abstract：:Following their introduction in the United States in the 1970s various forms of compulsory treatment in the community have been introduced internationally. Compulsory treatment in the community involves a statutory framework that mandates enforceable treatment in a community setting. Such frameworks can be categorized...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： O'Brien AJ,McKenna BG,Kydd RR

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A high prevalence of postpartum physical symptoms and depressive symptomatology has been reported in Western countries. Although previous studies have shown postpartum physical symptoms and emotional problems are correlated, a causal relationship between the two variables has not been established. OBJECTIVE...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Chien LY,Tai CJ,Hwang FM,Huang CM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND/AIMS:The objective of this study is to examine if interpersonal support and digital vaginal palpation (DVP) as part of the pelvic floor muscle exercise (PFME) training is more effective for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) than PFME with a printed handout instruction. METHODS:108 women who presented to the...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Tsai YC,Liu CH

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:This paper reports a study that examined the extent to which nurse researchers internationally disproportionately include females as participants in their research. BACKGROUND:A bias toward predominantly male samples has been well-documented in medical research, but recently a gender bias favoring women in nursing...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Polit DF,Beck CT

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although nurse turnover is a serious problem, the fact that each nurse has different work-related needs/values, and leaves their job for different reasons makes it difficult for organisations to develop effective countermeasures against it. Understanding nurses' needs and the reasons for job turnover by the ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Takase M,Oba K,Yamashita N

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many studies have examined predictors of nurses' intention to work in their job, including desire to quit. Intent has been a good predictor of actual turnover. Few longitudinal studies exist that consider regional variables. OBJECTIVES:To extend the conceptual framework of turnover research to the whole nur...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Brewer CS,Kovner CT,Greene W,Cheng Y

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Cachexia in advanced malignancy is a debilitating syndrome which contributes to approximately two million deaths worldwide annually. In spite of advances in understanding the biomedical aspects of cancer cachexia, little attention has been paid to exploring its holistic impact on patients and those who care ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Reid J,McKenna H,Fitzsimons D,McCance T

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous studies about the prevalence and impact of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) were focused on urinary incontinence or overactive bladder in the general population. Little research has been focused on the role that the workplace has in employed women's experiences with LUTS or the impact of LUTS on ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Liao YM,Yang CY,Kao CC,Dougherty MC,Lai YH,Chang Y,Chen HL,Chang LI

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:High incidence rates of HIV/AIDS infections among youth draw attention to the need for emphasizing the reduction of risky sexual behavior, a major contributor to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Few researchers have examined the relationship between self-efficacy for HIV/AIDS preventions, depressive symptoms, and ado...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Lee YH,Salman A,Fitzpatrick JJ

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Waterlow scale is one of the pressure ulcer risk assessment scales which are frequently criticised for their low reliability. It is widely used in the United Kingdom, Europe and all over the world. OBJECTIVES:The study objectives were to systematically review and evaluate inter- and intrarater reliabili...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Kottner J,Dassen T,Tannen A

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Previous research from Western and Eastern countries shows that parents of a sick child want to be involved and to participate during a child's hospitalisation. However, the stay can be stressful and parents have their own needs. Conditions and cultural constructs are different among countries. No published ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Söderbäck M,Christensson K

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:It is generally assumed that integrated care has a cost-saving potential in comparison with traditional care. However, there is little evidence on this potential with respect to integrated nursing home care. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:DESIGN/METHODS/SETTINGS/PARTICIPANTS: Between 1999 and 2003, formal and informal...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Paulus AT,van Raak AJ,Maarse HJ

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The past decade has seen a growing recognition in Ireland and internationally that children and young people have a right to participate in matters that affect their lives. OBJECTIVES:To critique the research literature on children's, parents and healthcare professionals' experiences of children's participa...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Coyne I

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Stress in nursing students may be related to attrition from nursing programmes and lead to a shortage of nurses entering clinical careers. In addition, stress leads to psychological morbidity which may have profound adverse consequences for individual nursing students. OBJECTIVES:To follow a cohort of nursi...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Watson R,Deary I,Thompson D,Li G

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The aim of this study is to explore whether the work organisation of diabetes specialist nurses (DSNs) differs significantly from nurses working in hospital and nursing home and if so, does this difference result in positive or negative consequences regarding work and health. BACKGROUND:In traditional health care ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： van den Berg TI,Vrijhoef HJ,Tummers G,Landeweerd JA,van Merode GG

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Italian Nursing Faculties use a range of tutorial strategies (laboratory sessions, intensive clinical tutoring, weekly tutoring) aimed to enhance nursing students' diagnostic reasoning: these strategies have different impacts on promoting student critical thinking. By using critical thinking methods, student...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Palese A,Saiani L,Brugnolli A,Regattin L

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Feasibility studies are often a helpful prelude to constructing fundable research proposals. Where the intended research is in a foreign country, focuses on a vulnerable population, and is aggravated by political and pragmatic challenges, feasibility studies become essential. Albinism, a genetic condition of...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Taylor JS,Lund P

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advances in knowledge in the biomedical and psychosocial sciences have expanded our understanding of schizophrenia and of how it evolves in people living with it. These individuals are no longer viewed as being 'ill' and requiring long-term hospitalisation. We have come instead to have a much more positive v...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Noiseux S,Ricard N

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although nurses play an important role in end-of-life care for patients, they are not systematically involved in end-of-life decisions with a possible or certain life-shortening effect (ELDs). Until now we know little about factors relating to the involvement of nurses in these decisions. OBJECTIVE:To explo...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Inghelbrecht E,Bilsen J,Mortier F,Deliens L

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Belgian Nursing Minimum Data Set (B-NMDS) is a nationwide registration of 23 nursing activities. It was developed for the measurement of nursing care in acute hospitals. It is used to support healthcare management & policy decision making such as hospital financing and nurse staffing decisions. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Sermeus W,Delesie L,Van den Heede K,Diya L,Lesaffre E

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critical care nursing is an area of policy concern with respect to staffing projections, skill mix and educational preparation in both Canada and Australia. Despite many similarities between the health systems of these two countries, differences exist in both undergraduate and graduate specialty nursing education. In ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Rose L,Goldsworthy S,O'Brien-Pallas L,Nelson S

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Families who have a child with epilepsy show a significant impact on both the dynamics of the child's development and family systems in a social context. Knowledge of a family's lived experience in dealing with the early stages of their child's illness will provide a deeper understanding of their life and co...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Mu PF

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this paper is to thoroughly examine the involvement and experiences of nurses in the care of mentally competent, adult patients requesting euthanasia (i.e. administration of lethal drugs by someone other than the person concerned with the explicit intention of ending a patient's life, at the latte...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： De Bal N,Gastmans C,Dierckx de Casterlè B

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Occupational stress in nursing has frequently been considered in nursing literature. The operationalization of job demands in different work settings and its relation to distress have been discussed to identify significant interactions with job resources. In this study, job demands were define...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Verhaeghe R,Vlerick P,De Backer G,Van Maele G,Gemmel P

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Parents who are connected into strong family and community networks are said to have high social capital enabling them to provide a positive context where their children's social, emotional and educational needs are met. OBJECTIVES:To identify parent satisfaction with, strengths and weaknesses of, opportuni...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Fielden JM,Gallagher LM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nurses have played a pivotal role in the delivery of continence services yet little is known about the nature or impact of urinary symptoms experienced by patients in receipt of such care. AIM:To define the nature and impact of urinary symptoms experienced by patients in receipt of community nursing service...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Cheater FM,Baker R,Gillies C,Wailoo A,Spiers N,Reddish S,Robertson N,Cawood C

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The informal caregivers perceive lack of choice to take on the role of caregiving, receiving little or no preparation for the caregiving role at home. The typical informal caregiver is female, either a spouse or adult child of the care recipient, and seldom shares the responsibilities of caregiving with othe...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Larson J,Franzén-Dahlin A,Billing E,von Arbin M,Murray V,Wredling R

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Knowledge of women's experience with breast cancer is based on studies on middle-class Caucasian women. Generalizations are drawn from the few studies of South Asian women such as lack of desire to discuss personal and family issues. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the experience of C...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Gurm BK,Stephen J,MacKenzie G,Doll R,Barroetavena MC,Cadell S

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The occurrence of workplace violence is rather frequent within the nursing profession, with well-known consequences on the psychological health of victims. OBJECTIVES:This study is aimed at assessing the relationships between relevant individual, organizational, and psychosocial factors, and the frequency o...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Camerino D,Estryn-Behar M,Conway PM,van Der Heijden BI,Hasselhorn HM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Canadian foster homes for adults with serious mental illness are operated by non-professional caregivers, usually women, whose mandate is to support residents and reintegrate them into the community. While mental health professionals recognize that adult foster homes are an important service for this populat...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Piat M,Ricard N,Sabetti J,Beauvais L

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to examine the association between number of Baby Friendly hospital practices (based on World Health Organization/United Nations Children's Fund Ten Steps to successful breastfeeding) experienced by mothers and breastfeeding initiation during hospital stay, breastfeeding at 1 ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Chien LY,Tai CJ,Chu KH,Ko YL,Chiu YC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Nurses' clinical reasoning is of great importance for the delivery of safe and efficient care. Pressure ulcer prevention allows a variety of aspects within nursing to be viewed. OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to describe both the process and the content of nurses' reasoning during care planning at diff...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Funkesson KH,Anbäcken EM,Ek AC

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is a lack of research investigating models of nursing care for older hospitalised patients that address the nursing needs of this group. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of models of care for acutely older patients tailored to two contexts: an aged care specific ward ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Chang E,Hancock K,Hickman L,Glasson J,Davidson P

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Specialist palliative care nurses have considerable expertise in pain management and this expertise can contribute to tension in the boundary between specialist nurses and non-specialist doctors. OBJECTIVES:This article reports on how specialist palliative care nurses contribute to team talk about pain and ...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Arber A

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pressure ulcers frequently occur in hospitalised patients. The prevalence of pressure ulcers grade 2 or worse varies from 3% to 12% in hospitalised patients. Incidence figures are not frequently reported. While incidence and prevalence are both measures of disease frequency, they provide different perspectiv...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Schoonhoven L,Bousema MT,Buskens E,prePURSE-study group.

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Absence of medical documents damages the quality of treatment and service. Despite the computerized medical folder, its use is still limited, and not all countries have a national health communications systems. That is why the patients are asked to bring with them the documents they hold. However, some patie...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Rassin M,Zilcha L,Berger M,Silner D

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This cross-sectional study addresses the relationship between organisational and social factors and burnout in a group of registered and assistant nurses in Sweden. OBJECTIVE:The main objective of the study was to analyse the relationship (and the specific relationship patterns) between three different work...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Sundin L,Hochwälder J,Bildt C,Lisspers J

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Literature review indicated there is no existing nursing competency framework or instrument for Chinese registered nurses. By virtue of its global leadership role in nursing, the International Council of Nurses (ICN) developed an ICN Framework of Competencies for the Generalist Nurses in 2003. On the basis o...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Liu M,Kunaiktikul W,Senaratana W,Tonmukayakul O,Eriksen L

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Encounters in emergency departments have been described from different perspective and with different research approaches. On reviewing the literature, along with medical skills, interpersonal skills such as the ability to create a relationship with the patient was considered significant. Patients exposed to...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Wiman E,Wikblad K,Idvall E

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Researchers have ethical and legal responsibilities to ensure that individuals give informed consent to participate in research. The few studies of parental consent for paediatric research suggest there may be inadequate competence, information, understanding, or voluntariness for valid consent to occur. OB...

journal_title：International journal of nursing studies

authors： Franck LS,Winter I,Oulton K

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00