The National Criteria for Evacuation Decision-Making in Nursing Homes [PDF]
, 2008 Explains the key factors nursing home administrators and healthcare workers must consider in deciding whether to evacuate patients or to shelter them in place during natural disasters.
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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 +8 more
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Medicare Spending and Use of Medical Services for Beneficiaries in Nursing Homes and Other Long-Term Care Facilities [PDF]
, 2010 Analyzes Medicare spending on and utilization by beneficiaries in long-term care facilities for hospitalizations, emergency room visits, and skilled nursing facilities.
Anthony Damico +2 more
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Inpatient Food Insecurity and Pediatric Hematology Oncology Hospitalization Outcomes
Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Children with cancer and blood disorders are at risk for food insecurity (FI). We aimed to describe the association of inpatient food insecurity (IFI) and hospitalization outcomes among patients admitted to the pediatric hematology oncology service. Of 325 caregivers screened for IFI, 60 (18.6%) screened positive.
Joanna M. Robles +4 more
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Perceived Ability to Practice in Disaster Management Among Public Health Nurses in Aceh, Indonesia [PDF]
, 2011 Background: The increasing number of disaster events around the world has challenged every country to develop better disaster-management strategies. As a part of healthcare system, public health nurses (PHNs) should be involved in caring for people in ...
Maneewat, K. (Khomapak) +2 more
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Secondary traumatic stress in the emergency department [PDF]
, 2016 Aim: To investigate the prevalence of secondary traumatic stress among Emergency nurses in the West of Scotland and explore their experiences of this. Background: Unexpected death, trauma and violence are regular occurrences that contribute to the ...
Joy, Jane P., Morrison, Lindy E.
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Hospital Readmission After Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalization in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective To examine the risk of hospital readmission after an index hospitalization for TBI in older adults. Methods Using data from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study, we used propensity score matching of individuals with an index TBI‐related hospitalization to individuals with (1) non‐TBI hospitalizations (primary analysis)
Rachel Thomas +7 more
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Vestibular Patient Journey: Insights From Vestibular Disorders Association (VeDA) Registry
Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Objective Vestibular symptoms impose a high burden of disability. Understanding real‐world diagnostic and treatment pathways can identify care gaps and guide interventions. We aimed to characterize symptom profiles, diagnostic trends, provider involvement, and treatment patterns in vestibular disorders.
Ali Rafati +10 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Emerging evidence suggests that low‐frequency neural oscillations are dynamically regulated by consciousness levels, with the recovery of low cortical activity potentially serving as a neurophysiological substrate for conscious emergence. Targeted enhancement of these low‐frequency rhythms in patients with disorders of consciousness
Chuan Xu +10 more
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Lived experiences of nurses as they engage in practice at an advanced level within emergency departments in New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Human Social Science (Nursing) at Massey University [PDF]
, 2005 At this present time New Zealand has seventeen Nurse Practitioners™ none of whom work in the emergency setting; nonetheless emergency nurses throughout New Zealand are practising at an advanced level in departments nationwide.
Davies, Mark
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