abstract：BACKGROUND:Although trust has been investigated in the health context, limited research explores nurse and nurse manager perceptions of trust. OBJECTIVE:To explore the concept of trust amongst nurses and nurse managers at individual, interpersonal and organisational levels. DESIGN:Our paper reports the findings from ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： McCabe TJ,Sambrook S

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Intravenous antibiotics are the cornerstone of treatment for patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Midlines are a type of vascular access device (VAD) used exclusively in one treatment facility within Australia, most other centres use peripherally inserted central catheters (PICCs). OBJECTIVE:To ascertain the...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Sharp R,Esterman A,McCutcheon H,Hearse N,Cummings M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nurses' clinical judgement plays a vital role in pressure ulcer risk assessment, but evidence is lacking which patient characteristics are important for nurses' perception of patients' risk exposure. OBJECTIVES:To explore which patient characteristics nurses employ when assessing pressure ulcer risk without...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Balzer K,Kremer L,Junghans A,Halfens RJ,Dassen T,Kottner J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Weaning from mechanical ventilation is a frequent nursing activity in critical care. Nature-based sound as a non-pharmacological and nursing intervention effective in other contexts may be an efficient approach to alleviating anxiety, agitation and adverse effects of sedative medication in patients undergoin...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Aghaie B,Rejeh N,Heravi-Karimooi M,Ebadi A,Moradian ST,Vaismoradi M,Jasper M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Fatigue is the most common symptom experienced by cancer patients. However, longitudinal studies of changes in the severity and predictors of fatigue are limited. OBJECTIVES:The purposes of this study were to evaluate changes in fatigue severity in women with breast cancer prior to and for twelve months aft...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Huang HP,Chen ML,Liang J,Miaskowski C

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Worldwide with ageing populations, the numbers of informal carers are likely to increase. Although being a carer is often satisfying, it can be challenging and require support. Volunteer-provided carer mentoring services where carers are supported by volunteer mentors are one such intervention. However, litt...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Greenwood N,Habibi R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To explore (a) how nurses feel about disclosing patient safety incidents to patients, (b) the current contribution that nurses make to the process of disclosing patient safety incidents to patients and (c) the barriers that nurses report as inhibiting their involvement in disclosure. DESIGN:A systematic sea...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Harrison R,Birks Y,Hall J,Bosanquet K,Harden M,Iedema R

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A standard measure to assess and predict violence is important for psychiatric services. No prospective study has examined the history of violence and heterogeneity of violence in predicting specific types of violence among inpatient with schizophrenia. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to prospectively examine t...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Chen SC,Hwu HG,Hu FC

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:To conduct a systematic review and critically evaluate the literature on the effectiveness of multidisciplinary interventions to improve quality of life for people with Parkinson's disease. METHODS:An electronic search of the following publication databases was performed for records from 1995 to 2011: CINAHL PLUS...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Tan SB,Williams AF,Kelly D

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common non-communicable long-term conditions in the world and is linked to high mortality, morbidity, loss of quality of life and high social and economic cost. Diabetes presents a serious health challenge, as it is a significant cause of ill health and premature death. I...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Wilkinson A,Whitehead L,Ritchie L

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to synthesize qualitative studies of how adolescents and young adults with chronic diseases experience the transition from paediatric to adult hospital care. DESIGN:The review is designed as a qualitative metasynthesis and is following Sandelowski and Barroso's guidelines for...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Fegran L,Hall EO,Uhrenfeldt L,Aagaard H,Ludvigsen MS

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hip surgery is associated with the risk of postoperative urinary retention. To avoid urinary retention hip surgery patients undergo urinary catheterisation. Urinary catheterisation, however, is associated with increased risk for urinary tract infection (UTI). At present, there is limited evidence for whether...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Hälleberg Nyman M,Gustafsson M,Langius-Eklöf A,Johansson JE,Norlin R,Hagberg L

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The nursing workforce shortages in difficult-to-staff areas have implications not only for quality of care but also for population health outcomes. An understanding of attrition and of retention is important to inform policies on the nursing workforce. OBJECTIVES:This paper draws on questionnaire survey dat...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： El-Jardali F,Murray SF,Dimassi H,Jamal D,Abualrub R,Al-Surimi K,Clinton M,Dumit NY

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Person-centred care has been identified as the ideal approach to caring for people with dementia. Developed in relation to long stay settings, there are challenges to its implementation in acute settings. However, international policy indicates that acute care for people with dementia should be informed by t...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Clissett P,Porock D,Harwood RH,Gladman JR

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Aggressive behavior and violence directed by patients at nurses are increasing worldwide. Aggressive behavior against nurses in their workplace can result in personal problems, such as impairment of physical and mental well-being, and, consequently, in organizational problems. Underreporting of patients' agg...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Sato K,Wakabayashi T,Kiyoshi-Teo H,Fukahori H

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The population is ageing globally. Older people are more likely to have chronic diseases and disabilities and have contact with health services. Attitudes of healthcare professionals affect the quality of care provided and individual career preferences. AIM:To examine the international research relating to ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Liu YE,Norman IJ,While AE

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pain and stress agitate preterm infants, interrupting their sleep. Frequent high arousal states may affect infants' brain development and illness recovery. Preserving infants' sleep and relieving their pain during painful procedures are both important for their health. OBJECTIVES:To compare the effectivenes...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Liaw JJ,Yang L,Lee CM,Fan HC,Chang YC,Cheng LP

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parents with young children often worry about whether or not to seek medical help for a sick child. Previous research identified parents' anxieties surrounding help seeking from health services but did not explore or explain the underlying psychosocial processes taking place in families at these times. OBJE...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Neill SJ,Cowley S,Williams C

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study was designed to evaluate fathers' experiences of stillbirth and psychosocial care. METHODS:Data were collected between 27 March 2008 and 1 April 2010 via a questionnaire posted on the homepage of the Swedish National Infant Foundation. The responses to the following open-ended questions were anal...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Cacciatore J,Erlandsson K,Rådestad I

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:About 40% of all adverse events in hospital are falls, but only about one in three Belgian hospitals have a fall prevention policy in place. The implementation of a national practice guideline is urgently needed. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN:This multicentre study aimed to determine the feasibility of a previously ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Milisen K,Coussement J,Arnout H,Vanlerberghe V,De Paepe L,Schoevaerdts D,Lambert M,Van Den Noortgate N,Delbaere K,Boonen S,Dejaeger E

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sickness absence is high in healthcare and contributes to nursing staff shortages reducing the efficiency and quality of patient care. Assessing the risk of sickness absence in working nurses opens opportunities for preventive strategies. Job satisfaction has attracted much attention in healthcare research a...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Roelen CA,Magerøy N,van Rhenen W,Groothoff JW,van der Klink JJ,Pallesen S,Bjorvatn B,Moen BE

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this review was to identify best practices of formal new graduate nurse transition programs. This information would be useful for organizations in their support and development of formal transition programs for newly hired nurses. DESIGN:An integrative review of the nursing research literature (2...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Rush KL,Adamack M,Gordon J,Lilly M,Janke R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the practice environment, nurse reported quality of care and patient safety, and nurse workforce outcomes in medical and surgical units in private and public hospitals in South Africa (SA), and determine the association of modifiable features of the hospital such as the practice environment and pat...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Coetzee SK,Klopper HC,Ellis SM,Aiken LH

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) To describe the levels of implicit rationing of nursing care in Swiss acute care hospitals; (2) to explore the associations between nine selected potential rationing predictors and implicit rationing of nursing care. DESIGN:Cross sectional multi-center study. SETTINGS:A quota sample of 35 acute care ho...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Schubert M,Ausserhofer D,Desmedt M,Schwendimann R,Lesaffre E,Li B,De Geest S

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Graduate nurses experience mismatches between themselves and their jobs. One of these is the demands-abilities misfit, which is a mismatch between the abilities of employees and those required by a job (demands). Another is the supplies-needs misfit, which occurs when employees' work-specific needs are not f...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Takase M,Nakayoshi Y,Teraoka S

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Apparent overconfidence and underconfidence in clinicians making clinical judgements could be a feature of evaluative research designs that fail to accurately represent clinical environments. OBJECTIVES:To test the effect of improved realism of clinical judgement tasks on confidence calibration performance ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Yang H,Thompson C,Bland M

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The impact of staff perceptions of daily work pressures on burnout requires further exploration because both issues may be adversely affecting the quality of staff interactions with service users. OBJECTIVES:To use a model of 'stakeholder involvement' to develop and test a self-report instrument capturing n...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Laker C,Rose D,Flach C,Csipke E,McCrone P,Craig T,Kelland H,Wykes T

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test the effectiveness of oral care with 0.12% chlorhexidine in decreasing ventilator-associated pneumonia in critically ill children. METHODS:Prospective, randomised, controlled, double-blind clinical trial performed in a paediatric critical care unit at a university hospital. The sample was composed of 96...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Kusahara DM,Peterlini MA,Pedreira ML

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:International studies have shown that motivation and career considerations related to nursing reveal that the decision is determined by a multitude of factors, generally distinguishing between the extrinsic and intrinsic rewards and work values. Although changing values seem to be important with greater emph...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Hollup O

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Home health care services are expanding at a rapid pace in order to meet the needs of the growing population of older adults and those with chronic illnesses. Because of current restrictions on home health care as an insured service in some countries, individuals may be required to pay for some or all of the...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Goodridge D,Hawranik P,Duncan V,Turner H

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Trials of complex interventions should be preceded by in-depth piloting of the treatment in order to ensure clear definition of critical components and establish feasibility and acceptability. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to elicit views of extending behavioural activation, an evidence-based treatment for de...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Mairs H,Lovell K,Keeley P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adherence to prescribed medication is low. It is a major problem as following practitioners' recommendations is strongly associated with good patient outcomes. Little research has been undertaken with people in the early stages of Parkinson's disease although achieving symptom control depends on regularly ti...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Drey N,McKeown E,Kelly D,Gould D

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In many countries, acute care nurse practitioners contribute to patient care through an expanded scope of practice that includes nursing and medical activities. There have been calls across nations to establish better understanding of how nurse practitioners enact their roles in healthcare teams. The 2006 in...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Kilpatrick K,Lavoie-Tremblay M,Ritchie JA,Lamothe L,Doran D,Rochefort C

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Achieving asthma control is central to optimising patient quality of life and clinical outcome. Contemporary models of chronic disease management across a variety of countries point to the importance of micro, meso and macro level influences on patient care and outcome. However, asthma outcomes research has ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Hoskins G,Williams B,Jackson C,Norman P,Donnan P

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decision making embedded in clinical situations is studied to inform nursing and midwifery practice and to enhance clinical effectiveness. To date this knowledge has mainly been derived from classical decision-making research approaches that are limited in capturing cognition in rapidly changing 'real-world' clinical ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Cioffi J

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The alarmingly high rate of illness-related absenteeism among nurses and recent reports of workplace violence and burnout are problematic for both the current workforce shortage and the recruitment and retention of new nurses. OBJECTIVES:To test a model derived from Leiter and Maslach's (2004) Six Areas of ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Laschinger HK,Grau AL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Prenatal maternal stress is associated with adverse birth outcomes. Few studies have been published on the effectiveness of relaxation techniques focusing on women with preterm labour. OBJECTS:The object of this study was to examine the effectiveness of a relaxation training program on pregnancy outcomes in...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Chuang LL,Lin LC,Cheng PJ,Chen CH,Wu SC,Chang CL

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Only a minority of infants are exclusively breastfed for the recommended 6 months postpartum. Breastfeeding self-efficacy is a mother's confidence in her ability to breastfeed and is highly predictive of breastfeeding behaviors. The Breastfeeding Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (BSES-SF) was developed among E...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Oliver-Roig A,d'Anglade-González ML,García-García B,Silva-Tubio JR,Richart-Martínez M,Dennis CL

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Investigating the effectiveness of the Lively Legs program for promoting adherence with ambulant compression therapy and physical exercise as well as effects on leg ulcer recurrence. DESIGN:A randomized controlled trial. SETTING:Eleven outpatient clinics for dermatology in the Netherlands participated in th...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Heinen M,Borm G,van der Vleuten C,Evers A,Oostendorp R,van Achterberg T

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is well established that people with schizophrenia and related serious mental illnesses die prematurely and have significantly higher medical co-morbidity compared with the general population. Mental health nurses have a key role in improving the physical health of patients but their attitudes to this asp...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Robson D,Haddad M

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00