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Nosocomial Mycobacterium tuberculosis transmission among healthcare students in a high incidence region, in Vitória, State of Espírito Santo Transmissão nosocomial por Mycobacterium tuberculosis nos estudantes da área de saúde em uma região de alta incidência de tuberculose, Vitória, Estado do Espírito Santo

open access: yesRevista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical, 2007
This open comparative study for evaluating hypersensitivity to tuberculin among medical students (n=441), nursing students (n=178) and economics students (n=230) in Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, had the aim of assessing whether the prevalence of ...
Ethel Leonor Noia Maciel   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Public Health Promotion: Autonomy of the Emergency Nurse Practitioner [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The purpose of this paper is to examine several key issues in health care reform. From the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 to the cholera epidemic in Haiti, global health care reform is necessary to promote health and wellness among ...
Alexander, C. A. (Cheryl)   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Future-Proofing Nursing Education

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2014
The relevance of pre-registration programs of nursing education to current and emerging trends in healthcare and society could have a significant future impact on the nursing profession.
Nicholas Ralph   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Measures to eradicate multidrug-resistant organism outbreaks: How much does it cost? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This study aimed to assess the economic burden of infection control measures that succeeded in eradicating multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) in emerging epidemic contexts in hospital settings.
Birgand, GJC   +6 more
core   +1 more source

Laughing It Off: Uncovering the Everyday Work Experience of Nurses

open access: yesInternational Journal of Qualitative Methods, 2007
During research towards her doctoral dissertation, the author noticed that nurses understated the conditions in which they worked. Seeking to understand how nursing culture shapes how nurses describe their work, she developed a “toolbox” of reflexive ...
Valerie M. Adams
doaj   +1 more source

Characteristics of successful interventions to reduce turnover and increase retention of early career nurses: a systematic review [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Background nurse shortages have been identified as central to workforce issues in healthcare systems globally and although interventions to increase the nursing workforce have been implemented, nurses leaving their roles, particularly in the first year ...
Aitken, L. M.   +4 more
core   +1 more source

The challenges that head nurses confront on financial management today: A qualitative study

open access: yesInternational Journal of Nursing Sciences, 2017
Aim: To explore challenges that Chinese head nurses confront on financial management from the perspective of different levels of nursing and non-nursing managers and to provide contemporary nurse managers with suitable supports. Methods: Eighteen nursing
Yang Bai, RN, BA   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integrative literature review of patient classification tools for nursing intensity evaluation: Focusing on comparison of South Korean and international tools

open access: yesNursing Open, 2021
Aim This study aimed to review the literature on patient classification tools (PCTs) for assessing nursing strength and to compare South Korean and international tools. Design Integrative literature review.
Yukyung Ko, Bohyun Park
doaj   +1 more source

The economics of dementia-care mapping in nursing homes: a cluster-randomised controlled trial. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Dementia-care mapping (DCM) is a cyclic intervention aiming at reducing neuropsychiatric symptoms in people with dementia in nursing homes. Alongside an 18-month cluster-randomized controlled trial in which we studied the effectiveness of DCM
Geertje van de Ven   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT AND NURSING MANAGEMENT IN THE LIGHT OF THE LEAN PHILOSOPHY IN HEALTHCARE

open access: yesCogitare Enfermagem, 2019
This article aimed to reflect on hospital management and nursing management based on the Lean Philosophy in Healthcare. It was concluded that hospitals and their most numerous health professionals, the nursing team, may benefit from the application of ...
Thaís Oliveira da Silva   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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