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A postal survey to identify and describe nurse led clinics in genitourinary medicine services across England [PDF]

open access: yes, 2002
Background: Nurses in genitourinary medicine (GUM) services are progressively extending their roles to conduct "comprehensive care" nurse led clinics.
Mercey, D, Miles, K, Penny, N, Power, R
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Mental Health Nurse Prescribing: Challenges in Theory and Practice [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This article addresses the historical context of mental health nursing and its relationship to nurse prescribing.; examines some of the theoretical and philosophical forces that have molded modern mental health nursing, discussing the tensions between ...
Evans, David
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Nurse staffing levels revisited: a consideration of key issues in nurse staffing levels and skill mix research. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
AIM: This paper revisits the published evidence relating to how nurse staffing levels impact on patient, nurse and service outcomes and considers the implications of this body of research for nurse managers in their quest to determine optimum nursing ...
Aiken   +55 more
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Library resources, student success and the distance-learning university [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Purpose - Research at the Open University Library Services has been investigating the relationshipbetween access to online library resources and student success to help to understand whether there is asimilar relationship at a distance-learning ...
Baker, Kirsty   +2 more
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Probabilistic priority assessment of nurse calls [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Current nurse call systems are very static. Call buttons are fixed to the wall, and systems do not account for various factors specific to a situation. We have developed a software platform, the ontology-based Nurse Call System (oNCS), which supports the
De Turck, Filip   +7 more
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Improve Intra-Operative Nurse-to-Nurse Communication Using a Safety Checklist [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Poor and inadequate handoff, or transfer of care of the surgical patient care from the primary to the relief operating room registered nurse circulators, can result in irreversible patient harm, or sentinel events, such as retained foreign items. In this
Rowe, Silvinita Tadeo
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Care during breastfeeding: Perceptions of mothers and health professionals

open access: yesInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2019
Purpose. To know the perceptions of mothers and health professionals in relation to the care provided and received during breastfeeding at primary health care level. Methods.
Camila Lucchini-Raies   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Use of Hydrocolloid Dressings in Preventing Pressure Ulcers in High-risk Patients: a Retrospective Cohort

open access: yesInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2018
Objective. This work sought to evaluate the association between using preventive hydrocolloid dressings and the onset of pressure ulcers in hospitalized patients. Methods.
Olga Lucía Cortés   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risk assessment tools to prevent positioning injuries in the perioperative setting: A scoping review

open access: yesInspira
Background: Adverse events from patient positioning can cause injuries, including pressure injuries, which are preventable. To aid perioperative nurses in identifying patients at risk, recent clinical guidelines recommend the use of validated and ...
Trine Linn Drangsholt   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Analysis of the concept of powerlessness in individuals with stroke

open access: yesInvestigación y Educación en Enfermería, 2017
Objective: To identify and analyze the concept of the powerlessness in individuals with stroke, according to the NANDA-I Taxonomy. Methods. Concept analysis from online access of four databases using the descriptors: impotence; helplessness, learned ...
Renan Alves Silva   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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