NF,Shyu ML,Chang HJ

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:Day surgery shifts the responsibility of care from the hospital to patients and their families. This study explored how partners of day surgery patients experienced their role after patient discharge. BACKGROUND:Many surgical procedures formerly requiring inpatient care are now carried out on a day...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Majholm B,Esbensen BA,Thomsen T,Engbaek J,Møller AM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In the UK, the number of nurses able to prescribe medicines is rapidly increasing in line with Government policy directives. Whilst a number of research studies have been conducted on nurse prescribing, review and synthesis of the findings from these studies had not been undertaken. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Latter S,Courtenay M

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To examine the domains and the domain-specific characteristics within a peripheral arterial disease health-related quality of life framework for their usefulness in defining critical limb ischaemia health-related quality of life. BACKGROUND:Critical Limb Ischaemia presents a highly individualised s...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Monaro S,West S,Gullick J

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vertical transmission of HIV from mother-to-child is a significant problem around the world. This paper examines the main issues that confront those caring for pregnant women who may transmit HIV-1 to their babies with reference to the impact upon clinical practice. Nursing practice should accommodate research from a ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Purssell E

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pressure ulcers are not a plague of modern man; they have been known to exist since ancient Egyptian times. However, despite the increasing expenditure on pressure ulcer prevention, pressure ulcers remain a major health care problem. Although nurses do not have the sole responsibility for pressure ulcer prev...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Moore Z,Price P

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To evaluate healthcare practitioners' perceptions of the feasibility and acceptability of a communication tool, entitled the TRANSITION tool, to communicate with older patients during transition from acute care to a community setting. BACKGROUND:Transitional care for older patients is challenging due to their com...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Allen J,Hutchinson AM,Brown R,Livingston PM

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To develop a psychosocial adaptation questionnaire for Chinese patients with visual impairments and to examine its reliability and validity. BACKGROUND:Psychosocial adaptation with disease has been studied, however, there have been few reports on the impact of visual impairment on psychosocial adaptation. An instr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Zhang XJ,Wang AP

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:(1) To develop an insight into the opportunities and barriers to nurse prescribing for a case study of children's nurses. (2) To consider the implications of independent nurse prescribing for children's nurses and the potential for nurse prescribing to be developed in acute children's care settings....

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Pontin D,Jones S

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore male students' attitudes towards menstruation. BACKGROUND:Menstruation is a biological event that is often surrounded by secrecy and social stigma that causes anxiety amongst many young girls. A key element of this is the attitudes of young males towards this reproductive health issue. However, the lite...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Chang YT,Hayter M,Lin ML

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bed articles are basic instruments for positioning. Research about this topic has concentrated on evidence for better practice. However, little is known about what practitioners really do. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:This study intended to identify the most common bed articles used for positioning in two German hos...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Boggatz T,Grabowski K,Winne H,Gunzelmann F,Tuschke H,Dassen T

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Part 1 of this article discussed the process of evaluating patient satisfaction by means of unstructured, in-depth interviews. In this part, the content of interviews will be presented and the analytic domains derived from the research will be described. These are 'nursing', 'the hospital' and 'patients' concerns', an...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Pontin DJ,Webb C

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To field test a parental self-efficacy scale regarding its acceptability and feasibility and to describe parental self-efficacy in a convenience sample of parents with children aged 6 years old or less. BACKGROUND:Self-care within families is increasingly emphasised in health policy as a means of m...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Purssell E,While A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The literature review was conducted to explore those factors which complicate pain management in older people to inform future research, education and nursing practice in this area. BACKGROUND:Acute pain management in hospitalized older people is complex because of the physiological changes of agei...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Prowse M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To explore the nurse-patient interaction in terminally ill situations in acute care, focusing on the nurses' preparation for loss. BACKGROUND:Caring for dying patients can be a distressing and sometimes even threatening experience for nurses. Despite the vast body of literature on nurse/patient interaction and the...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Boroujeni AZ,Mohammadi R,Oskouie SF,Sandberg J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To identify the quality of life of patients with diabetic foot ulcers in the Visegrad countries. BACKGROUND:The diabetics with foot ulcers are principally evaluated on the basis of physical parameters, but this does not always reveal much about the patient's experience of life with ulceration. DES...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Nemcová J,Hlinková E,Farský I,Žiaková K,Jarošová D,Zeleníková R,Bužgová R,Janíková E,Zdzieblo K,Wiraszka G,Stepien R,Nowak-Starz G,Csernus M,Balogh Z

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:To confirm the accuracy of the EASI system compared to the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram, which is the gold standard, in monitoring the two major parameters used in the Coronary Care Units to detect myocardial ischaemia: ST-segment and J-point. BACKGROUND:Continuous electrocardiograph monitori...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Loreto L,Andrea T,Lucia D,Carla L,Cristina P,Silvio R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:This article, based on the available literature, attempts to discuss the importance of recruitment and retention of research participants, the associated barriers and challenges, and various strategies to overcome these barriers. BACKGROUND:The inability to recruit and retain the required participa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Gul RB,Ali PA

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:The aim was to systematically review evidence about the effectiveness of in-home community nurse-led interventions for older persons with, or at risk of, mental health disorders, to inform best practice nursing care with this focus. The primary review question was 'How effective are in-home communit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Thompson P,Lang L,Annells M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent sociological research in the field of lay health and illness beliefs is reviewed and discussed in the light of nursing practice in health promotion. How the findings might deepen nurses' understanding of difficulties in adhering to desired health behaviours is outlined. The distinctions between 'public' and 'pr...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Dines A

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this randomised investigator-blind controlled trial is to examine the effects of music on the state anxiety and physiological indices among patients undergoing root canal treatment. DESIGN:Randomised controlled trial. METHODS:Purposive sampling was used to recruit 44 adult subjects. The subj...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Lai HL,Hwang MJ,Chen CJ,Chang KF,Peng TC,Chang FM

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Structured interviews were carried out with a sample of 96 patients to identify the sources of anxiety for patients in the accident and emergency (A & E) department. Only two patients reported that they were not at all anxious about any aspect of being in A & E. The average number of anxieties reported was 6.9. The mo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical nursing

authors： Byrne G,Heyman R

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00