Heslop L. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2012; 18: 2-6 Status of costing hospital nursing work within Australian casemix activity-based funding policy Australia has a long history of patient level costing initiated when casemix funding was implemented in several states in the early 1990s. Australia includes, to some extent, hospital ...

Nurse-led teams are better able to serve disaster victims.

Introduction: Although international research in recent years has often focused on elder abuse, its extent is not clear in community-based settings and even bigger mystery in nursing homes. Background: Until now in the literature it has in most cases only been assumed that nursing homes offer better protection from abuse ...

In order to foster academic progression and improve retention in nurse anesthesia programs, admission selection criteria require attention. With the escalating cost of graduate education coupled with the current economic crisis, efforts by educational leaders to minimize attrition remain pivotal. Selecting potential candidates who are most likely to succeed, aligned ...

Stomas are frequently encountered by nurses. Common complications include problems with the peristomal skin-the skin around the stoma. It has been reported that up to 80% of people with a stoma, who are termed ostomates, are affected. The three main types of stomas are colostomy, ileostomy and urostomy; all these ...

A female nurse shark, Ginglymostoma cirratum, estimated at 27 yr of age had a 5.5-yr history of a 6-cm black, raised nodular skin lesion located on the right side of the proximal tail. The lesion was diagnosed on biopsy as a slow-growing melanoma of the skin with no vascular invasion. ...

Any progressive organization should consider investing in its clinical nurses' professional growth if it desires to survive and succeed in offering care. Managers play a significant role in facilitating clinical nurses' professional growth. A content analysis study was conducted with 20 clinical nurses and managers in Iran in order to ...

This study examined the hospital-wide effect of a mandatory 8-hour preceptor workshop on preceptors and orientees. A mixed-methods approach (QUAN + qual) with a quasi-experimental design was used to test nurse preceptors' self-reported confidence and comfort (pre- to postworkshop) in five specific roles in addition to the frequency of coaching ...

Promoting professional growth within the practice of nursing is a challenge for nurses in staff development. When that growth includes reading research articles and discussing implications for practice, it is even more difficult to spark interest among frontline clinicians. Most nurses struggle to understand research studies and find reading and ...

The purpose of this study was to identify the demands of immigration among Chinese nurses that have immigrated to the USA. The relationship between the demands of immigration and length of stay in the USA was investigated also. A descriptive correlational study design was used. A convenience sample of 128 ...

The purpose of this study was to determine if cardiovascular (CV) nurses exhibit lower coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors than the nation. The CHD risk factors measured were: prehypertension, hypertension, elevated total cholesterol, low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, increased waist circumference (WC), cigarette smoking, and the presence of diabetes. ...

Former Soviet Union (FSU) nurses in Israel and Filipino registered nurses (RNs) in the United States of America (USA) play significant roles in the delivery of health-care services in their host countries. However, little is known about how they acculturate in a different culture. The purposes of this study were ...

In this part 2 article of research examining a model of care in which nurses screen and counsel postpartum women for postpartum depression, acceptability of such a model to postpartum patients was evaluated with a diverse sample of American women. Descriptive survey of two groups: 691 predominately white postpartum women ...

Vital statistics for the lymphoid malignancies obtained from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Program have seldom been directly compared to data from alternative national databases. While SEER is recognized as the standard, some lymphoid malignancies-especially the chronic ones--may be underreported. We compared the incidence, all-cause and cause-specific mortality ...

A cluster of acute gastroenteritis among nursing students was noticed on 13th September 2005. Between 13th and 17th September 2005, a retrospective cohort study was then conducted to identify the most likely cause of gastroenteritis at a nursing college in Bangkok, Thailand. Self-administered questionnaires, interviews, environmental investigations, and rectal swabs ...

This was a descriptive, correlational study designed to evaluate the capacity to direct attention (CDA) of the nurse and to verify an association between the CDA and attention demand situations. For data collection the instruments used were: the Attentional Function Index and the Directed Attention Demands. The participants were 169 ...

Management strategies in the treatment of infants with posthemorrhagic ventricular dilation include the placement of a ventricular reservoir. Traditionally, ventricular punctures of these reservoirs have been performed only by physicians. In the pilot project described in this article, we taught nursing staff to perform punctures of a cerebral ventricular reservoir ...

To describe the process and explore the feasibility of training a colorectal nurse in Hong Kong to perform flexible sigmoidoscopy. Given the shortage and high turnover rate of medical staff, a pilot programme was designed to train and expand the role of colorectal nurse clinicians. It was hoped that such ...

OBJECTIVE: To measure the effects of awareness campaign on the frequency of EDTA contamination. STUDY DESIGN: A cohort study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: The study was carried out in Combined Military Hospital, Peshawar, from October to December 2008. METHODOLOgy: A cohort of 200 doctors, nurses and paramedical staff involved ...

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: Hand dermatitis is regarded as one of the most often observed dermatological disorders among nurses. This study was carried out to investigate the incidence of self-reported hand dermatitis and related factors among paediatric nurses. BACKGROUND: The most common occupational skin disease in the nursing profession is hand ...

PURPOSE: Macroscopic hematuria is a common symptom and sign that is challenging to quantify and describe. The degree of hematuria communicated is variable due to health worker experience combined with lack of a reliable grading tool. We produced a reliable, standardized visual scale to describe hematuria severity. Our secondary aim ...

Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the function of newborn nurses given at newborn feeding in the newborn units of public hospitals in Konya, Turkey, besides it was also to determine the effect of nurses which had short-term training, aka education, in practice and in theory. Methods. This was ...

This study was carried out to assess if there was a difference in the Chest X- ray (CXR) report on recruited nurses carried out overseas and later repeated in Ireland. This study was carried out in two Irish teaching hospitals. The subjects of this study comprised all overseas nurses recruited ...

Preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is one of the Department of Health 'Saving Lives' initiatives. Whereas morbidity and mortality from VAP is well-documented in adults, it is poorly studied in children. We describe the establishment of a nurse-led VAP surveillance programme as part of an overall drive for patient safety and ...

OBJECTIVE: To identify the prevalence of a sedentary lifestyle in individuals with high blood pressure. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 310 individuals with high blood pressure. RESULTS: The prevalence of the diagnosis of sedentary lifestyle was 60%. The more common defining characteristics were "lack of physical conditioning" and ...

AIM: This paper is a report of a study conducted to explore factors influencing the decision to take genetic carrier testing. BACKGROUND: Genetic testing has become a popular means of elucidating the risk of giving birth to a sick/disabled child but what influences prospective parents to take genetic tests or ...

BACKGROUND: The practice standard for electrocardiographic monitoring in hospitals recommends use of atrial electrograms after cardiac surgery to help diagnose cardiac arrhythmias. OBJECTIVES: To determine whether use of atrial electrograms significantly improves nurses' ability to diagnose cardiac arrhythmias and to assess nurses' perceptions of the ease of obtaining and interpreting ...

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence and risk factors of LBP among nurses in a typical Nigerian Specialist Hospital. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was designed to determine the prevalence and risk factors for LBP among nurses in a typical Nigerian Hospital. A department-to-department enquiry was ...

OBJECTIVE: To find out the prevalence of Burnout syndrome (BS) in Saudi nurses. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study involving 60 female Saudi nurses in the workforce of King Fahd University Hospital, Al-Khobar, which is a tertiary care center for the eastern province. Between May and August 2009, Maslach Burnout ...

ST segment elevation on the electrocardiogram (ECG) signifies complete occlusion of a coronary artery. Nurses play a significant role in obtaining, interpreting, and communicating 12-lead ECG findings. We evaluate a hand held paper tool to determine if it assists nurses; (1) identify the presence of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), ...

A 70-year-old woman was admitted for a symptomatic left iliofemoral deep vein thrombosis. She underwent percutaneous mechanical thrombectomy, followed by overnight thrombolysis. The next day her clot had resolved, and a culprit left iliac vein stenosis was identified. After stent placement, a heparin infusion was initiated and the patient was ...

BACKGROUND: Burnout is a psychological response to chronic work-related stress of an interpersonal and emotional nature that appears in professionals in service organizations who work in direct contact with the clients or end-users of the organization. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to examine the incidence of burnout in ...

This study's objective was to determine and to explain the potential substitution effects of a nurse-led video teleconsultation service for homecare clients. To that end the largest program in the Netherlands up till 2009 was analyzed. This program's aim was to realize partly substitution of homecare visits by telecare for ...

While effective for labor pain, hydrotherapy is not often used. The purpose of this study was to develop and test an instrument of nurses' perceptions of the barriers to the use of hydrotherapy in labor. Following generation of items and review by content experts, the Nurses' Perceptions of the Use ...

Suckling induces a GH surge simultaneously to that of prolactin, so we tested whether salsolinol, a dopamine derivative (1-methyl-6,7-dihydroxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline), participates in the regulatory process of GH secretion in lactating sheep. A series of intracerebroventricular (i.c.v.) infusions of salsolinol, in two doses, was performed in nursing sheep, without suckling, during the ...

The objective of the study was to evaluate and compare the test performance of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) by a physician and nurse so as to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of training a nurse in interpreting VIA. It was a cross sectional study conducted in the colposcopy ...

The objective of the study was to evaluate and compare the test performance of visual inspection with acetic acid (VIA) by a physician and nurse so as to evaluate the feasibility and efficacy of training nurses in interpreting VIA. This cross sectional study was conducted in the colposcopy clinic at ...

The organization of nursing services could be important to the quality of patient care and staff satisfaction. However, there is no universally accepted nomenclature for this organization. The objective of the current study was to classify general hospital wards based on data describing organizational practice reported by the ward nurse ...

Mary Jane Seacole was born Mary Grant in Kingston Jamaica in 1805. Her father was a Scottish army officer and her mother a free Jamaican black, (slavery was not fully abolished in Jamaica until 1838). Her mother ran a hotel, Blundell Hall, in Kingston and was a traditional healer. Her ...

Nursing diagnoses associated with alterations of urinary elimination require different interventions. Nurses, who are not specialists, require support to diagnose and manage patients with disturbances of urine elimination. The aim of this study was to present a model based on fuzzy logic for differential diagnosis of alterations in urinary elimination, ...

Nurses QuitNet, an Internet-based smoking cessation program, was created to support nurses' quit attempts. The purposes of this study were to evaluate quit attempts at 3, 6, and 12 months after the use of the program and to determine differences in demographic, professional, and smoking characteristics by smoking status. Differences ...

OBJECTIVES: A diagnostic algorithm for clinical manganism was developed to screen all employees at a South African manganese smelter. METHODS: The study design was for all 754 smelter employees in 2006/7 to be screened by an occupational health nurse using nine questions and nine brief neurological examination procedures. More than ...

GOALS: The objective of this study was to determine whether infliximab, an antitumor necrosis factor monoclonal antibody, is transferred in utero or through breast milk from nursing Crohn's disease patients to their newborns. BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease most often occurs in women of childbearing age. Many of these women receive treatment ...

An increasing body of evidence now suggests that menstrual disorders may influence the development of Low Back Pain (LBP) among women of reproductive age. To investigate this issue in Japan, we conducted a large cross-sectional survey of female nurses from a university teaching hospital during 2008. Nurses reported a wide ...

BACKGROUND: Electrolyte imbalances are frequently encountered in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and protocol-driven interventions may facilitate more timely and uniform care. OBJECTIVE: To compare the effectiveness and timeliness of electrolyte replacement in an adult ICU before and after implementation of an Electrolyte Replacement Protocol (ERP) and to assess nurse ...

BACKGROUND: Reports submitted to the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) indicate that legibility of infusion pump interfaces contributes to medication errors (for example, patients have been seriously injured when nurses overinfused them after reading the number 7 as a 1). Health care has experienced an influx of medical devices ...

BACKGROUND: The mechanical hazards in the hospitals include low back pain (LBP) from manual lifting (lifting patients in particular) which makes nursing one of the occupations most affected by LBP. Nurses are required to lift and transport patients or equipments, often in difficult environment particularly in developing nations like Africa, ...

This study determined how the fermentation and aerobic stability of corn silage are affected by treatment with molasses or 2 dual-purpose inoculants applied at or above the recommended rate. Corn forage (DeKalb 69-70) was harvested at 39% dry matter (DM) and ensiled after treatment with no additives (control, CON), molasses ...

This investigation includes an evaluation of the percutaneous absorption of bupropion (BUP) and hydroxybupropion (BUPOH) in vitro and in vivo. In addition, a carbamate prodrug of BUPOH (But-BUPOH) was evaluated in vitro. In vitro diffusion studies were conducted in a flow-through diffusion cell system. The in vitro mean steady-state flux ...

We studied the isonymic structure of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), in the Russian Federation, using the surname distributions of 491,259 citizens above 18 years registered as residents in 2002. These were distributed in 35 districts and 497 towns and settlements of the Republic. The number of different surnames was ...