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Critical Care Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding the "Do Not Resuscitate Status"

Journal of High Institute of Public Health, 2010
Background: Patients in the critical care unit (CCU) are, by definition, the sickest patients in acute care hospitals and face higher risk of death than any other hospital population and usually require advanced life support such as mechanical ...
Saeer Naheem Taha, Hayam Ibrahim Asfour, Amal kadry Attia   +2 more
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Leveraging National Reports to Transform Ambulatory Care Practice [PDF]

, 2017
Multiple national reports identify actionable recommendations to transform education and practice to meet the needs of health care and healthcare delivery beyond the hospital walls. The Josiah Macy Jr.
Jessie, Anne T., Swan, Beth Ann
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Financial Burden Associated With Hospitalisation Among Families of Childhood Brain Tumours in Australia

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Families of children with cancer experience significant financial strain, even with universal healthcare. Indirect costs, such as productivity losses and non‐medical expenses, are rarely included in economic evaluations, and little is known about how effectively financial aid programmes alleviate this burden. Childhood brain tumours
Megumi Lim, Natalie Bradford, David Brain, Sameera Senanayake, Sanjeewa Kularatna, Kate Young, Christine Cashion, Tim Hassall, Susanna Cramb   +8 more
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The Relationship Between Critical Thinking and Clinical Decision-Making in Emergency Nurses of Hospitals Affiliated to Zanjan University of Medical Sciences in 2020

Preventive Care in Nursing and Midwifery Journal, 2021
Background: Critical thinking is a purposeful and self-directed judgment that is achieved through interpretation, analysis, evaluation, and inference. It makes nurses able to reason correctly about patient problems and issues and make the right decisions.
Hadi Khanmoradi , Ali Aghajanloo, Mohammadreza Dinmohammadi, Farhad Ramazani-Badr   +3 more
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‘They Need to Hear You Say It’: Healthcare Professionals’ Perspectives on Barriers and Enablers to End‐of‐Life Discussions With Adolescents and Young Adults With Cancer

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee, Holly Evans, Claire E. Wakefield, Antoinette Anazodo, Richard J. Cohn, Brittany C. McGill, Elizabeth A. Lobb, Lori Wiener, Madeleine L. Juhrmann, Ursula M. Sansom‐Daly   +9 more
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Nurses’ performance regarding use of Braden scale for predicting pressure ulcers among critically ill patients: self learning package

BMC Nursing
Background Braden scale is one of the most effective tools used to perform an accurate skin assessment among critically ill patients. Aim of the study This study aimed to evaluate the effect of self learning package on nurses’ performance regarding use ...
Shimaa R. Ahmed, Mohamed H. Kotp, Ahmed A. Hafez, Mohamed A. Aly, Hossam A. Ismail, Hasan A. Bassiony, Ahmed S. Attia, Ahmed K. Mekdad, Reda K. Ahmed   +8 more
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Augmented alternative communication methods in intubated COPD patients: Does it make difference

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2015
Background: Intubated patients experience an intensified need to communicate while their ability to do so is compromised as the endotracheal tube prevents speech which creates patient agitation. Aim: To determine the impact of using augmented alternative
Azza H. El-Soussi, Mohsen M. Elshafey, Sahara Y. Othman, Fadia A. Abd-Elkader   +3 more
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Multinational Validation of \u3cem\u3eAnxiety\u3c/em\u3e, \u3cem\u3eHopelessness\u3c/em\u3e, and \u3cem\u3eIneffective Airway Clearance\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

, 1991
The effective use of nursing diagnosis internationally depends in part on incorporating language and cultural difference into the common language of nursing. International validation studies can provide a basis for this effort.
Fadden, Teresa, Fehring, Richard, Wake, Madeline   +2 more
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Defining Roles in Pediatric Palliative Care: Perspectives From Oncology and Palliative Care Teams

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Early integration of pediatric palliative care (PPC) is associated with improved symptom management, quality of life, and healthcare utilization for children with cancer. Despite this, variation persists in how PPC is understood, operationalized, and integrated within pediatric oncology programs. In particular, ambiguity surrounding
Leeat Granek, Lori Wiener, Stephanie Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Donna Johnston, Fyeza Hasan, Adam Rapoport, Nathasha Datoo, Kimberley Widger, Sumit Gupta, Karen Fergus, Anthony K. C. Chan, Alisha Kassam, Emily McCullogh, Dave Lysecki   +13 more
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A Retrospective Cohort Study Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Sequential versus Concurrent Intrapleural Instillation of Tissue Plasminogen Activator and DNase for Pleural Infection

Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Background and Objective. Intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator/deoxyribonuclease (tPA/DNase) is increasingly being used for pleural infections.
Ken Junyang Goh, Wui Mei Chew, Jasmine Chiat Ling Ong, Carrie Kah-Lai Leong, Imran Bin Mohamed Noor, Devanand Anantham, Li Yan Sandra Hui, Mindy Chu Ming Choong, Charlene Jin Yee Liew, Marnie Tamayo Gutierrez, Jane Jing Yi Wong, Ivana Gilcrist Chiew Sian Phua, Wen Ting Lim, Qiao Li Tan   +13 more
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