abstract：:The unknown outcome of surgery has always been a source of anxiety for patients and their relatives. However, the experiences of Ghanaian surgical patients have not been adequately explored. This study sought to have an in-depth exploration of the preoperative experiences of Ghanaian general surgical patients to infor...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Aziato L,Adejumo O

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the "perceived social support levels" of the medical staff after the earthquake. The sample of this study is made up of 300 of the 490 medical staff of the Medical Faculty Hospital of Van. The data were collected using a survey that included the personal information and the "multid...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Guner SI,Sevimli S,Bulduk B,Orakci H

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of the Caring Assessment Tool (CAT) is essential for its use in the monitoring and ongoing improvement of patient-nurse relationships. This descriptive, prospective study evaluated the dimensionality and internal reliability of the instrument in a sample of hospitalized adults. In addition, reduction of ite...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Duffy JR,Brewer BB,Weaver MT

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of increasing exercise to prevent falls among older adults remains a key worldwide public health priority. However, older adults do not necessarily take up exercise as a preventative measure for falls. This qualitative study aimed to explore the beliefs of community-dwelling South Asian and White Britis...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Horne M,Skelton DA,Speed S,Todd C

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is a need to develop nonpharmacological treatments and methods which can serve as alternatives or complements to medications in dementia care. Previous research indicates that animal-assisted intervention (AAI) can be beneficial. The purpose of the present pilot project was to evaluate effects of AAI on quality ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Nordgren L,Engström G

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This qualitative and descriptive study examined the feasibility of a bed-height alert system as a fall-prevention strategy. The alpha prototype was developed to measure and record bed height, and to remind staff to keep patient beds in the lowest position. This pilot project was conducted in a 52-bed adult acute surgi...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Tzeng HM,Prakash A,Brehob M,Anderson A,Devecsery DA,Yin CY

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the health outcomes of 8- to 12-year-old urban-dwelling children with moderate to severe persistent asthma who participated in a modified Open Airways for Schools (OAS) asthma education program. It was hypothesized that the intervention group would have improved health outcome...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Bowen F

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It can be difficult to maintain family connections with geographically distant members. However, advances in computer-human interaction (CHI) systems, including video-mediated communication (VMC) are emerging. While VMC does not completely substitute for physical face-to-face communication, it appears to provide a sen...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Furukawa R,Driessnack M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article summarizes research and draws overall conclusions from the body of literature on fall prevention interventions to provide nurse administrators with a basis for developing evidence-based fall prevention programs in the hospital setting. Data are obtained from published studies. Thirteen articles are retrie...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Spoelstra SL,Given BA,Given CW

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Orthostatic hypotension (OH) and dizziness have been linked to older adult falls. As a treatable condition, the detection of OH is of clinical importance to falls prevention. Gaps in the literature about symptoms associated with OH among older adult fallers, such as dizziness led to this secondary analysis of blood pr...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Gray-Miceli D,Ratcliffe SJ,Liu S,Wantland D,Johnson J

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To describe symptoms experienced by pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients and the impact these symptoms have had on their lives. METHOD:Qualitative descriptive methodology was chosen incorporating semistructured interviews to investigate the symptom experience of ten patients with PAH. RESULTS:All pa...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： McDonough A,Matura LA,Carroll DL

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This ethnographic study examines the experiences of health care providers (HCPs) and advocates implementing intimate partner violence (IPV) screening and interventions in their health care organizations. Numerous policies and protocols have been developed to improve the response of HCPs to survivors of IPV. Typically ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： D'Avolio DA

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teenage pregnancy is an important public health issue in the world. However, little is known about the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to contraception among pregnant teenagers in China. The aim of this study was to investigate the knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors related to contraception among pregnant...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Wu L

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective fall-risk communication both among staff and between staff and family members is vital for ensuring the safety of residents in long-term care (LTC) settings. This study uses focus group methodology to investigate how information about falls is identified, communicated, and responded to by licensed staff (reg...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Wagner LM,Damianakis T,Mafrici N,Robinson-Holt K

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Women frequently fail to recognize that coronary heart disease (CHD), not breast cancer, is the primary cause of female mortality. CHD mortality among U.S. mainland Puerto Rican (PR) women is second only to African American women. It is unknown what PR women understand about their risk, what factors they believe contr...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Lange J,Evans-Benard S,Cooper J,Fahey E,Kalapos M,Tice D,Wang-D'Amato N,Watsky N

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this qualitative study was to develop a pro-active psycho-educational intervention program for Alzheimer's family caregivers following diagnostic disclosure. Based on a theoretical model of role transitions and a participatory approach, the study comprised four steps: (a) exploring caregiver needs; (b) ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Ducharme F,Beaudet L,Legault A,Kergoat MJ,Lévesque L,Caron C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of restricting the temperature of cardiac surgery patients' oral intake to room temperature or warmer, over the first 3 postoperative days, on gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms was examined. In all, 57 patients were randomly assigned to receive the intervention or usual care. GI symptoms were measured daily ov...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： King KM,Donahue M,Dowey H,Bayes A,Cuff L,Korol N

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This quasi-experimental study tested an intervention to reduce sound levels in an acute care hospital. A parallel pre- and posttest design with control group was used; patients and employees completed the Topf Adapted Sound Disturbance Scales, and environmental sound levels were recorded on a Quest 2900 Sound Level Me...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Taylor-Ford R,Catlin A,LaPlante M,Weinke C

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between social support and positive health practices in early adolescents and to test two variables, depression and optimism, that mediate this relationship. The final sample included 128 adolescents, ages 12 to 14, who responded to instruments measuring social...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Mahon NE,Yarcheski A,Yarcheski TJ,Hanks MM

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although body piercing procurement continues to increase, 13% to 18% of them are removed. Reasons for piercing removal in college students were examined with three groups: (a) those who kept all their piercings, (b) those who removed some, or (c) those who removed all of their body piercings. Of the sample, 41% were s...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Armstrong ML,Roberts AE,Koch JR,Saunders JC,Owen DC

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to describe patients' experience during and after coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention. Data were collected by interviews with 14 patients. A qualitative content analysis approach was used. Four main categories were identified that describe patients' experience of t...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Lundén MH,Bengtson A,Lundgren SM

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of the article is to present one aspect of the findings of a descriptive, exploratory investigation of the self-care decision making of 33 adults diagnosed with chronic hepatitis C (Hep C), specifically how they experienced living with this disease as a chronic illness. The findings were interpreted from a...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Paterson BL,Butt G,McGuinness L,Moffat B

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the effect of a daily gauze dressing with that of a lipido-colloid dressing on the time taken to make up the dressing and efficacy of the management of traumatic digital wounds. This is a randomized controlled trial of 28 patients (16 experimental and 12 control) with injuries to their fingers and ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Ma KK,Chan MF,Pang SM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary purpose of this quasi-experimental research is to observe health care workers' compliance with hand-hygiene guidelines during patient care in an intensive care unit in Ireland before (pretest) and after (posttest) implementation of a multifaceted hand-hygiene program. Health care workers' attitudes, belief...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Creedon SA

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purposes of this study were to identify patterns of herbal product use for health promotion and self-care management among older African American women, to explore their use of herbal products to manage disease-specific symptoms, and to compare users of herbal products to nonusers. The sample consisted of 57 commu...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Yoon SL,Horne CH,Adams C

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents an integrative review of published research articles on positive health practices (PHP) as defined by Muhlenkamp and Brown. Using Cooper's guidelines for accomplishing an integrative review, 29 relevant studies concerning PHP were located, reviewed, and critiqued; theoretical and methodological iss...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Cannella BL,Scoloveno MA

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caller descriptions and evaluations of their experiences with telephone advice services provide unique information that correlates highly with objective measures of quality and can help interpret data from other sources. An author-developed questionnaire assessed caller outcomes of telephone nursing advice in Phase I ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Moscato SR,David M,Valanis B,Gullion CM,Tanner C,Shapiro S,Izumi S,Mayo A

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-management decision making places significant cognitive demands on individuals with heart failure (HF). Before theoretically valid decision supports can be developed, a better understanding of underlying decision characteristics is needed. The purpose of this preliminary study was to describe sources of self-mana...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Hicks FD,Holm K

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although researchers have identified the presence of resident abuse within long-term carefacilities, it has not come under the same scrutiny as have other aspects of abuse against older adults. This is due, in part, to the difficulty in defining the phenomenon. The purpose of this study was to articulate a definition ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Hirst SP

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elderly individuals are at risk for acute confusion (AC) during hospitalization. Using a prospective design, this study assessed the relationship between admission risk factors and subsequent development of AC in 117 elderly hospitalized patients. AC was ascertained using the NEECHAM Confusion Scale. Other measures in...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Wakefield BJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluates the effectiveness of graded physical exercise on self-efficacy and exercise tolerance among a group of cardiac patients (N = 43). These patients were aged from 41 years to 82 years (mean age = 63.5 years, SD = 10.0 years). Results of the study show that efficacy of physical activity was significan...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Cheng TY,Boey KW

更新日期：2002-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Caregiving is both an art and a science; both knowledge and skills are necessary to improve the quality of care that professionals provide. Researchers are often limited in their assessment of skill performance due to inadequate and unrealistic measurement options. Simulation using standardized patients offers researc...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Gates DM,Fitzwater E,Telintelo S

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) to predict staffing needs of stroke patients in an acute inpatient rehabilitation program. The Patient Care Index (PCI) was concurrently administered with the FIM on all stroke admissions to a stroke rehabilita...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Gross JC,Goodrich SW,Kain ME,Faulkner EA

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a model changing autonomy which was developed in a grounded theory study among stroke patients on admission into nursing homes for rehabilitation. Three dimensions of autonomy were identified: self-determination, independence, and self-care. On admission, patients' conditions (disabilities, mult...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Proot IM,Crebolder HF,Abu-Saad HH,Macor TH,ter Meulen RH

更新日期：2000-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation is a qualitative study of the views held by 36 licensed nurses (25 registered nurses and 11 licensed practical nurses) and 40 nursing assistants regarding caregiving in nursing homes. Because these care providers are most directly involved in the delivery of care, their views are important as determ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Schirm V,Albanese T,Garland TN,Gipson G,Blackmon DJ

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of education about urinary incontinence on the subsequent help-seeking behaviors of older adults. Forty-five community-dwelling seniors were randomized to two groups. One group received individualized instruction supported by written information, the other received w...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Milne J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Height is used to determine many important clinical measurements, but height may be difficult or impossible to measure accurately in some patients. The purpose of this study is to determine the accuracy of arm span as a measure of height in young and middle-age adults. A sample of 83 people between the ages of 20 and ...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Brown JK,Whittemore KT,Knapp TR

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Individuals with chronic renal failure generally have strict dietary guidelines. This descriptive study was designed to identify the relationship between sources of social support and dietary management by Japanese hemodialysis patients. A self-administered questionnaire was completed by a convenience sample of 325 ad...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Oka M,Chaboyer W

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this descriptive ethnography, a typology of consumers of institutional respite care and phases of respite care were formulated from the data collected over a 1-year period at a 24-bed hospital-based skilled nursing facility in the western United States. The sample was drawn from facility billing records, which veri...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Smyer T,Chang BL

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This project addresses staff nurses' concerns about the development of hospital-acquired pressure sores in cancer patients. The Braden Scale and the National Pressure Sore Advisory Panel Staging System were pilot tested. The incidence of hospital-acquired pressure sores was 8% and a mean Braden score of 16 was suffici...

journal_title：Clinical nursing research

authors： Olson K,Tkachuk L,Hanson J

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00