Day-case surgery patients' health-related quality of life.

abstract：:Observations were made of the Saudi Arabian health-care delivery system, in regards to nursing care and the relationship between service provider and client. Current challenges facing the health-care system were also examined to determine how they affect nursing practice. ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Aboul-Enein FH

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The majority of breast cancer patients will experience some level of emotional distress, with some patients having long-term psychological maladjustment. Personal and social resources play a role in recovery yet the interplay between these factors warrants further examination. This study aimed to investigate...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Edward KL,Chipman M,Stephenson J,Robinson K,Giandinoto JA,Trisno R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This prospective cross-sectional study investigated Australian women's (n = 104) decision satisfaction with cancer treatment decision for early breast cancer as well as their psychological distress 3-4 months following surgery. Women's satisfaction was surveyed using the Treatment Decision Satisfaction Questionnaire, ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Budden LM,Hayes BA,Buettner PG

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of preoperative fasting and fluid limitation in patients undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Although traditional long-term fasting is not recommended in current preoperative guidelines, this is still a common intervention. Visual analogue scale was used to assess ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Tosun B,Yava A,Açıkel C

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study dimensions of grief were examined using the Hogan model for widowed Finns. The aspects of loss were analyzed from the answers to an open-ended question. The study group consisted of 242 widows and 76 widowers, whose spouse died more than 6 months prior to the data collection. The numerical data were anal...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Kaunonen M,Päivi AK,Paunonen M,Erjanti H

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The School Entrant Health Questionnaire (SEHQ) has been used by the School Nursing Program in Victoria since April, 1997. The SEHQ assists school nurses in developing a health profile of primary grade children and in discriminating between children with problems and children without problems. The SEHQ assesses childre...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Edgecombe GA,Avant KC,Griffin P,Corneille K

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To consider clinician researcher career frameworks and propose a new pathway, integrating university and health service components to support research career progression within nursing and midwifery practice. BACKGROUND:Hospitals with research-active clinicians report fewer adverse events and better patient outcom...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Smith S,Gullick J,Ballard J,Perry L

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An ethnographic study explored the nature of community mental health nurses' involvement with clients during appointments for the administration of depot neuroleptic medication. Little has been written about this aspect of community mental health nursing practice. Findings illustrate how community mental health nurses...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Muir-Cochrane EC

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of the study was to identify barriers and benefits in establishing a model for integration of palliative care of cancer patients in daily clinical practice in tertiary health institutions. METHODS:This was a qualitative design study using in-depth interviews with four stakeholders and focus group discussio...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Ndiok A,Ncama B

更新日期：2020-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Stress at clinical environment is one of the cases that could affect the education quality among nursing students. The study aims to investigate Iranian nursing students' perceptions on the stressors in clinical environment in the South Western part of Iran. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted in 2010 to...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Najafi Doulatabad S,Mohamadhosaini S,Ghafarian Shirazi HR,Mohebbi Z

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitral valve stenosis can lead to a range of symptoms that affect daily life. As many of the people with this problem are elderly, the difficulties resulting from age can be exacerbated by illness. A pilot descriptive study was designed to examine the differences in anxiety, depression and functional capacity in women...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Shuldham C,Goodman H,Fleming S,Tattersall K,Pryse-Hawkins H

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper will examine the paradox of power differentials in multidisciplinary teams. The paper begins by offering multidisciplinary teams as an egalitarian enterprise in which all disciplines are included for their particular expertise in relation to patient care. By reviewing ways in which multidisciplinary teams a...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Warelow PJ

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passers-by were interviewed outside McDonalds restaurants in 11 European cities during November and December 1998. Eight questions were asked, mainly exploring the stigma levels of a particularly socially and economically excluded group (homeless people) and also the preferred remedies for homelessness. Answers varied...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Brandon D,Khoo R,Maglajlic R,Abuel-Ealeh M

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence-based nursing is recognized as an indicator of quality in nursing practice, a basis for accountability and the gold standard of professional nursing care. The aim of this study was to explore nurses' experiences and perceptions about evidence-based nursing practice in giving care to patients with diabetic foo...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Varaei S,Salsali M,Cheraghi MA

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the effectiveness of a 12-week school-based educational preventive programme for type 2 diabetes by change in weight and fasting blood glucose level in Jordanian adolescents. Sixteen percent of Jordanian adults have obesity-related type 2 diabetes and 5.6% of obese adolescents examined, however one-third une...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Bani Salameh A,Al-Sheyab N,El-Hneiti M,Shaheen A,Williams LM,Gallagher R

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to report a study exploring aspects of teenage pregnant women relationships with the fathers of their unborn children within the context of two contrasting demographic areas of the UK. The perceptions of teenage pregnant women on how they view their relationship with the fathers of their unbor...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Whitehead E

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many nursing home patients with dementia suffer from symptoms of agitation (e.g. anxiety, shouting, irritability). This study investigated whether individualized music could be used as a nursing intervention to reduce such symptoms in four patients with severe dementia. The patients were video-recorded during four ses...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Ragneskog H,Asplund K,Kihlgren M,Norberg A

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A variety of terms are used to describe advanced practice nursing roles internationally. This has resulted in confusion in terminology around these roles. The aim of this concept analysis was to clarify what is meant by advanced practice nursing internationally, what attributes signify advanced practice nursing and wh...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Dowling M,Beauchesne M,Farrelly F,Murphy K

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to determine the incidence of falls among community-dwelling older adults and the impact of pain and insomnia on falls. METHODS:This cross-sectional study recruited 659 older adults. Pain was assessed by the Geriatric Pain Measure, and insomnia was assessed by the Insomnia Severity Index....

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Kulakci Altintas H,Korkmaz Aslan G

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of the study were to investigate the risk for and prevalence of pressure ulcers in different medical care groups, to discover if patients at risk for or with pressure ulcers are allocated appropriate pressure ulcer preventions and to investigate which variables are associated with appropriate pressure ulcer p...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Gunningberg L

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internationally, collection of reliable data on new and evolving health-care roles is crucial. We describe a protocol for design and administration of a national census of an emergent health-care role, namely nurse practitioners in Australia using databases held by regulatory authorities. A questionnaire was developed...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Middleton S,Gardner G,Gardner A,Della P,Gibb M,Millar L

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postnatal depression in mothers is commonplace as it affects 10-15% of recent mothers. Postnatal depression is still an under-diagnosed illness and if unidentified, is often left untreated. If left untreated, the depression can have an adverse effect not only on the mother, but also on the child's development and on t...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Tammentie T,Tarkka MT,Astedt-Kurki P,Paavilainen E

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we describe a geriatric rehabilitation nursing model developed on the basis of the nursing and rehabilitation literature. That literature comprised some 120 articles addressing the rehabilitation of elderly patients and the work done by nurses in that process, various philosophical questions and the res...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Routasalo P,Arve S,Lauri S

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To synthesize the scientific evidence about new graduate nurses' transition to practice in the acute care setting and consider implications for nurses and nursing practice. BACKGROUND:Despite the vast amount of literature on new graduate nurses' transition to practice, the transition of new graduate nurses is a g...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Hawkins N,Jeong S,Smith T

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to examine changes in patient behavior that occurred as a consequence of looking in a mirror. How do dementia patients relate to their image in the mirror? Is the use of the mirror effective in raising levels of self-awareness, calmness and satisfaction? The survey was carried out on 100 patie...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Tabak N,Bergman R,Alpert R

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I begin this paper by setting out the importance of the Two Cultures debate, given that many nurse authors would agree with Closs's position that the art versus science debate should be closed finally. I suggest that issues are every bit as present and urgent in our current era as they were in the past. A brief tracin...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Darbyshire P

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childbirth is a unique experience in women's life. Various factors including human and non-human environment are involved in shaping the experience of childbirth.This study investigated the role of the environment on the psychological birth trauma from the perceptions of Iranian mothers. A qualitative descriptive stud...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Taghizadeh Z,Arbabi M,Kazemnejad A,Irajpour A,Lopez V

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This study aimed to investigate the effect of warm shower hydrotherapy and perineal exercises with a ball on pain, anxiety, and neuroendocrine stress parameters during childbirth. METHODS:This randomized controlled trial was conducted with 128 women during childbirth, admitted for hospital birth in São Paulo, Braz...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Henrique AJ,Gabrielloni MC,Rodney P,Barbieri M

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate relations between ease of venous palpation and various venous factors, and to elucidate characteristics of hardly palpable veins. Healthy adult volunteers (n = 110) were enrolled. The ease of venous palpation was scored from 0: impalpable to 3: well palpable. Venous factors, namely veno...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Ichimura M,Matsumura Y,Sasaki S,Murakami N,Mori M,Ogino T

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conceptual tools prevailing in scientific literature can carry an unexamined ballast of implicit references to current sociopolitical debates that dominate their times. Professional autonomy is not only freedom for action but also freedom for thought. The paper aims to increase external validity by enhancing the a...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Laperrière H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00