Self-care strategies to facilitate sleep in patients with heart disease--a qualitative study.

abstract：:Strengthening the physical and social environment has been shown to support health and strengthen community action for health. In an attempt to improve the social factors that influence the health of individuals and the community, community interventions increasingly include strategies to build networks and social cap...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Griffiths R,Horsfall J,Moore M,Lane D,Kroon V,Langdon R

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Providing discharge information following a surgery is one of the most common nursing approaches. Patients should be given discharge training after open heart surgery in order to eliminate or reduce physical and emotional problems. The study aims to assess the information level of patients in discharge training provid...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Ozcan H,Yildiz Findik U,Sut N

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hermeneutic phenomenology has been used widely by researchers to understand lived experiences. This methodology asserts that individual people are as unique as their life stories. The practice of midwifery is underpinned by a philosophy that values women and the uniqueness of their child-bearing journey. The tenets of...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Miles M,Francis K,Chapman Y,Taylor B

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to test the mediating and moderating effects of sleep hygiene practice on the relationship between anxiety and insomnia severity in hospital nurses. A cross-sectional survey was employed, and a convenience sample was recruited from one regional hospital in Taiwan. Participants completed the following ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Chou TL,Chang LI,Chung MH

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the congruence between needs identified as significant by older adults in comparison with caregivers (nurses) and elders' families. The study involved 44 patients, 94 nurses and 44 families from the Shoham Geriatric Center in Pardes Hanna, Israel. The findings are based on data gathered through que...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Ben Natan M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nursing and midwifery education is known to be negatively affected by several factors. Nevertheless, the present learning environments for students can be effectively altered to optimize their learning and practical training and decrease their stress levels. In order to minimize the stressors and to encourage the qual...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Cilingir D,Gursoy AA,Hintistan S,Ozturk H

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Debate about nursing curricula has been on the forefront of industry and academia in Australia particularly since the shift from the 'apprenticeship style' of training for nurses to a university-based, comprehensive, bachelor's degree. There is the suggestion that university-based courses are rather inflexible and tak...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Warelow P,Edward KL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mentoring in rural and remote nursing receives little attention in the literature, even though it is emerging in Australia as a popular strategy to improve the retention of staff. The Association for Australian Rural Nurses established a 2-year Mentor Development and Support Project in 2003 with the aim of promoting m...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Mills J,Lennon D,Francis K

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study undertaken in an acute care hospital was to evaluate sensitivity and specificity of the documentation of nurse-reported delirium symptoms in medical charts. This is a descriptive study based on the clinical assessments of a study nurse and nursing notes in the medical charts of 226 delirious ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Voyer P,Cole MG,McCusker J,St-Jacques S,Laplante J

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was performed to evaluate the efficiency of the education programme for prevention of constipation in women. This study was performed as a pre-test-posttest design. Thirty-five women were included who have constipation problem. Data were collected by questionnaire: Constipation Severity Instrument (CSI), Co...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Ayaz S,Hisar F

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to elucidate the phenomenon of the caring need in the life-world of the patient and, on the basis of this, to compare patients' perceived caring needs with the six areas of need contained in a new instrument for patient classification, the Oulu Patient Classification (OPC). A total of 75 patie...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Fagerström L,Eriksson K,Engberg IB

更新日期：1999-12-01 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：:Heart disease is the number one killer in the USA. In Jordan, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death, and about 34.5% of women die of cardiovascular disease as compared with 44.25% of men. The differences between men and women in heart disease, such as signs and symptoms presentation, diagnostic and ther...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Omran S,Al-Hassan M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

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：:Fatigue is common in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) and symptoms of fatigue are often reported as the most debilitating symptoms of the disease. However, there are few reports of interventions for fatigue in MS. A systematic review of published literature examining pharmacological and psychosocial/psychological i...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Lee D,Newell R,Ziegler L,Topping A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence to suggest that there is a general decline in clinical expertise in nursing as a result of experienced clinicians leaving the profession. The expertise of clinical nursing practice is an important resource and needs to be captured and made available to others as loss of this knowledge and expertise h...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Cioffi JM

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to determine the anxiety and depression levels of inpatients. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Kırşehir in the middle part of Turkey with a sample of 433 inpatients. As the data-gathering tools, a questionnaire form and Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) were used. Statistic...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Unsal A,Unaldi C,Baytemir C

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：: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：AIM:There is no evidence-based consensus on the optimal concentration for heparin locks; several randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have evaluated the concentration of heparin locks, yet the results remain inconsistent. We aimed to assess heparin locks with low and high concentration in haemodialysis patients. METHOD...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Tan J,Ning T,Zhang W,Qian Z,Jiang X,Sun L,Wu B

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Expertise in nursing has been widely studied although there have been no previous studies into what constitutes expertise in nephrology (renal) nursing. This paper, which is abstracted from a larger study into the acquisition and exercise of nephrology nursing expertise, provides evidence of the characteristics and pr...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Bonner A

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research presents some of the qualitative findings from a mixed methods study exploring the personal and professional effects of tertiary education for post registration women nurses. The researcher combined both qualitative and quantitative approaches. The specific methods employed were survey questionnaire, 'jo...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Glass NE

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Empowerment concerning people with diabetes is well researched. However, few researchers specifically focus on the barriers to and facilitators of empowerment in Iranian people with diabetes. Understanding the factors could help health professionals facilitate self-empowerment more effectively. This study aims to dete...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Abdoli S,Ashktorab T,Ahmadi F,Parvizy S,Dunning T

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This ontological hermeneutic study highlights the importance of understanding the human experience of family caring. In contrast to much family caregiving research which focuses upon the home care situation, this study involved in-depth audiotaped conversational interviews and observations with 14 family carers who co...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Kellett UM

更新日期：1998-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previous study indicated that patient narratives include experiences of suffering caused or increased by health-care encounters. The aim of this study was to interpret and understand the meaning of patients' experiences of suffering related to health care from an ethical, existential and ontological standpoint. Sixt...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Arman M,Rehnsfeldt A,Lindholm L,Hamrin E,Eriksson K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nurses frequently encounter patients who neglect their personal hygiene and household cleanliness. Self-neglect is usually understood within the parameters of the medical model, with its need to objectify and categorize. The medicalization of self-neglect obscures the fact that patients and professionals may have diff...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Lauder W

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of day-surgery patients and aims to identify factors associated with HRQoL. The cross-sectional questionnaire survey data were collected from day-surgery patients being discharged from hospitals in one Finnish hospital district in 2001 using the Nottingha...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Suhonen RA,Iivonen MK,Välimäki MA

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The main purpose of this study was to examine the significance of health beliefs, perceived seriousness of harmful consequences and perceived barriers in explaining health care-seeking decisions of patients experiencing myocardial infarction symptoms. A structured interview guide developed by the researchers that incl...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Al-Hassan MA,Omran SM

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared nurse outcomes between the shared care in nursing (SCN) and patient allocation (PA) models of care. A quasi-experimental design was used. Job satisfaction, stress and aspects of role were measured at baseline and 6 months after the implementation of the SCN model using validated instruments. Nurses...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Tran DT,Johnson M,Fernandez R,Jones S

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1999, under the leadership and direction of the Director of Clinical Services (Nursing), Roger Napthine, Project Consultant, was commissioned to undertake a review of medication policies and practices for a regional acute-care hospital. This initiative was taken with the view of improving nursing practice and patie...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Jarman H,Jacobs E,Walter R,Witney C,Zielinski V

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00