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High Healthcare Utilization Preceding Diagnosis with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective Though early diagnosis improves long‐term outcomes, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) patients often experience prolonged, circuitous paths to diagnosis. To inform diagnostic improvement, we sought to characterize healthcare utilization in the year preceding diagnosis.
Anna Costello   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Case for the Use of Nurse Practitioners in the Care of Children with Medical Complexity

open access: yesChildren, 2017
Although children with medically complex illness represent less than one percent of the total pediatric population, their health care expenditures and health care system utilization far exceed the numbers of other pediatric patients. Nurse practitioners,
Cheryl Samuels   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Communication between Dutch community nurses and general practitioners lacks structure: An explorative mixed methods study

open access: yesEuropean Journal of General Practice, 2020
Background Community nurses and general practitioners evaluate their patient-related communication to be poor. However, their actual communication has hardly been investigated and specific strategies for improvement are unclear.
Minke S. Nieuwboer   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The relationship between perceived competence and self-esteem among novice nurses – a cross-sectional study

open access: yesAnnals of Medicine, 2022
Background Novice nurses’ responsibilities are greater than what their actual level of competence can cope with. This can cause increased levels of stress, which many studies have shown is a factor resulting in reduced self-esteem, which affects not only
Lena Serafin   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sexuality and the Aging Adult: The Attitude and Practice of Physicians and Nurse Practitioners [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
Background: As the population ages, many quality of life issues will generate discussion. One such issue is sexuality of the aging adult. While there is substantial documentation related to the physiology and desires of the aging adult, little is known ...
Runsvold, Susan
core   +1 more source

Research on embedded counselling:an emerging topic of potential importance for the future of counselling psychology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
A significant proportion of the counselling that people receive takes place within informal, situated encounters between service users and practitioners in fields such as nursing, medicine, teaching and social work.
McLeod, John, McLeod, Julia
core   +2 more sources

Integrating Patient‐Reported Quality Measures in SLE: Development of the American College of Rheumatology Implementation Guide

open access: yesArthritis Care &Research, Accepted Article.
Objective To support high‐quality, patient‐centered care for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) developed evidence‐based measures incorporating clinical and patient‐reported outcomes measures (PROMs). Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR), we conducted semi‐structured interviews ...
Catherine Nasrallah   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nurse Practitioners and Men’s Primary Health Care

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Men's Health, 2017
Though life expectancy sex differences are decreasing in many Western countries, men experience higher mortality rates at all ages. Men are often reluctant to seek medical care because health help-seeking is strongly linked to femininity, male weakness ...
Marina B. Rosu MN-NP(F), RN   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Silly girls” and “nice young lads”: vilification and vindication in the perceptions of medico-legal practitioners in rape cases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
In this article, we explore perceptions and presumptions in relation to rape, raped women, and rapists, among medico-legal professionals who perform forensic medical examinations in rape cases.
McMillan, Lesley, White, Deborah
core   +1 more source

Soft Robotic Excretory Care Simulator for Nursing Education: Functional and Perceptual Biomimetics Approach

open access: yesAdvanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.
A soft robotic simulator is developed to replicate the digital removal of feces (DRF), a sensitive yet essential nursing procedure. Integrating soft actuators, sensors, and a realistic rectal model, the simulator balances functional fidelity with perceptual realism. Engineering evaluations and nurse feedback confirm its potential to enhance training in
Shoko Miyagawa   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

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