'Why nurses are leaving the profession … lack of support from managers': What nurses from an e-cohort study said.

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：:With increases in life expectancy and increasing numbers of older patients utilising the acute setting, attitudes of registered nurses caring for older people may affect the quality of care provided. This paper reviews recent research on positive and negative attitudes of acute-care nurses towards older people. Many n...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Courtney M,Tong S,Walsh A

更新日期：2000-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose was to examine the effectiveness of an exercise programme for elders with dementia in Taiwan aimed to maintain their activities of daily living such as feeding, dressing, grooming, washing and toileting. This was a single study group, repeated measure research design. Twenty-six dementia elders were recrui...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Chang SH,Chen CY,Shen SH,Chiou JH

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The study aimed to assess the feasibility and acceptability of an innovative tablet-assisted self-reported symptom assessment among newly diagnosed lung cancer patients. BACKGROUND:Routine symptom assessment for lung cancer patients in a fast-paced clinical environment is demanding. Mobile health technology offers...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Tang FWK,Chan CWH,Choy YP,Loong HHF,Chow KM,So WKW

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence-based practice (EBP) is an approach that has gained recognition for facilitating the transfer of evidence into clinical practice. EBP champions is a strategy that can be adopted to encourage the uptake of EBP. This paper describes an action research project that was undertaken in Maldives. EBP champion model ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Shifaza F,Evans D,Bradley H,Ullrich S

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to measure changes in health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in patients (n=100) undergoing total hip arthoplasty. The Sickness Impact Profile was used to measure patients' dysfunctions in 12 different categories post surgery. Improvement was observed in each category and dimension already a...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Montin L,Suominen T,Haaranen E,Katajisto J,Lepistö J,Leino-Kilpi H

更新日期：2011-02-01 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 Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion is cited internationally as an appropriate conceptual framework for healthcare service delivery yet the literature reveals minimal evidence of nursing services interpreting and applying the Ottawa Charter strategies into nursing practice. Nurses with the community services of No...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Cusack L,Smith M,Byrnes T

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case-control study compares the health of Thai family caregivers of adults with acquired physical disabilities with others without similar responsibilities. To ascertain health perceptions, face-to-face structured interviews using the Short Form (36) were conducted with participants randomly selected from primary...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Lawang W,Horey DE,Blackford J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to examine the effects of an educational programme on shared decision-making on end-of-life care performance, moral sensitivity and attitude towards shared decision-making among Korean nurses. A quasi-experimental study with a non-equivalent control group pretest-posttest design was used. Fort...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Jo KH,An GJ

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on a funded project that explored the perceptions and experiences of mentors regarding student nurse support in practice. The study employed a mixed-method approach, using questionnaires and focus groups with mentors from one acute Trust and one community Trust. The findings highlighted the multifac...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： McIntosh A,Gidman J,Smith D

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A measure for healthy lifestyle behaviours of older adults would enable the development of effective and target-based health promotion strategies. AIM:This study aimed to test the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of Geriatric Health Promotion scale among older people in Turkey. DESIGN:This w...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Kartal A,Korkmaz Aslan G,Koştu N,Tümer A

更新日期：2020-03-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this paper is to examine the relationships among nurses' knowledge of, attitudes towards and level of competence in nursing practice, as well as factors influencing nurses' competence in nursing practice, in typhoon disaster relief work. A cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted using a self-develop...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Jiang L,He HG,Zhou WG,Shi SH,Yin TT,Kong Y

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper analyses the demarcation problem from the perspective of four philosophers: Popper, Kuhn, Lakatos and Feyerabend. To Popper, pseudoscience uses induction to generate theories, and only performs experiments to seek to verify them. To Popper, falsifiability is what determines the scientific status of a theory...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Newbold D,Roberts J

更新日期：2007-12-01 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:This study aims to analyse the concept of cancer survivorship using Rodgers' evolutionary concept analysis model. BACKGROUND:The lack of a consensus definition as well as the confusion and debate concerning the definitions of "survivor" and "cancer survivorship" hinder an understanding of the intrinsic needs assoc...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： de Oliveira RAA,da Conceição VM,Araujo JS,Zago MMF

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study aims to evaluate patient satisfaction with respect to primary health-care services in Kuwait.A total of 245 patients completed the General Practice Assessment Questionnaire postconsultation version 2.0. Two statistically significant differences of patients' satisfaction with sex and level of education were f...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Alotaibi M,Alazemi T,Alazemi F,Bakir Y

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study was to determine whether implementation of a healthy lifestyle education programme resulted in improved health literacy levels and healthy life style behaviours. METHODS:A one-group pretest-posttest study design was used. This study was carried out with 30 women who were enrolled in a family ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Ayaz-Alkaya S,Terzi H,Işık B,Sönmez E

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Previous Western cardiac rehabilitation (CR) purported to improve patients' quality of life and health-related parameters for cardiovascular diseases (CVD). Nursing's role in CR was minimally identified. The purpose of this integrative literature review was to determine the effectiveness of current CR programmes and t...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Eshah NF,Bond AE

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Communication with non-speaking patients in intensive care unit is stress for both nurse and patients. Semi-experimental study that took place at a University Hospital was to develop illustrated material for patient communication and determine its effectiveness. The study sample consisted of 90 intubated patients at t...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Otuzoğlu M,Karahan A

更新日期：2014-10-01 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：:Many studies have documented nurses' attitudes and concerns regarding AIDS/HIV, but little is known about Taiwanese nurses. We documented attitudes, concerns, gloving practices and practical AIDS/HIV knowledge of 1090 nurses from one metropolitan hospital in Changhua City, Taiwan. The response rate was 80.9%. Both HIV...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Juan CW,Siebers R,Wu FF,Wu CJ,Chang YJ,Chao C

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Errors in measuring blood pressure may have significant impact on the investigation and treatment of patients. Errors arise from faults in measurement technique or the equipment used. In Australia, blood pressure measurement technique is taught to nurses during their undergraduate education and may not be reviewed aga...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Armstrong RS

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Symptom control is fundamental to the nursing management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). However, symptom control can be problematic for individuals with IBD, which could result in symptom burden. Symptom burden is an evolving concept in the discipline of nursing and to date little is known about how the defining...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Farrell D,Savage E

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the study was to test relationships among injury appraisals, coping, social support and outcomes of coping efficacy, mood states and post-traumatic stress syndrome. A purposive sample of 152 hospitalized patients a week following major trauma was recruited from two trauma centres. The measures included ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Tsay SL,Halstead MT,McCrone S

更新日期：2001-04-01 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 (part two) paper finds 'the problem of the criterion' at the heart of disputes about what constitutes goodness in qualitative research, an ancient philosophic conundrum as to how best represent reality. Ways around the problem are considered, including conceiving criteria as open-ended 'lists', and 'enabling cond...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Emden C,Sandelowski M

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To determine if there are cross-national differences in nurse understandings of the terms: missed care, rationed care and care left undone. BACKGROUND:Nurse researchers from a number of countries have published studies on missed and rationed care. It is not clear if there are differences in understanding the key t...

journal_title：International journal of nursing practice

authors： Willis E,Zelenikova R,Bail K,Papastavrou E

更新日期：2020-07-12 00:00:00