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Investigating the use of an electronic hand hygiene monitoring and prompt device: influence and acceptability [PDF]

, 2017
Introduction: Hand hygiene (HH) prevents the transmission of healthcare-associated infections. Electronic HH monitoring and prompt devices have been developed to overcome problems with monitoring HH and to improve compliance.
Dyson, Judith, Madeo, Maurice
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National Disability Insurance Scheme and Quality of Life Among Carers of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder in Australia: A Thematic Analysis

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Diagnoses of autism spectrum disorder in Australia have increased considerably in recent years. The current study investigated how the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) impacts quality of life (QoL) among carers of children with autism spectrum disorder.
Jesse Gerhard, Sharon L. Grant
wiley   +1 more source

Clean Cut (adaptive, multimodal surgical infection prevention programme) for low‐resource settings: a prospective quality improvement study

BJS (British Journal of Surgery), EarlyView., 2020
Clean Cut is a multimodal, adaptive, checklist‐based infection prevention programme designed to improve compliance with six critical perioperative infection prevention practices. After introducing the programme at five hospitals in Ethiopia, compliance with critical infection prevention standards significantly improved and the relative risk of ...
J. A. Forrester, N. Starr, T. Negussie, D. Schaps, M. Adem, S. Alemu, D. Amenu, N. Gebeyehu, T. Habteyohannes, F. Jiru, A. Tesfaye, E. Wayessa, R. Chen, A. Trickey, S. Bitew, A. Bekele, T. G. Weiser   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Telehealth Wound Applications: Barriers, Solutions, and Future Use by Nurse Practitioners [PDF]

, 2018
Telehealth applications are an emerging technology in a new era of health care system technologies. Although telehealth technologies, including a number of different applications, are used by various members of the health care team, nurse practitioners ...
Reimer, Nila, Shelton, Alyssa
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Implementing an Indigenous Research Methodology to Develop a Culturally Appropriate Survey and Yarning Protocol: Challenges With Retention of the Aboriginal Health, Ageing and Disability Workforce

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal staff play a vital part in improving culturally safe and effective services and supports for Aboriginal people. Research on the Aboriginal workforce helps advance a culturally safe environment for workers and Aboriginal people accessing health and community services. This study aims to identify the barriers and enablers to workforce
F. Talbot, J. Gilroy, J. Gwynn, K. Bulkeley, C. Alcorso, K. Gwynne, Rob Heard, Sarah Peter, A. Haines, M. Lincoln, B. Rambaldini   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Characteristics of emergency nurse practitioner professional identity: A multicenter qualitative study

International Journal of Nursing Studies Advances
Context: The first emergency nurse practitioners have been working in France for two years now. Their arrival may raise questions, but they are seen as a potential solution to the crisis of overcrowding in emergency department. As a new profession in the
Aline Chenou, Loïc Brillouet, Stéphane Guillon, Pascal Bilbault, Thierry Pelaccia   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

A simulation based difficult conversations intervention for neonatal intensive care unit nurse practitioners: A randomized controlled trial.

PLoS ONE, 2020
BACKGROUND:Neonatal nurse practitioners are often the front line providers in discussing unexpected news with parents. This study seeks to evaluate whether a simulation based Difficult Conversations Workshop for neonatal nurse practitioners leads to ...
Roberta Bowen, Kate M Lally, Francine R Pingitore, Richard Tucker, Elisabeth C McGowan, Beatrice E Lechner   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Stressors and level of stress among different nursing positions and the associations with hyperlipidemia, hyperglycemia, and hypertension: a national questionnaire survey

BMC Nursing, 2021
Background Nurses are faced with varying job stressors depending on their positions and duties. Few previous studies have compared job stress and related chronic conditions among different nursing positions.
Po-Ya Chang, Shu-Ti Chiou, Wen-Yen Lo, Nicole Huang, Li-Yin Chien   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Alternative Translation Initiation in PRKN Delays the Onset of Parkinson's Disease and Offers a Therapeutic Target

Annals of Neurology, EarlyView.
Objective Biallelic variants in PRKN cause autosomal recessive Parkinson's disease (PD) with a median age at onset of 31 years. When evaluating the 16 previously published carriers of a homozygous deletion of Exon 2 from the International Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorder Society Gene Database (MDSGene) database, the median age at onset is ...
Arian Hach, Katja Lohmann, Manabu Funayama, Poornima J. Menon, Eva‐Juliane Vollstedt, Teresa Kleinz, Hiroyo Yoshino, Suzanne Lesage, Britta Meier, Carolyn M. Sue, Jean‐Christophe Corvol, Alexis Brice, Nobutaka Hattori, Christine Klein, Aleksandar Rakovic   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

Factors influencing nurse practitioner panel size in team-based primary care: a qualitative case study

BMC Primary Care
Background Lack of access to health care is a worldwide public health crisis. In primary care it has led to increases in the implementation of nurse practitioners and heightened interest in their patient panel capacity.
Ruth Martin-Misener, Faith Donald, Jennifer Rayner, Nancy Carter, Kelley Kilpatrick, Erin Ziegler, Ivy Bourgeault, Denise Bryant-Lukosius   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source